China debuts prototype straddling bus

Posted on 3 Aug 2016 by Michael Cruickshank
The completed TEB-1 prototype straddling bus. Image courtesy of Tebtech.

The first working prototype of a ‘straddling bus’ able to drive over traffic has been shown off to the public in China.

The prototype, also known as a Transit Elevated Bus (TEB), was built in Qinhuangdao in northern China’s Hebei Province. Prior to this, the TEB, which was first conceptualized in 2010, had only existed as a computer rendering and a small, sub-scale model. Currently this first prototype – called the TEB-1 – is undergoing road trials…

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