British business tycoon and owner of Segway was killed after driving one of the 2-wheeled personal transporters off of a cliff in northern England, West Yorkshire. According to a report by the Associated Press, the body of 62-year-old Jimi Heselden and his Segway were found in the River Wharfe and he was pronounced dead at [...]
GM’s partnership with Segway to create the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (PUMA) came in at number 1 on Fortune’s list of the ‘Dumbest Moments in Business 2009.’ “It became clear this spring that General Motors was going to have to get smaller to survive, but this was ridiculous,” says Fortune. “A week after President Obama [...]
When we first saw GM and Segway’s P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) prototype, we thought it was the oddest-looking thing we’ve ever seen. Honestly, imagine for a second walking down the street and one of these P.U.M.A. contraptions passes you along. However, when we saw today in person at the 2009 New York Auto Show [...]
To us, it looks like a baby stroller, or a phone booth or even something used by the cops to stop riots - but to GM and Segway, the P.U.M.A. (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility) is a two-set prototype vehicle that has only two wheels. Apparently the two companies believe that the P.U.M.A. can free up [...]
