Future of Commuting - New York Post

[idoltyler06]

I know a David Garcia! 

[kokopelli314]

BS, BS., BS!!!

GM is blowing smoke, and we're supposed to think it's hot

EV's must be super light, super strong, cheap to buy and operate, They have to have a decent range at a good speed 35/35 is pathetic!

[plusMETRO]

Get a fucking bike.

[Mattguitarman1234]

would i trade it in, fuck no!! this thing is a recreational vehicle, not a practical vehicle.

[N1CKF3D]

ITS CALLED WALKING.

[STBNY]

McDonald's + Segway + lazyness = birth of Wall E

[Yayakills]

lol hell yeah right

[emforty2]

my bicycle invented over 100 years ago also balances on 2 wheels using a computer[my brain]

plus this one probably contribute to more obesity running around sitting on a puma eating a bag of potato chips

[paconot]

@emforty2  LOL

[mstaff657]

He drives a ford escape, of course he is a parasite and provides no benefit to society !

The man is an Al Gore, Hussein Obama tail kisser.

yes - that makes him a waste of human skin -

[emforty2]

my bike is a zero emission vehicle

except for me[the powertrain] sometimes emit greenhouse gas

ha ha ha

[videogamespoofer]

pimpin

[fugue137]

"It's like riding a bike"? Only big, heavy, expensive, environmentally questionable (batteries will need to be replaced every 3 years or so), only as zero-emissions as your electricity supplier is, and unlike a bike won't do much for the health care crisis.

[NYGiantsFan845]

if they only drive on bike lanes than im cool with it

[OmarFernandoChavez]

The only problem with the new technoligically advanced cars is that apparentally they can't make them go fast!

[yumagetbullet]

well. you don't need to go fast in city.

[mgfhd]

nice toy

[leoca]

LOL He said "technology".

Good vehicle idea. Bad design. WTF? Atleast make it look like a floating giant egg or something.

[emforty2]

will Medicare cover the purchase one of this ?

[fugue137]

Why? Riding a bike will make you healthy. Riding that thing won't. Maybe it'll make other people healthier, since you're less likely to run over them...?

Hmmm... if we do go to socialised medicine, it seems to me that I should work harder to encourage my friends to ride their bikes, or we'll all be helping to pay for their heart disease, diabetes, cancer, depression, ....., treatments... btw bikes strangely turn out to be much safer than cars almost everywhere--check out the weird numbers.

[NehpetsK57]

this commentators voice is really annoying, its like listening to fingers on a chalkboard

[damcubs]

Why not beef up the rascal scooter

[the5y5tem]

i want flying cars.

[emforty2]

this is whats produced after giving them $15Billion bailout money

a 2 wheel electric wheelchair Brilliant work guys

my $100 walmart bicycle can do what that does and its zero emissions and 0 kilowatt of electricity used in its lifetime

Obama is probably laughing at this

a once might company reduced to making elecric wheelchairs !

[robertackerlind]

Great engineering designs, sadly only for the uber rich and not an answer to real problems. Sell PHEV's and EREV's. Don't buy a new car until they offer a plug.

[DuraToTheMaxxx]

its a segway with a cab. thats it...

[eric8eric888]

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[JimexJimex]

Where is the innovation? Don't we already have something called scooter and electric motorcycle?

What have they done other than taking the front wheel side-by-side with the back wheel?

[DurBanPoison420uh]

im 18 years old. and i got my first car from my mom. but the first car i ever buy WILL NOT be an internal combustion automobile. i refuse. im not trying to polute on planet, which is already fucked to hell. they neeed to rethink the whole thing

[EluraUser]

I suggest you googling for "Endicott IBM plant" or for "Endicott plume" to realize that high-tech does not always mean green.

[BinkieMcFartnuggets]

One minute you're riding along the street flipping the bird to a guy screaming "douchebag!" the next thing you know, the lithium ion battery explodes and your balls are on fire.

[dwstrat7879]

How are you supposed to shop with that

[dollarvandemos]

walk or take the dollar van!!

[Airsey22]

ok and when it rains? yea... no ty

[Jrrath]

Do you have ears? He CLEARLY said it would be COMPLETELY covered.

[bronco2121]

and it's also super gay

[iron1215]

It's like an electric wheelchair. But not as fast.

[diah4]

I hope they can pull money out of their asses for this.

The economy hasn't turned around enough for us to pay more money for this kind of shit.

[turboman808]

Super Gay

[goodinohio]

The new GM Death Wish.

[StrwberryCoff]

This is fucking retarded! Why would anyone want to buy this? The govt. seems to always make bad investments, whether it is ethanol or segways!

[prodprod]

You get in an accident in one of those and it looks to be about as survivable as driving a paper bag.

I mean, you'll kill yourself driving a motorcycle too, but at least on a motorcycle, you look cool. On this thing, you die *and* you look like a dork.

[Pighood]

This is political correctness' ultimate joke, just as affirmative action's ultimate joke, Chairman Zero.

[Generalrecall]

This Idea had to come straight from Al Gore, because its stupid as shit

[thoughtchallenge]

Realistically you would have to reconfigure traffic patterns to give these vehicles their own lanes.

[mdjbm]

gm can market it as the " rolling coffin".

[AllenHID]

@mdjbm how about egg coffin?

[dsalcedo98]

Its a desperate move from GM from disappearing, they could of prevented this along time ago but, corporate greed cost money and has its long term effects.

[zzx2847]

It's the Pelosimobile.

[firejack007]

what a joke. goodbye gm

[LawChunHou]

Okay it was quite good but make sure that it was fully save enought for us to drive.

[iron1215]

See this is what happens when governments take over the auto industry. Behold the Obamamobile. A phone booth on wheels. Without the phone.

[electric789]

WTF i thought those dicks FAILED. GM is a relic.

[TheNourse]

I thought this was something from The Onion! So instead of grabbing a thorough grasp on their plight and finding real, plausible solutions to the shitty cars coming out of major American car companies, they produce this hunk of shit. I never was really wanted anyone or anything to truly fail until the modern American automotive industry. This is why I drive a Japanese car...

[thevota]

what they should do is not invent new designs cuz ... yea i mean look at it.. pretty embarrassing inviting a gril out for dinner then you come and pick her up with one of these things... damn...youl look like an idiot for real... what they should do is invest money to research new ways in making a car run without polluting the air.. thats all.. the designs can come later.

[pyr666]

needs a trunk and a hell of a lot more protection, but if they do that i would buy it.

[darwinx01]

does this thing have air bags?

or does it simply dispense cyanide capsules the moment before impact so the passengers can kill themselves and be done with it?

[pyr666]

it's a prototype, so probably not, but putting one in is relatively easy

[xboarderx163]

thats somethin that you should take care of ill take a mustang or camaro and run that over. if a guy drove that wit his girl he should be called a pussy

[Fockersnextdoor]

the next Superbowl half-time show we will see how far a full-size SUV can punt one of these.

[Fockersnextdoor]

If I drive one of these my unit will fall off and my voice will soften, then I will be some one's beeootch. no thanks

[Fockersnextdoor]

now we know where irkle from the Cosby Show went to work later in life.

[Fockersnextdoor]

anyone wanna take a guess on which comedy movie this will show up in first? I say Napolean Dynamite 2 "Im ok, your ok"

[kluchraisz]

this is a joke, right?

[tylerleebash]

no, it's the result of a failing industry/economy.

[CaptainCalifornia]

its the same as buying a fucking scooter except youre sitting down, if old people drive that shit theyll just die in an accident, theres absolutely no point to making this...this...fucking thing. Invent a car, itll go longer distances, you wont get RAINED on, you wont feel like youre in a damn box, you have a place to fit groceries etc, and you dont have to charge it after 35 damn miles. this invention is fucking ridiculous

[asesinar]

word.

[ritad426]

Speaking as an Urban Planner, this isnt such a bad idea. Of course it seems really unsafe to mix it with regular cars, but if this project picks up, we can quite easily segregate the modes of transportation to be able to crated a reserved lane for those kinds of vehicles, like we do with bikes or pedestrains.

[JSErwine]

Dude our country is broke. I can't afford even more taxes to build little paths, so GM can sell me their crap I can't afford anyway.

[esm6]

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[Zippo1969]

HOW RETARDED.

What a bunch of morons we've financed. Maybe if their 'technology and vision' had given us competitive MPG standards 35 years ago like the rest of the world they would have some better "vision" now, instead of this piece o' crap that no one other than rich trendy pricks will ever own.

Idiots.

[mike1111qq]

35 x 6= 210 so why dont thay make them 6 times bigger . charge for two bucks and go 210 miles????? and 210 MPH....wow ill take one

[willh103]

Well intentioned... But the form factor is HORRIBLE.

[mike1111qq]

obviously very safe??? ha ha ha ha ha you go ahead get one ill be right behind ya in my dodge RAM....ha ha ha ha

[dapdaddy10]

American auto mannufacturers do it again!!!

I have an idea, why don't they just make a vehicle that runs on shit. That way we can drive their shit cars and be from foreign oil since shit is free. Also more people would buy more pets to supply more fuel for their American shit cars thereby also giving a home to the stray cats and dogs on the street.

[prefrogprincess]

no president have used teleprompters more than obama.

[04ray25number2]

I am not a racist, but Obama is a puppet just like Bush. WAKE UP AMERICA, let stop the NWO before they declared Martial Law and send us to FEMA camps.

[RepublicanMatt]

I would rather go to the scooter store than buy this

[lbcitezen]

seriously, that or build my own. This thing would be great in India. In U.S you would get hit by a huge lifted Chevy.

[RepublicanMatt]

talk about appeasement. GM rolls this crap out so next CEO does not get canned by Obama. What a piece of junk. This is going nowhere.

[MrGovtCheese]

Three problems I see with this. It's too fast and a danger to pedestrians if used on the sidewalk. It's too slow and a danger to it's occupants on the road. And there is no protection from the elements (heat, cold, or rain).

I'd rather get a motorcycle.

Look for them in upscale gated communities, in theme parks, and on campuses and golf courses.

[robstuk666]

Yeah it's fucking gay, I wouldn't buy that for 5 $

[gueromar79]

this is a joke, it looks like a wheelchair ,the best our top US engineers can come up with, damm we are falling behind in world

[RonFella]

By the time they put all of the crap on this thing needed for it to be street legal (bumbers, air bags, etc..) it should go 0-35 in 10 minutes and have a one mile range. Oh but at least you can get power for it from the mythical wind mills off Kennedy's private beach. Give me a break. This is Al Gore's Y2K scam all over again. "The sky is warming! The sky is warming!"

[Audiomuse]

I love it, continue developing it

[baraclude]

unless u replace every car in US with this shit otherwise no one will buy it. I mean seriously, how do u survive a collision with our gasoline cars?

[CAPTAINCAPSLOCKZ]

check out the rims

nerdpimping!

[josmo79]

sad

[duba3988]

More like "Failure" of Communting, amirite? lulz

[P5ychScreen]

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[leandropatriarca]

one thing its for shore its small but 45mh its not a big speed ,

the people likes speed and perfomance ..

[zuriku]

I cannot wait to race with those things.

[killerfocker]

future? that fuckin lame piece of shit lmao i would never buy it

[gkhelsinki]

I can already see it in my eyes:

a nice old gentleman goes to pick his lovely wife from the grocery store. he puts their groceries to the back of the puma and walks his wife to the door like a gentleman. he turns on his radio and smiles to his wife. they pull to the street. when all of a sudden, out of nowhere a ford mustang hits you to the side of the puma ( SPLAT!! ) and once again another mustang kills animals crossing the street.

cool car but not very safe lol.

peace 420

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[solo5148]

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[timhennington]

is there any wonder that GM is failing, this is fucking retarded, just makes GOOD cars, not this garbage.

[sawtoothstealth]

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[MastaRikta]

In Japan, I'm pretty sure they're laughing at us right now.

[futebol4eva]

how is a fat person going to fit

[ceeraydeefer]

ride bike....wow

[christmas254]

I drive a 3500 dual cheve truck I have to have a seatbelt on.Look at that thing. You say Obama has any idea whats happen one good thing obama has lot of tax money to throw at it

[guitarman5673]

I agree with someone else saying that if a fat person was in this it would change the speed and instead of 2 seats it would only be 1

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[MassZombicide]

LOL "35" in a 45, mother fuckers. That is not EVEN going to work out. Make it faster. Oh and a 2 seater? Please tell me that's only for the prototype. Two people barely fit in it, I'd love to see a single fat person try to fit in that thing by themself taking up both seats, it'd be more like 10 miles an hour then. Oh well, at least you're trying. . .but seriously, you're going to give it a trunk, right?. . .So many people are going to die riding in those unless they make it bright yellow

[NewsRadio590KLBJ]

This is the worst business model I have ever seen. GM/Segway may sale a few thousand...but, this is a money pit. The question is - who's money?  The clip from a GM execuitive quoting Obama is the best. Hey GM are you listening to your customers or your new CEO Barack Obama. You have lost you customer base. My dad drive's GM - I drive Toyota. You have lost a whole generation. Good luck - I think Bankruptcy is around the corner.

[xliver4]

at first i was like WTF, but if you think about it, this thing can be very piratical.

No one says this has to be your only car. you can have a normal car to travel and go long distances. This can be like an upgrade to a bike. its quick enough to be used in a city environment, and with its small size it will free up some room on the road.

[ucebizziebone]

im gonna stick to my 1963 chevy impala but thank you

[jdawgsworld]

oh boy...what a waste of money...geez

[yakyakyak69]

OK, my first impression was to laugh so hard that milk came shooting out of my nose.

BUT, the more I look at this PUMA based on its urban application, the better I think the idea actually is.

The average car only has one occupant at any given time. You can park 6 PUMAs in the space of ONE regular car and get 2 PUMAs side by side in each car lane!

It costs only 35 cents to go 35-mph for 35 miles.

This may be the answer once this prototype is "fleshed-out" with full body, doors etc.

[angelgabby]

I'll stick with my 1976 cb750, thanks

[MK64PLRs]

This invention has been out for years.

Its called a golfcart or a scooter.

[jdfox1]

I agree. Well said.

[philblunt420]

what a joke that "vehicle" is

[bctvguy]

I want to see obama riding around in one these ridiculous little cars.

[brewersrule1978]

THIS is why this company is in the tank when combined w/the sinking power of the UAW. To make this thing feasible El Presidente would have to eliminate ALL cars and trucks in a city which, of course, could happen w/Obama's plan for power.

[jdawgsworld]

can't say i agree with everything you said...BUT GM is on the skids and the UAW doesn't have a stronghold...i assume you are aware of the deal the UAW signed with American Axle???