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One thing I didn't understand here was, what exactly does Segway have to do with electric scooters in the first place? Why do scooters need the fancy self-balan
by gwern 8y ago
One thing I didn't understand here was, what exactly does Segway have to do with electric scooters in the first place? Why do scooters need the fancy self-balancing tech from the original Segway, or, if that's not what it's doing, what are they doing? Surely it's not something as lame as having a bunch of patents on the idea of sticking a battery in a scooter?
- nrp 8y agoSegway/Ninebot build a range of personal transportation products. All of them except the powered kickscooters are self-balancing in some form: http://www.segway.com/products/consumer-lifestyle http://www.segway.com/products/consumer-lifestyle
- whoisjuan 8y agoAll Lime scooters I have seen are Segway, and Lime is one of the top competitors in this space.
- shawn 8y agoOne Wheels are better anyway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_736KQyeQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4_736KQyeQ Also https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbqWFVm9cD0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbqWFVm9cD0
- 393339 8y agoI think Segway is just the brand, seems to just have a button for acceleration. This article was a real eye opener for me, the Segway is just a horrible product. They sold 10x more kick scooters in a year than they ever sold Segways. What I got from the article, was that a Segway is a 3 wheeled car with a joystick in stead of a steering wheel. The kick scooter is just easier to use, simpler to make, cheaper, more efficient, more reliable, more stable and safer. This might be a fad, but it's much closer to a usable product than the Segway will ever be.