Shanghai World Expo
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Futurists predict that by 2030 more than 60 percent of the world’s population, which by that time should number around eight billion people, will be concentrated into urban areas. Streets will be more congested than ever and pressure on a public infrastructure--already struggling to meet the growing demand for transportation and basic services--will be tremendous. General Motors’ solution, formulated together with the aid of Chinese partner Shanghai Automotive Industry Corp. Group (SAIC), is for a radical change in personal urban transportation. There are a number of proposals on...