
The world may have loved the idea of the new Chinese elevated bus, but the country’s state media seems to have other ideas.

China’s state media has labelled the Transit Elevated Bus a complete scam, claiming that they were not even aware of last week’s test taking place, reports the People's Daily Online.

But interestingly, footage of a supposed test of the vehicle in Qinghuangdao, eastern China, was released last week by several Chinese state media organisations.

Testing testing! The Transit Elevated Bus is tested on a road in Qinghuangdao, north China's Hebei province on August 2

A bit confused: Despite pictures proving otherwise, Qinghuangdao's government says they were unaware of the test

A cyclist passes by the vehicle as it goes through the first testing phase in the Chinese coastal city of Qinghuangdao

The test which the country's state media now claim they were not aware of, was allegedly held on August 2 in the coastal city of Qinghuangdao.

Video footage from the test shows the bus standing some two metres above the road running for 300 metres on a specially constructed track while two lanes of cars passed underneath.

The 72-feet-long, 25-feet-wide and 15.7-feet-high TEB-1 can carry up to 300 passengers over the top of cars and let traffic pass underneath it.

The idea is that passengers sit far above other vehicles on the road, allowing cars to pass underneath.

Inside the giant elevated bus: The TEB can carry up to 300 passengers as it passes over traffic

However the plausibility of the mode of transport is now being questioned when putting height limits into perspective

The test in Qinhuangdao City, evaluated the braking system, drag and power consumption, according to tebtech, a company that helped build the TEB.

However there are now doubts about the vehicle with Qinghuangdao’s government saying that they were unaware of the test even taking place.

According to Popular Mechanics, the project was funded by peer-to-peer lending, a model where online companies match investors with borrowers who promise a high interest in return for those who invest. This has caused Chinese media to label it a money-making scam.

While the Global Times went one step further claiming that the head of the project only has a primary school education.

The plausibility of the project was also put in the spotlight as people began to question if the bus was even tall enough to pass over traffic.

The height limit for Chinese vehicles on the road is 14 feet or 13 feet depending on what type of road it is however the maximum height limit for the bus is just under 7 feet.

Really? Qinghuangdao's government have claimed that they are unaware of any testing of the vehicle taking place