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QINHUANGDAO, CHINA — China’s much-hyped elevated bus which last week completed a test run in the northern city of Qinhuangdao, Hebei province, may not just be impractical and unfeasible, as critics say. Several Chinese state media outlets now say the whole thing was an illegally funded project aimed at scamming investors. China’s Global Times tabloid also attacked the thing’s designer for having only an elementary school education. Nevertheless, this animation depicts the thing and explains some of its attributes. The Transit Elevated Bus, or TEB, is 22 meters long, 7.8 meters wide and can carry up to 300 passengers. It runs on rails laid on ordinary roads and occupies two traffic lanes. Passengers board the bus through an elevated bus stop. It is powered by both solar power and electricity. Through a technology called relay charging, the bus receives electricity as it enters a bus station. The TEB straddles the road 2 meters above the ground, which allows smaller vehicles to pass below. It is equipped with sensors on its front, rear and sides to warn vehicles to not get too close and large vehicles to not pass below. The TEB Development Company says one bus could replace 40 conventional buses and could save 2,640 tons of carbon emissions. Four buses could be linked together and operate in a train-like manner. The bus can reach a top speed of 60 kilometers per hour. However, the bus can only run on a mostly straight track and is unable to perform sharp turns. Although last week’s test received wide media coverage, the thing only traveled 300 meters at a slow speed, and without traffic beneath it. What’s more, the city didn’t even know about the test, let alone approve it. So this elevated bus, which is actually a train, may never get off the ground. ---------------------------------------­-------------------- Welcome to TomoNews, where we animate the most entertaining news on the internets. Come here for an animated look at viral headlines, US news, celebrity gossip, salacious scandals, dumb criminals and much more! Subscribe now for daily news animations that will knock your socks off. Visit our official website for all the latest, uncensored videos: http://us.tomonews.com Check out our Android app: http://bit.ly/1rddhCj Check out our iOS app: http://bit.ly/1gO3z1f Get top stories delivered to your inbox everyday: http://bit.ly/tomo-newsletter See a story that should be animated? Tell us about it! Suggest a story here: http://bit.ly/suggest-tomonews Stay connected with us here: Facebook   / tomonewsus   Twitter @tomonewsus   / tomonewsus   Google+ http://plus.google.com/+TomoNewsUS/ Instagram @tomonewsus   / tomonewsus   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~ Please watch: "Crying dog breaks the internet’s heart — but this sad dog story has a happy ending"    • Видео   ~-~~-~~~-~~-~