No. We are currently not looking for investors.

Yes. Haku Maglev rails are compatible with conventional trains. Haku is compatible with all current infrastructure and safety systems such as ERTMS. Furthermore, Haku Maglev trains can also share railway platforms with conventional trains. This makes Haku Maglev very easy to integrate into existing railway networks.

The core limitation of high-speed rail is that it still relies on wheels. Wheels mean friction, wear, noise, vibrations, and continuous maintenance. Steel wheels on steel rails touch over an extremely small contact area, creating very high pressures that lead to ground vibrations as trains pass by. In dense urban areas, this becomes a major constraint.

Maglev removes this wheel-rail contact entirely. By levitating the train and distributing its weight more evenly along the track, Haku Maglev reduces wear, vibration, and maintenance. It also removes the weather-dependent friction limits of rail braking: rain can dramatically increase braking distance for conventional trains, while maglev braking is not dependent on wheel-rail adhesion.

Instead of building entirely new high-speed rail lines, which is extremely expensive, Haku Maglev is designed to upgrade existing rail corridors into faster, cleaner, and more reliable infrastructure.

We have so far managed to create a digital twin of the Haku City. We are currently working on a 1:8 scale prototype which will prove the viability of the Haku City. The first full scale Haku train will be finished in 2032.

Haku Maglev is compatible with ERTMS which is designed for up to 500km/h.

Upgrading ordinary rail corridors for Haku Maglev has the benefit of being far more affordable than building entirely new high-speed lines. However existing corridors also come with constraints, especially curves. Even if the train is technically capable of reaching speeds up to 500 km/h on straight sections, it will need to slow down in curves. This means the average speed will not be 500 km/h, and the achievable speed will depend on the country, region, track geometry, and existing infrastructure.

But speed is not everything. Factors such as network robustness, service frequency, passenger comfort, reduced disturbance for people living near railways, lower maintenance, and fewer delays caused by moving parts in the infrastructure are often just as important, and in many cases more important, than maximum speed.

Maglev is actually much safer than conventional trains.

1. Because the train wraps around the rail and has active guidance systems, chance of derailment due to gusts of wind in turns or from going at a turn at too high speeds is much lower.

2. Furthermore, better distributed weight of the train results in less strain on infrastructure and therefore less risks of infrastructure such as railway embankments buckling under all that pressure.

3. Less weather dependent braking systems results in a safe braking distance in all situations.

4. If all goes wrong, we always have wheels with brakes installed obviously.