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Freakin' A!
Okay, not really. Its actually more like a rickshaw without a homeless person pulling it. A "hoboless carriage," if you will:
MarketWatchNEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- General Motors Corp. and Segway on Tuesday unveiled a two-seat, electric-powered urban vehicle called the Puma, which they compare to an iPod on wheels, complete with Internet connectivity and an on-broad brain to drive by itself and find its own parking spot.
With its jelly-bean concept shape and sliding doors, the Puma resembles flying vehicles from the futuristic cartoon "The Jetsons." Another version features gull-wing doors shaped in the tradition of the DeLorean sports car of the 1980s.
The Puma is said to reach a top speed of 35 miles per hour, and ride about 35 miles on a single charge.
Larry Burns, vice president of research and development for GM, said it would cost about 35 cents to charge the Puma's lithium ion battery system -- essentially a larger version of the power system for the Segway Personal Transporter.
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It warms my heart to see GM put serious development dollars into the types of cars that the Japanese make mostly just to laugh at during auto shows. Really, way to spend that government money, GM. What will future life be like with a larger, even more pointless Segway? The possibilities are mind boggling.
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