Comments on: … and GM teams up with Segway http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/ Trends, happenings and innovations in the clean technology market Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:28:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AMH http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5160 AMH Thu, 16 Apr 2009 03:17:41 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5160 Like the segway, this looks like another solution in search of a problem. I'm not lame, so why would I want to even be seen using either of these things? Or are they mearly toys for the rich and lazy? Like the segway, this looks like another solution in search of a problem.

I’m not lame, so why would I want to even be seen using either of these things? Or are they mearly toys for the rich and lazy?

]]> By: Laurie http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5110 Laurie Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:07:39 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5110 Interesting, and interesting replies, too. But like some posters noted, seemingly impractical. A bicycle, perhaps, would do a similar job, just like you said. Laurie ecoki.com Interesting, and interesting replies, too. But like some posters noted, seemingly impractical. A bicycle, perhaps, would do a similar job, just like you said.

Laurie
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]]> By: mattbg http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5086 mattbg Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:37:53 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5086 My guess is that GM paid Segway for the privilege of being mentioned in association with this product in the hope that it'd make them look forward-thinking and suitable for more bailout money. They'd be better off orienting this toward a different market: make sure it's solid and keep a lid on it for 10 years. Then do a deal with BMW for branding purposes, make sure it has a 5-speaker stereo and air conditioning, and brand it for the boomer market that are too debilitated to drive but don't want to be seen in an electric wheelchair. My guess is that GM paid Segway for the privilege of being mentioned in association with this product in the hope that it’d make them look forward-thinking and suitable for more bailout money.

They’d be better off orienting this toward a different market: make sure it’s solid and keep a lid on it for 10 years. Then do a deal with BMW for branding purposes, make sure it has a 5-speaker stereo and air conditioning, and brand it for the boomer market that are too debilitated to drive but don’t want to be seen in an electric wheelchair.

]]> By: BAGrant http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5080 BAGrant Sun, 12 Apr 2009 14:47:47 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5080 Every time I hear of an electricly powered means of moving people in Ont that does not involve the Zenn which is already producing and selling product, I remind myself that in time I think I I would like to see will hear of how back in the day Ian Clifford offended someone of authority- real or imagined. I believe I will find out the offense will be so serious to have occurred in kindergarten, high school or high tea at the Royal York. I look forward to using the Zenn product as it is for in city driving I really don't need to go faster or farther when doing my in town duties for my house hold. Bring on the Zenn Every time I hear of an electricly powered means of moving people in Ont that does not involve the Zenn which is already producing and selling product, I remind myself that in time I think I I would like to see will hear of how back in the day Ian Clifford offended someone of authority- real or imagined. I believe I will find out the offense will be so serious to have occurred in kindergarten, high school or high tea at the Royal York. I look forward to using the Zenn product as it is for in city driving I really don’t need to go faster or farther when doing my in town duties for my house hold.
Bring on the Zenn

]]> By: Robert Carl Parisien Natick MA http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5077 Robert Carl Parisien Natick MA Sat, 11 Apr 2009 22:40:35 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5077 this just could be the best thing GM has come up with in years. Not for NA but overseas. this just could be the best thing GM has come up with in years. Not for NA but overseas.

]]> By: Jason http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5060 Jason Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:07:41 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5060 Depending on the cost, this would be ideal for Go commuters who drive only 5-10 minutes to get to the station. I'd consider one if they make a weather proof version and the price is right. Depending on the cost, this would be ideal for Go commuters who drive only 5-10 minutes to get to the station. I’d consider one if they make a weather proof version and the price is right.

]]> By: kevin legrand http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5047 kevin legrand Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:32:43 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5047 Ouch! sorry GM your going to have to do better than this. this is your fundemental problem. Ouch! sorry GM your going to have to do better than this. this is your fundemental problem.

]]> By: Gerald http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5040 Gerald Wed, 08 Apr 2009 23:44:20 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5040 A Sedgway car? Doesn't seem a practical solution at the price they will be asking for it - over 10 grand, except for rich people looking for the latest novelty. More likely it's primarily a publicity stunt to generate positive buzz, for the public who are paying their bills through tax money, about how earnest they are to become "green." A Sedgway car? Doesn’t seem a practical solution at the price they will be asking for it – over 10 grand, except for rich people looking for the latest novelty. More likely it’s primarily a publicity stunt to generate positive buzz, for the public who are paying their bills through tax money, about how earnest they are to become “green.”

]]> By: Josh Cobden http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5036 Josh Cobden Wed, 08 Apr 2009 20:16:55 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5036 I hope there is a 2012 for GM, let alone the PUMA. I hope there is a 2012 for GM, let alone the PUMA.

]]> By: tai viinikka http://www.cleanbreak.ca/2009/04/07/and-gm-teams-up-with-segway/comment-page-1/#comment-5032 tai viinikka Wed, 08 Apr 2009 17:20:26 +0000 http://www.cleanbreak.ca/?p=1610#comment-5032 It's a neat solution to a problem no one has. In dense city cores, there's transit. Outside of dense city cores, people want to drive heated, enclosed vehicles that can do more than 35 mph. I will say that it would make a hell of a motorized wheelchair, though! As for permitting these on our roads, I wonder. If our provincial government won't move a few strands of red tape for Zenn, which is based here, why would they do it for... Oh, I get it now, General Motors. Here, let me tear up some streetcar tracks while I'm at it... It’s a neat solution to a problem no one has. In dense city cores, there’s transit. Outside of dense city cores, people want to drive heated, enclosed vehicles that can do more than 35 mph. I will say that it would make a hell of a motorized wheelchair, though!

As for permitting these on our roads, I wonder. If our provincial government won’t move a few strands of red tape for Zenn, which is based here, why would they do it for… Oh, I get it now, General Motors.

Here, let me tear up some streetcar tracks while I’m at it…

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