IIRC there was also a ton of really hyperbolic prognostication when it was still called "Ginger" -- that it would change transportation as we know it, revolutio

IIRC there was also a ton of really hyperbolic prognostication when it was still called "Ginger" -- that it would change transportation as we know it, revolutionizing cities, etc etc etc. Then it was released and it was "just a scooter"[0] [0] https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/71902-ginger-unveiledits-a-scooter https://www.extremetech.com/extreme/71902-ginger-unveiledits... And once it was "just a scooter", and it wouldn't really work all that well on city streets, on city sidewalks, you actually could fall off it, it would suck in winter, suck in snow, suck in rain, you couldn't carry it, and all the rest, it lost a ton of hype almost instantly. The self balancing trick didn't overcome the sheer obvious impracticality of it.