China unveils 'straddling bus' design to beat traffic jams

The concept vehicle is designed to float above the clogged-up streets of some of the country's biggest cities

A Beijing company has unveiled spectacularly futuristic designs for a pollution-busting, elevated bus capable of gliding over the nightmarish mega-jams for which urban China has become notorious.

Plans for the so-called Transit Explore Bus or TEB were showcased earlier this month at a technology expo in the Chinese capital.