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posted by martyb on Wednesday May 25 2016, @01:43PM   Printer-friendly
from the what-could-possibly-go-wrong? dept.

Six years ago we showed the crazy Chinese 3D fast bus and everyone thought it was silly vaporware. Three years ago we showed an updated version, the Land Airbus which got to the animated video stage. Now it appears that it is at the model stage, zipping through the International High-tech Expo in Beijing the other day.

At 60 Km/hr It's not quite as fast as a hyperloop, but it holds 1400 passengers in comfort as it zips down the highway, and it is really designed as urban transport. Designer Song Youzhou says it will save a lot of road space, costing only 15% what a subway costs but serving pretty much the same function. It can also be built much more quickly. Given that it has the capacity of 40 buses, it will significantly reduce pollution and carbon dioxide emissions.

It will work wonderfully if drivers stay neatly within their lanes and never block the box at intersections.


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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by wonkey_monkey on Wednesday May 25 2016, @02:10PM

    by wonkey_monkey (279) on Wednesday May 25 2016, @02:10PM (#350797) Homepage

    everyone thought it was silly vaporware.

    Now it appears that it is at the model stage

    Those two things are in no way mutually exclusive.

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