Project PUMA

[Pat Major]

Another take on the Segway http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...MOTORBIKE.html

[Wetzel]

The PUMA will not work well in you typical American life. The distances to travel, and speeds traveled at, are too great. Now, where I am in London, this thing could be huge for a load of reasons. Traffic here is such that inside the city there is almost no time or place to go over 35MPH. Protection from the weather - important for business people. Zero point emissions. In the EU, they do street level emissions monitoring. There is a special ultra-low emissions truck zone in central London that is slowly expanding so that they can meet EU requirements, in addition to the congestion charge zone. Mayor Boris Johnson has made a pledge to replace all city vehicles with electrics, as feasible. Parking is HARD and EXPENSIVE. Being able to nose in AND nose out of a tiny spot would be great. Depending how they play it, the two wheels could get it classified as a motorcycle, which means it can use the bus lanes and motorcycle parking spots.

A shelf thing off the back for 4 bags of groceries, and you have a great town run about. Great potential, I'm interested to see where it goes.