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Apr 07 2009

Driving In A PUMA Has Nothing To Do With LL Cool J

Posted by Sly in Vehicles, automotive, battery, concept, cool, dork, electric vehicle, futuristic, transportation

Awwww.. Noone can blog quite like I can,
Writing posts about Segway and GM.

Alright, GM and Segway have joined forces and upgraded the famous and much maligned dorkmobile. This coalition is being called the Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project, or PUMA. You could call it awkward 2.0, or if you wanted to name it like a movie sequel, we could call it Segway II: Geeks In Cages.

This incarnation is both less strange looking and much more useful. Plus, it has a rollcage. (Anti- wedgie bonus!) Not only does it reach a much higher top speed (a very useful for running away from bullies 35 MPH), but it also has a better range- 35 miles. So basically, you can drive at top speed for an hour on a single charge of the lithium batteries.

Sadly, if you want to have a demolition derby in these things, you’re going to have to disable the internal communications device that prevents it from colliding with other PUMAs. Why is it that safety features always take the fun out of things?

Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility Project [Ubergizmo]