Take This, Ugly School Bus!

2011 Superbus Concept

This one goes out to all you kids, even you Muhlenberg Shuttle dudes out there. Do you ever hate it when it takes a century for the bus to arrive at your stop? It could be because your bus driver is terrible or the bus itself is the slowest moving thing on the planet. I'll place my bets on the bus, because honestly, for a transportation vehicle that's supposed to get you to school on time, it's not doing a very good job. Also, how about a different color for once? Yellow's been on every single school bus since, what, the 1940's? It's boring now! We need somethin' new. Luckily, there is somethin' new. Debuting at the Dubai UITP (L’Union internationale des transports publics) Mobility and City Transport Expo, it's the SUPERBUS!! You know everything is always way better when the word SUPER is attached to it, like Superman, Superball, or even Supercar. Well, here's what happens when combine it with the word bus. It's 49ft. long, 8ft. wide, 5ft. tall, has 16 gullwing doors, and can seat 23 passengers. It's a heavy thing, though, tipping the scales at 10.5 tons (21,000 lb.). But, at least it will be quieter as the bus is powered by a lithium-ion battery that sends power to a massive electric motor that packs 805 horsepower. That's about as much as a Koenigsegg CCX. Because of this much power, it will easily hit 155 MPH with a 0 to 60 time of about 6.0 seconds. And, as you can tell, it's low to the ground, swoopy, and very aerodynamic, so it's better in the corners then the sloppy-handcrafted junk you call a bus. So far, the company that's been working on this concept bus are currently making a deal with Dubai to have it as a public transportation vehicle. If everything goes well, it might hit the streets in 2015, then later in the rest of the world.