Riding a P.U.M.A.

Segway and GM partnered to bring us this Personal Urban Motility and Accessibility prototype vehicle. The all-electric PUMA goes up to 35 mph and spins on a dime; the charge has a range of 35 miles, but after a full day of test-rides at the New York International Auto Show, the battery was only about half drained.

Grist's Sara Barz takes a ride in this balancing mobile at the auto show.

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• New York Auto Show 2009
• cars
• PUMA
• electric vehicles

[7eardstapa7]

Why the windscreen? Bugs in the teeth? 'Cuz it's not exactly weather proof with both sides wide open to the elements...

[Pacmanghost]

now get ready for all the fatties who can't support their own massive weight to start buying these

[glontz9mm]

super :)



[STBNY]

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

[Levedra]

pro

[Ligeti43]

What if people WANT to drive alone to work?? I'd rather do that than be crammed into a cattle-car public trans bus next to some flu-ridden dude coughing in my face. I understand that it isn't efficient that 77% people drive alone to work, but what are you going to do about it?? FORCE people to drive certain things? Because it won't end with transportation.

[onlocash]

Bumper kit it..

[yakyakyak69]

The 2007 US Census Results show that according to a one-year American Community Survey (doc. # CB07-CN.06), 77% of commuters drive alone to work.

Most traffic congestion surveys use 1.2 as the average number of occupants per vehicle when planning new road works.

[mys0ck]

yeah, but im not sure if im going to spend the money for a new sound system...

[JDT120]

cant forget exhaust and turbo