Archive for April, 2009

GM and Segway team up on innovative electric vehicle

This has been an exciting week in the area of personal, electric transportation. "General Motors Corp. is teaming with Segway Inc., maker of the upright, self-balancing scooters, to build a new type of two-wheeled vehicle designed to move easily through congested urban streets."  The name of the project is PUMA, Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility.
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All aboard: High-speed American passenger rails network on track

"President Obama on Thursday highlighted his ambition for the development of high-speed passenger rail lines in at least 10 regions, expressing confidence in the future of train travel even as he acknowledged that the American rail network, compared with the rest of the world’s, remains a caboose."
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