Chitchat No surprises here: Chinese megabus that "glides" above traffic likely a SCAM

[Thick Face Black Heart]

http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/chinese-media-calls-straddling-bus-scam

BEIJING — A two-storey bus that effortlessly glides above traffic? A futuristic vision for public transport that made headlines worldwide may be too good to be true, Chinese media said on Friday (Aug 5).

Footage of a prototype of the vehicle driving down a short track in the northern Chinese city of Qinhuangdao, while two cars drove underneath it, attracted global media attention this week — along with alarm over safety.

The electric vehicle, first proposed in 2010, needs at least two lanes to operate and an additional lane to allow traffic to pass, according to manufacturer TEB Tech’s website.

It can carry up to 1,400 passengers at a top speed of 60kmh, it said — although the video showed it proceeding at a snail’s pace.

Chinese media were suspicious, raising questions about the project’s feasibility: The vehicle’s length would make it difficult to corner, while its height could make underpasses a challenge, the Global Times noted.

“The idea of the road-straddling bus was shot down six years ago by a panel for its impracticality,” the paper quoted urban planning expert Yin Zhi as saying.

Questions were also asked about the manufacturer’s connections to an online finance company that has attracted negative attention from authorities.

TEB Tech is 90 per cent owned by Mr Bai Danqing, the founder of Internet lender Huaying Kailai, documents filed with the Beijing government show.

A Chinese government task force on illegal lending put the company under “close observation” last year, according to a December report in respected business magazine Caixin.

The peer-to-peer lending sector has been assailed by scandal in China, with major player Ezubao allegedly bilking 900,000 investors out of $US7.6 billion (S$10 billion) in what one executive called a “Ponzi scheme”.

Huaying Kailai said that the bus project did not use any money from P2P investors, the Beijing News reported.

But it said that when a journalist from the paper approached the company undercover he was offered an opportunity to invest in the technology and promised an annual 12 per cent return on his money.

TEB Tech has not responded to repeated requests from AFP to see the prototype. AFP

 

[eatshitndie]

one look at tiong roadways with so many (low) overpasses and bochenghu fucktard drivers and you'll know it will not work. don't need days or even hours of due diligence. one second and one can tell it's a scam.

 

[Leongsam]

one look at tiong roadways with so many (low) overpasses and bochenghu fucktard drivers and you'll know it will not work. don't need days or even hours of due diligence. one second and one can tell it's a scam.

The straddle isn't high enough for trucks to pass under. The gliding bus will be hit in the testicles the minute it sets off.

 

[eatshitndie]

The straddle isn't high enough for trucks to pass under. The gliding bus will be hit in the testicles the minute it sets off.

it can only work if it has its own trackways and complete separation and clearance from the roadway maze - which bring us to the well proven mrt and lrt.

 

[siaochabor]

paging for Mr ChineseDog, where are u?, what have u to say about this?

 

[scroobal]

It has nothing do with the bus, it viability, or its impact on the transport system. Its a traditional scam. An "opportunity" for investment. Instead of investing in a "ceramics factory" which led to shooting death of the Datin in Malaysia, in this case have floated a bus of the future. They know full well that half the blur fucks will talk about technical feasibility of the bus and the other half will actually invest.

 

[syed putra]

They can reenginner it to work above sewage canals and drains.

 

[Thick Face Black Heart]

Sad how many people are sharing it on Facebook with positive comments. Truly shows lack of critical thinking.

 

[extramarital]

A major question is how can those vehicles underneath the Chink megabus turn to the right and left where they want to go. Don't tell me that they will just have to stop in the middle of the intersection waiting for that BS above them to leave before making their turns. This will only create more traffic jams.

 

[Jah_rastafar_I]

well unlike certain forum members and a certain hypocrite here whose nick rhymes with pig base fat fuck who would be howling to the skies were the attention on india doing something similar i see most racially aware and proud Chinese not feeling butt hurt over this and in fact bash the China company over this instead of feeling butt hurt and complaining of racism.

 

[ChineseDog]

http://www.todayonline.com/chinaindia/china/chinese-media-calls-straddling-bus-scam

BEIJING — A two-storey bus that effortlessly glides above traffic? A futuristic vision for public transport that made headlines worldwide may be too good to be true, Chinese media said on Friday (Aug 5).

Footage of a prototype of the vehicle driving down a short track in the northern Chinese city of Qinhuangdao, while two cars drove underneath it, attracted global media attention this week — along with alarm over safety.

The electric vehicle, first proposed in 2010, needs at least two lanes to operate and an additional lane to allow traffic to pass, according to manufacturer TEB Tech’s website.

It can carry up to 1,400 passengers at a top speed of 60kmh, it said — although the video showed it proceeding at a snail’s pace.

Chinese media were suspicious, raising questions about the project’s feasibility: The vehicle’s length would make it difficult to corner, while its height could make underpasses a challenge, the Global Times noted.

“The idea of the road-straddling bus was shot down six years ago by a panel for its impracticality,” the paper quoted urban planning expert Yin Zhi as saying.

Questions were also asked about the manufacturer’s connections to an online finance company that has attracted negative attention from authorities.

TEB Tech is 90 per cent owned by Mr Bai Danqing, the founder of Internet lender Huaying Kailai, documents filed with the Beijing government show.

A Chinese government task force on illegal lending put the company under “close observation” last year, according to a December report in respected business magazine Caixin.

The peer-to-peer lending sector has been assailed by scandal in China, with major player Ezubao allegedly bilking 900,000 investors out of $US7.6 billion (S$10 billion) in what one executive called a “Ponzi scheme”.

Huaying Kailai said that the bus project did not use any money from P2P investors, the Beijing News reported.

But it said that when a journalist from the paper approached the company undercover he was offered an opportunity to invest in the technology and promised an annual 12 per cent return on his money.

TEB Tech has not responded to repeated requests from AFP to see the prototype. AFP

Good job my fellow Chinese dog. We chinks are scammers and cheats.

 

[eatshitndie]

A major question is how can those vehicles underneath the Chink megabus turn to the right and left where they want to go. Don't tell me that they will just have to stop in the middle of the intersection waiting for that BS above them to leave before making their turns. This will only create more traffic jams.

if tiongs don't follow rules, sorely lack courtesy, and traffic is already not moving, this stupidity of a design will only add obstruction to the roadways.