Shanghai Tower elevator to climb at 40 mph

February 9, 2012 | NEWS

The 128-story, 632-meter Shangai Tower, at right, is going up by the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center. (Credit: Gensler) How fast can you go up? Mitsubishi Electric recently unveiled technologies for new high-speed elevators that will climb at a vertiginous rate of roughly 40 mph when they enter service in China. The elevators will be installed in the 632-meter (2,073-foot …
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