Comments on: GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle

How to fix urban transportation? GM and Segway unveil a two-wheel concept vehicle that seats two people and runs on batteries.

[eBob1]

I have never understood all the Segway-bashing. In spite of all the hype about how it was going to revolutionize urban transportation, it is a reasonable way of getting around in certain circumstances. They are also fun to ride and quite efficient. Indeed, I have considered purchasing one myself if gas prices get ridiculous again.

[brent516]

If you have a mansion and want to ride it to the bathroom, sure. Otherwise, $7,000 for a scooter? Reality check, please! And hey--what's wrong with walking anyway?

[ctrdkn]

Like most good ideas like this one, they will never work! We have highly paid officials that are given handouts from special interest groups, not to mention the embezzlement and fraud.-----You see, these cannot be ridden on the sidewalks and they're not safe or street legal. Besides most of these things cant cross over a gutter! Granted we as a nation are getting more "handicap friendly" but the fact is that a bill to legalize these would never pass because it would take the revenue from a;bankrupt through corruption system.

[xyberviri]

Why is GM wasting money on this junk when they should be cuting the prices of there vehicals and stop paying there employee's 50.00/hour

[hassan_bin_sober]

More like $72/hr for putting door handles on Studebakers!

[dennisl59]

Yeah, it's experimental...with our taxpayer's money. F-ing bunch of Morons. The only people making any money on this are the Frauds that got the Federal Grant money. Thanks for nothing Idiots. FUBAR!

[hassan_bin_sober]

What I WANT to see is the result of an "unintended meeting" with a NYC taxi.

[albertsoler]

Boy oh boy oh boy.

I remember the first time I saw someone 'scooting' down the sidewalks of NYC in a Segway. My immediate impression was: "What a pinhead!" This does not improve that situation.

This *may* work in a venue like Disney World. But, as an urban transport? A well (re)designed mass transit system, with an eye towards efficiency and environmental responsibility is far superior.

The solution to energy independence very much depends on consumer's sensibilities. The answer is to create super-efficient or alternative energy vehicles that people *want* to buy.

It's marketing 101 people.

haven't these guys heard about mopeds or scooters? Why do people have to sit side-by-side like a car?

[johnqh]

How about a electric unicycle?

[captwildbilly]

The Segway was one of the stupidest ideas I have ever seen that was actually taken seriously by the media. This new GM/Segway looks to be equally stupid. The Segway is a remarkable piece of technology, but is "the solution for which there is no problem". The ability to move a single person at 10 mph has been solved over 100 years ago with a simple and inexpensive device called a bycycle. If there is concern that a bycycle rider requires too much excercise, there are electric bikes and scooters. The notion that there is a valid use for a two seat gyroscopically stabilized vehicle is simply rediculous. The same vehicle built with 3 or 4 wheels would require none of the complex systems of the Segway, and would therefore also save energy and cost.

[hjecompany]

There are potholes in New York bigger than this thing. It says "target" all over it from a taxi's point of view. It's an interesting concept and addresses many of the shortcomings of the Segway. However, road conditions will determine its use. If one of those little front wheels came down in pothole the thing would simply flip over.

[MyJimmyHat]

Has anyone noticed that this "2 Wheel" Vehicle has more than 2 Wheels, or are we just ignoring that? 2 drive wheels + extra wheels does not make a 2 wheeler...

[Amaize_n_Blue]

I'll take mine in Maize & Blue.... but not until Toyota or Honda come out with one that is more reliable... <smirk>

[simonsonjh]

Looks like a 4-wheeler to me.

[Azger]

What, no airbags?

[Darryl Snortberry]

your feet: can't get much greener than that.

[tipoo_]

What the heck? The Monotrace

[slidadog]

Personal, disposable, recyclable online vehicle with a lo-jack, there goes the taxi business now if we can only make trains run on time.

[slidadog]

Automated, give it G.P.S, and make it a debit card rental.

[Vegaman_Dan]

Wibbles wobble, but they don't fall down. :)

It's an interesting notion, but not one that has a practical application. It's a novelty item at best.

[jdonalds]

Obviously with limited storage, limited distance, and limited speed this is at best a niche vehicle. I suggest taking a bicycle would take me to most places I would use this vehicle. I don't see this as a successful product. It will go the way of the original Segway - niche.