http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/ Engadget Comments for GM and Segway's P.U.M.A. unveiled and no, this isn't a joke http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
Yeah, I guess that's one way to... umm

I can't even finish]]>Apr 7th 2009 3:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
Add it to the list of things I think are cool but I'd never get.]]>Apr 7th 2009 3:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 7:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
And what's wrong with just using a scooter?]]>Apr 7th 2009 8:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 9:48AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/]]>Apr 7th 2009 1:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 6:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 2:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 7:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
1. This is an experimental prototype, not a finished design.

Engineers understand the concept of "rain", and the final design should do something about that and many other issues.

2. This is not a replacement for a car.

This thing is not meant to be driven on the roads between SUVs and semi-trucks. In the ideal setting, there would be streets where only light vehicles like this are allowed. The major problem right now is that streets are designed for cars & trucks, sidewalks are designed for people, and there is nothing in between.

This is really the biggest problem for this vehicle: cities in general are not designed for it; they are designed for cars. Areas like golf courses, gated communities, and maybe farms and big factories can certainly use something like this. But until new cities are made, it's hard to see how something like this can hit the mass market.]]>Apr 7th 2009 10:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
My major worry, honestly, aside from Safety, is weight. I'm fairly sure two big guys and a gas guzzling pickup truck can 'cart' it off no problem. ]]>Apr 9th 2009 12:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:29AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
Ever been on a segway when the battery dies? Yeah, it's supposed to give you some time and fair warning, but I've ridden ones that discharged too quickly. Let's just say faceplanting or having to jump off the thing isn't the most fun. I still have scars on my shins.]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:05AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 12:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 2:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
As I was saying, otherwise this thing is stuck on "less than" 5 percent gradient roads and sidewalks.

If it won't topple head-over-heels on a steep incline, I can see this being useful in a city like San Fran, with all those steep-ass, 20-foot-wide, "light vehicles only" streets.]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
i don't wana be fat!]]>Apr 7th 2009 1:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/

[/sarcasm]]]>Apr 7th 2009 7:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
V2V communication, sounds like fun.
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"d00d plz dn't hit me"]]>Apr 7th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 10:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/If you don't live in DC, you wouldn't know how insanely awesome this type of thing would be. ]]>Apr 7th 2009 1:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
The only thing that it would be good for is guided tours if they could be remote controlled or set on a pre-determined route. Other than that, you gonna commute in that? Not on our roads. Take a date out with it? Ha. Pick up groceries? Nope.]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
HA, that's a good one! You actually called that help? What did they give them, 20 bucks?]]>Apr 7th 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
I live and work in DC, and I would not get caught dead in one of these things. Well, actually, with DC's buses and drivers in general, I probably would END UP dead in one of these things, which is sort of the point. That and the utter ridiculousness of the proposition of rolling up to an office on K Street, Conn. Ave., PA Ave, or any other Ave, in one of these. And where do you park it? Chain it to a parking meter?]]>Apr 7th 2009 2:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/
nice comment.]]>Apr 7th 2009 10:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 11:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 1:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/http://www.engadget.com/2009/04/07/gm-and-segways-p-u-m-a-unveiled-and-no-this-isnt-a-joke/Apr 7th 2009 12:38PM