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Unread 07-04-2009, 18:15
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Re: Project PUMA

Just my personal opinion, but I really don't like the idea... I love electric vehicles and the idea of the balancing Segway, but not for a vehicle to move people to work and such. I'm sure there is a decent amount of waste energy to keep this thing balanced all the time, which will decrease the distance you can get with one. Why not add a front wheel for steering or just a dummy wheel, that way you don't waste energy keeping it balanced and you can also add more battery packs to increase the distance it can go in one charge.

This is in no way a slap to the face to Dean Kamen or GM, just that I don't particularly like this design for the reasons mentioned above. Dean Kamen should be inspiring to everyone in the world and he's a brilliant man with many successes. Dean Kamen is my favorite celebrity and GM (Chevy) is my favorite brand of truck.

Other than those problems, I think it's pretty neat.

Maybe I just don't understand the purpose of this? And yes... I know it has front wheels, but they aren't supposed to touch the ground.
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