A new electric car - you get ready, see Puma in the streets : Segway.

General Motors and Segway

General Motors and Segway have jointly to call project to develop p.u.m.a. (fancy name for personal mobility and accessibility). I hear you wondering "what is project p.u.m.a.?" Now, think of the Segway Scooter? They made a two-person version of so, if Bush was there to fall back, he is someone with him take off (Cheney, perhaps?).

PUMA is an electric car prototype (no, not one of those toy electric RC-cars), jointly developed and introduced by auto manufacturers GM and scooter maker Segway, has a top speed of 35 miles per hour. It offers space for two passengers and a cargo of this small electric car it takes up to 25-35 km. The best thing is that it costs just 60 cents to recharge PUMA lithium-ion batteries. Do you love not electric car batteries?

The "Segway green car", PUMA, features regenerative braking (which charge batteries helps) and zero emissions operation. His dynamic stabilization (balancing technology) provide PUMA, even on two wheels have a NULL turning circle, which means that it can rotate in place and balance. The digital analysis of PUMA will enable the driver (or drivers), wirelessly send the data out of the vehicle such as battery life, speed etc on a handheld device.

One thing is sure: PUMA "less" takes place, "less" power, contains parts of "less" and "fewer" emissions generated. But it will be "more" than a mere prototype and on the "future of transport" such as Segway, that remains to be seen. GM plans to produce PUMA by 2012. It is certain that Segway PUMA will cause a hype in the world of electric cars. If it turns out to be the traces of GM follow as a successful project, many major car manufacturers could be expected, and the streets are filled with new electric cars. How much power GM and Segway PUMA costs? Another point is now we will wait and see. But it is expected that Segway PUMA will be now much cheaper than electric cars on the market. It would be even a better alternative to electric car conversion. And if project PUMA [http://www.greenvolume.com/2009/04/puma-in-streets.html] fails, it can be a whole new "Who killed the electric car" debate started.

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