Via an article in the Wall Street Journal:
The machine, which GM says it aims to develop by 2012, would run on batteries and use wireless technology to avoid traffic backups and navigate cities.
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Michael Hickins commented on Apr 9 2009
I live in NYC and would use this type of vehicle except for the fact that you can’t carry groceries and it seems a little exposed to Crown Vic livery cabs. It’s less nimble than a bike, which I do use. If you can’t actually use it for practical purposes, it’s another expensive toy and does absolutely nothing but waste resources that could be otherwise spent developing a really useful and energy efficient vehicle that could actually get mass adoption. It’s a shame that Dean Kamen had to approach a company like GM, which seems to have its head shoved as far up its rectum as possible.
Calvin Chun-yu Chan commented on Apr 9 2009
I thought GM has already engineered an electric vehicle called EV1 more than 10 years ago? It’s a practical solution, drives like a car, and clean. Recommend everybody to watch the doc movie “Who Killed The Electric Car”.
Karen Bilich commented on Apr 8 2009
Interesting things going on in the automobile industry. It’ll be interesting to see how things shake out.
shlogblog shlogblog commented on Apr 8 2009
but really, seriously- wasn’t April Fool’s Day last week? The fact they’ve thunk up a sexy feline acronym and put some jazzy music in the background does in no way hide the fact that this is a wheelchair. I guess if we all drove wheelchairs it would make people in wheelchairs feel better and that’s a good thing.
Sean Parker commented on Apr 12 2009
Cute.Perfect for a traffic city for its compact design.Also,environment friendly toy car.Really interests me.
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