Personal Mobility and Accessibility (PUMA)

The folks at GM and Segway recently announced the results of an 18 month collaboration -- the PUMA 2-seat microcar.

The car is based on Segway's technology, with the addition of GM's research on electric vehicles. They may be a little ambitious, but they are talking about a 2012 release of the new vehicle, at a cost of about 1/3 to 1/4 the cost of a car.

It sounds very cool. We hope it gets past the issues that have limited the acceptance of Segway's scooters.

Thanks to Randal Larson-Maynard for bringing this to our attention.

Randall Larson-Maynard

Former 2-time Isetta 300 owner; fellow blogger.AIM, Yahoo, & GoogleTalk: rlarsonmaynard http://www.nwtamkp.blogspot.com/