GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle

Onkel Neal · 04-07-09, 09:34 AM

Slightly less dorky than the solo Segway or double dorky?

http://news.cnet.com/8301-11128_3-10213863-54.html

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SteamWake · 04-07-09, 09:37 AM

Along the lines of the segway, cute but impractical and dangerous in the wrong hands.

NeonSamurai · 04-07-09, 11:05 AM

Just what i always wanted, a vehicle that can go 35 miles an hour, for 35 miles, and look ultra classy too, and even with an extra seat so I can pick up chicks on the sidewalk. Snazzy!

I'm sorry but sticking people in these on the sidewalk isn't going to solve the traffic problems, then there are issues of bad weather, and also it being open air so people can mess with your vehicle.

Last electric power vehicles aren't a solution for pollution problems if the the electricity is being generated from coal, oil, or nuclear power.

SteamWake · 04-07-09, 12:22 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

Last electric power vehicles aren't a solution for pollution problems if the the electricity is being generated from coal, oil, or nuclear power.

Not to mention what to do with all those nasty heavy metals used for the batterys.

August · 04-07-09, 12:30 PM

What the heck do they need those for when they have a perfectly good subway?

SteamWake · 04-07-09, 12:33 PM

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Originally Posted by August

What the heck do they need those for when they have a perfectly good subway?

Because of double dorkyness

HunterICX · 04-07-09, 12:40 PM

another hazard for the crowded streets

and people who use them are lazy bastards...seems the new generation like to sit on their lazy arses as much they can during the day.

HunterICX

GoldenRivet · 04-07-09, 12:46 PM

so what happens when someone pulls out in front of you at the last minute?

you slam on the brakes and it rolls over frontward?

RickC Sniper · 04-07-09, 01:28 PM

It is nothing but an electric wheelchair for two.

OH, + a windshield.

em2nought · 04-07-09, 08:50 PM

That will save GM for sure.

FIREWALL · 04-07-09, 09:01 PM

That's a Lawyers Dream come true.

Schöneboom · 04-07-09, 09:29 PM

And the best feature, which was barely mentioned in that article: imagine all those dorkmobiles controlled by a computer network to prevent collisions! Kinda like that movie "Minority Report". Hmm... uh, yeah...

I dunno... we have perfectly good golf carts already -- Firewall would know all about those on Catalina!

FIREWALL · 04-07-09, 09:52 PM

Yep. No gas vehicles on Cat Is. Only emergency and a few trucks for delivery.

Torplexed · 04-07-09, 10:54 PM

I can see why the greenies want. It should really curtail population growth with no back seat to make out in.

antikristuseke · 04-08-09, 03:48 AM

Do people have some unknown alergy towards walking that they need these things?

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SteamWake Rear Admiral Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 13,224 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Along the lines of the segway, cute but impractical and dangerous in the wrong hands. __________________ Follow the progress of Mr. Mulligan : http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=147648

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NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Just what i always wanted, a vehicle that can go 35 miles an hour, for 35 miles, and look ultra classy too, and even with an extra seat so I can pick up chicks on the sidewalk. Snazzy! I'm sorry but sticking people in these on the sidewalk isn't going to solve the traffic problems, then there are issues of bad weather, and also it being open air so people can mess with your vehicle. Last electric power vehicles aren't a solution for pollution problems if the the electricity is being generated from coal, oil, or nuclear power. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	another hazard for the crowded streets and people who use them are lazy bastards...seems the new generation like to sit on their lazy arses as much they can during the day. HunterICX __________________

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	That will save GM for sure. __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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Schöneboom Seasoned Skipper Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: San Francisco, CA Posts: 651 Downloads: 36 Uploads: 0	And the best feature, which was barely mentioned in that article: imagine all those dorkmobiles controlled by a computer network to prevent collisions! Kinda like that movie "Minority Report". Hmm... uh, yeah... I dunno... we have perfectly good golf carts already -- Firewall would know all about those on Catalina! __________________ Dietrich Schöneboom, U-431 "Es wird klappen, Herr Kaleun. Ganz sicher."

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FIREWALL Eternal Patrol Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CATALINA IS. SO . CAL USA Posts: 10,108 Downloads: 511 Uploads: 0	Yep. No gas vehicles on Cat Is. Only emergency and a few trucks for delivery. __________________ RIP FIREWALL I Play GWX. Silent Hunter Who ???

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Torplexed Let's Sink Sumptin' ! Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 5,823 Downloads: 43 Uploads: 0	I can see why the greenies want. It should really curtail population growth with no back seat to make out in. __________________ --Mobilis in Mobili--

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antikristuseke Silent Hunter Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Estland Posts: 4,330 Downloads: 3 Uploads: 0	Do people have some unknown alergy towards walking that they need these things?