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(CNN)The Shanghai Tower may be the world’s second tallest building.
But when it comes to speed, it’s second to none.
The 2,074 feet-tall skyscraper has installed a ground-breaking Mitsubishi elevator that travels at an incredible 20.5 meters per second (67 ft/s) — faster than Usain Bolt can run (40 ft/s), but slightly slower than a cheetah (95 ft/s).
No elevator in the world is faster.
Visitors are whisked up to the building’s viewing tower by the lightning fast elevator, from where they have unrivaled views of the Bund.
Close race
The Shanghai Tower is not alone in its need for speed.
In the Southern Chinese city of Guangzhou, home to 8.25 million, Hitachi this summer unveiled its fastest elevator in Guangzhou’s tallest tower, the CTF, which stands at 1,739 feet tall.
Its lift zooms from floors zero to 95 in an incredible 45 seconds — or 20 meters per second (65 ft/s).
“I think this is our future,” says So. “Our elevators will become more like a chess board, the pieces on the board moving around the building.”
So acknowledges that governments around the world remain unconvinced of horizontal elevators’ safety credentials, but says their introduction is only a matter of time.
“There is no practical value of building tall, when a tall building becomes slimmer as it gets taller,” So says. “Most of the area at the top of the building is used for the elevator.”
A bigger building with a horizontal elevator is a better use of space, he says.
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