Chinese footwear firm creates giant leather shoe car
China-based Kang Shoe company has created a three metre electric car in the shape of a giant leather shoe.
Made from the hides of five bulls the electric car can go up to 30 kilometres per hour and carry two people up to 400 kilometres on a single charge of the battery underneath the driver’s seat.
The leather 'bodywork' is made in the same way as a normal shoe but on a bigger scale, using the hide of five bulls. A Kang Shoe company spokesman said it took six months to design and build the car at a cost of around £4,000.
The company demonstrated its vehicle outside its headquarters in Wenzhou in eastern China’s Zhejiang Province. Company president, Wang Zhengtao, says it is designed as a promotional tool and he plans to make 40 for stores around the country.
