A team of Chinese scientists say they have created a magnetic levitation (maglev) line that can keep train carriages suspended in mid-air, even when the power goes out. The 800-metre prototype ‘Red Rail’ line is situated in Xingguo country, north of Guangzhou. The experimental maglev line possesses its remarkable sticking power thanks to powerful magnets…
China owns and operates 99% of the 385 000 electric buses in the world. 9 500 cutting-edge electric buses are added to China’s fleet about every five weeks. Shenzhen has electrified all 16 359 of its public busses, the first city globally to do so. China is increasing its electric bus fleet every five weeks by the…
A ‘solar-super highway’ between Hangzhou and Ningbo is expected to be open to the public in 2022 This new highway is paved with solar panels, mapping sensors and battery chargers to power cars as they drive As an intelligent transport system, the solar-super highway fits into three of the priority sectors in the “Made in…
China is putting massive effort into building its electric vehicle market. In the first seven months of 2018 China delivered 382 000 electric vehicles – mainly local brands such as BYD, Geely and BAIC. This was an over 80% increase from the same period the previous year, according to the China Passenger Car Alliance, a…