A futuristic electric bus could be the answer for China’s car emissions problems.
China has been kicking around the idea since 2010 when a 40 mph 3D Fast Bus running on solar was proposed for Beijing. But the project fizzled and construction never started.
The idea also surfaced in the U.S. in the late 1960s. A double wide bus running on its own track would glide over traffic taking passengers from Washington DC to Boston and back, as some architects proposed.
But a life size model is now going to be tested in Changzhou, China, according to City Lab and news agency reports from China. Following the recent 19th International High-Tech Expo in Beijing, a video of a miniature replica dazzled the Internet.
The engineer Song Youzhou said the pilot straddling bus will run on electricity, cut annual fuel consumption by 800 tons and reduce carbon emissions by 2,500 tons. It will take the place of 800 buses, he said.
