Project P.U.M.A by GM and Segway

General Motors Corp. and Segway today demonstrated a new type of vehicle that could change the way we move around in cities. See More details at http://www.autoblog.gr

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[the26thhour]

p.s. I can hear the advertising jingle now, they'll have Lenny Kravitz singing,

"Are you gonna go Segway?!"

[the26thhour]

If they built a train carriage & modded stations to house these things, then that would be a leap forward in public transport

[emforty2]

its designed to make walking and cycling obsolete and increase obesity 100%

[Choice777]

@wookieeassassin mostfuel efficient vehicle for city dayly use is about 200-300 euros and it's called "bicycle"

[TheTurtlejack]

THIS IS COOL.....untill you stop to fast in front of a big truck

[wookieeassassin]

@waynerp You should also remember that the US helped Europe out tremendously in both world wars with arms shipments, as well as military support as they progressed. Also, we loaned a lot of money to Western Europe to help rebuild infrastructure, etc. (Look up the Marshall Plan. Our aid may have not been the main reason the economy recovered, but we still were trying to help).If you dislike some of US policy be specific, don't attack the collective American people.

[wookieeassassin]

@waynerp I do agree with you that people driving around wasteful vehicles unnecessarily is stupid, but at least some of them need that for their jobs or they can't afford the most fuel efficient thing out there and just drive whatever they have. Also, in some places people need four wheel drive automobiles and some SUVs are cheaper than the smaller, more fuel efficient 4 wheel drive automobiles. Don't use blanket statements decrying "the yanks."

[wookieeassassin]

@waynerp While the United States does do a lot of things it shouldn't do (unnecessary military intervention, meddling economic policy, etc.) the amount of fuel we use doesn't mean the amount of fuel we use makes us evil. Yes, we could do better, but we are the largest industrial economy in the world, having a larger percentage of global GDP than all of the European Union, while they have 200 million more people than us. Why doesn't the EU start outputting more, hmm?

[pbspiritcat]

Because what, bikes are out of style? Or maybe bikes ruin suits. Maybe we shouldn't wear suits.

[EmleMuffin]

In big city with small roads and big traffic? 10km/h its good speed for 2 wheels ;]