Segway, GM Showcase 2-Wheeled Vehicle

" Exactly rocket and down the highway. But twirling and removing. Okay this little preacher here is called the puma and it's pretty much what you get when you cross the Segway. And a General Motors car. Okay company is are teaming up to create a one of the kind vehicle. It's billed as a lower cost easy solutions traveling around cities. No parking problems I'm sure joining us now as did our audience and CEO of settling the creator of this news I think public from -- nice to have you I was sorry why do I need that's."

" Well I think everyone that was in the city needs some new ways to move around and so we. We General Motors and -- decided on this a common vision to to really reinvent. Transportation for cities and towns."

" And this called the coma because it stands for personal urban mobility and accessibility vehicle and and tell us about this partnership between you and General Motors and we cover every inch of General Motors because of all the drama that's going on right."

" I. I met the senior management team about eighteen months ago and we've talked about. Vision and strategy. And it became clear that our vision and sideways General Motors vision really did converge. As we talked about what we could do to really re invent and -- meet some new transportation solutions for cities it became clear that we had the same ideas connect ethical -- Well we approached Rick Wagoner and and Bob Lutz and Larry burns and so the whole senior management team. We put some with some ideas they thought they were great ideas we often develop some prototypes brought a man and they say this is what we ought to be working."

" What should the video again you know this thing goes 35 miles on a single charge is that correct -- a plugin basically into an -- basically plug standard voltage plug and."

" It's 35 miles. 35 miles per hour 35 mile range. On us on the standard the standard charge which probably costs about 35 cents so you can imagine 35 miles. For 35 cents charge it's it's pretty efficient how safe is -- you're driving along hey is it approved for driving on roads are -- on the sidewalk no we think it's very very safe and by the way we don't look at using these on a sidewalk. Because at 35 miles per hour and that's not a sidewalk friendly. A device a little look it'll look to be used on roads might pass off off the mean how the men trying."

" Yeah 'cause we we now have these petty cycles we had a cat that -- As -- driver I'm so annoyed by that I can't imagine throwing these things into the mix their allotment -- in shorter I think. -- right I think so too so that safer though I think the Delaware -- roads."

" Very very say because it's it of course help promote Segway technology is very safe technology for balancing machines. It because they do balance of their very very safe and again the the maneuverability is pretty amazing that you. Looked at this resolutely literally turn a 180 degrees on -- dying. They're very very maneuverable way how much to the -- we don't know yet we do know that the price point Alvaro there's I don't know what -- But it's out the operating cost is so much less than your vehicle. Because you're if you look at your vehicle's about fifty cents a mile to operate at. All in costs we think this'll be about ten cents a mile falling cost operates will be about 14. 15 of us your -- that you're aiming for here. Who who were going to sell so to I think consumers and commercial companies like should there should be --"

" In this and that is there an average -- is I push on the demo because I'm fascinated to see if a young person versus an elderly person who might find it a lot easier."

" Right did report was on us Segway we have people from sixteen to eighty years old -- in the same way. Of -- I think at this is going to be very some are things going to attract young people. And by the way anybody that learns how to go with a Nintendo Wii and operate -- we will be able to operate this because it's hall and then they hand. Hand controls okay but I'm."

" Didn't know air conditioning and this is important for California girls like myself I'm devastated. No heating are their rear view their -- we can check -- make up and I mean let's not and I think we can Samir -- cup holders on a -- to take your word for it."

" The the prototype that you see now is not what you get in the future that this fall we're going to deliver a whole new look and feel the with the prototype looked like. I just invites you to take a look at that it's going to be dramatically -- love to see it."

" Thank you Jim are out of -- like it to see -- thank you very much like always innovating this guy -- half."