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.

Personally, I think the design is fantastic and very innovative.  Its hard to believe that Toyota or Honda didn't develop it.  I could really seeing PUMA strongly embraced in countries like Tawian and China where Scooters and bikes rule the streets.  Can you imagine such a vehicle in Portland?  I think it would be fantastic, but given its size it seems like a dedicated lane would be need for this class of device.

 

Read more at GM, Segway to Make Vehicle

 

The Project P.U.M.A.Image by yufujamar via Flickr

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