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Segway, GM Partner On Two-Wheeled Electric Car 394

Posted by kdawson
from the keeping-it-in-balance dept.
Slartibartfast was one of many readers sending in news of GM's partnership with Segway to develop a two-seater urban electric vehicle. It's called the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, or "PUMA." This is just a prototype, so don't get your credit card out yet. Its total cost of ownership could be about 1/4 that of a traditional car, GM says. The prototype runs for 35 miles, at a top speed of 35 mph, on lithium-ion batteries. It features the now-familiar Segway balancing technology, though fore-and-aft training wheels are visible on the prototype. Some commentators have likened it to a high-tech rickshaw, others to a golf cart. Engadget describes how the ride feels.

Comment: Re:Frankly, I can't understand the commotion... (Score 1) 1188

by DjMd (#27444313) Attached to: Angry Villagers Run Google Out of Town
Seriously, people talk about street view as if it gave more than a single static image... They act like it would help potential thieves learn when you are home or something... or somehow help them case your house. How much information can be gleaned from a few blurry photos of your house? The fact that it exist, and has door? Maybe a car in the driveway (depending on when the googlecar drove by?)

Comment: Re:Not Just Religion. Goodbye, Dear Man. (Score 3, Interesting) 380

by DjMd (#18704017) Attached to: Kurt Vonnegut Jr. Dies At 84
Vonnegut from "God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater,"
"Hello, babies. Welcome to Earth. It's hot in the summer and cold in the winter. It's round and wet and crowded. At the outside, babies, you've got about a hundred years here. There's only one rule that I know of, babies - 'God damn it, you've got to be kind.' "

my feeble attempt at an epitaph

"Goodbye, Mr. Vonnegut. God bless you, Mr. Vonnegut.
You told us about ice, you told us about fire. You made us laugh and taught us to think. Your time here was too short. But you gave us a lot more than one rule, you gave us someone to root for."

I'm sorry its no Vonnegut...

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