US car manufacturer General Motors has a vision: to tackle congestion and pollution in mega cities around the world.
Chris Borroni-Bird, director of Advanced Technology Vehicles at GM, said, "There is an immense challenge before us."
Speaking near the city of Pinghu in Zhejiang province, Borroni-Bird said, "Around 2030, 60% of the world population will live in urban areas. And 80% of the world’s wealth will be concentrated in cities. We need to tackle these urban issues as congestion is not going to get better. This problem has to be solved, otherwise mobility as such is at risk."
GulfNews.com reported that the new concepts GM is working on are based on three pillars: the newly introduced hybrid-electric passenger car, the Volt; the fuel-cell SUV Equinox; and — the most challenging new concept — the two-wheeler EN-V, which is a small battery-electric powered vehicle developed with Segway, the company which invented the first self-balanced electric vehicle.