Each installation costs millions and companies barely make a profit, but that hasn’t stopped the race to build the world’s fastest lift from reaching new heights.
Lift rides are not usually worth documenting. But when you step into the lift at Shanghai Tower, people often pull out their cameras.
As the doors close, a screen at the lift’s front lights up to show you its location as it rises toward the building’s newly opened observation deck. A neatly dressed attendant informs passengers that the lift has now reached a top speed of 18 metres per second, approximately 40mph.
“This is really fast,” one passenger said during a recent packed ride up the tower. It is, in fact, the fastest lift in the world.
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