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Adjusted for inflation the Segway would be close to $10,000 today after taxes. That price tag and the way overhyped lead up to it's unveiling combined to kill
by F7F7F7 1y ago
Adjusted for inflation the Segway would be close to $10,000 today after taxes.
That price tag and the way overhyped lead up to it's unveiling combined to kill any chance the Segway had. Dean's (RIP, I think) vision might have had a chance if it wasn't the same price as a lightly used new-to-me Kia Sephia.
At even half the $5000+ price it would have found a lot more adoption. Tourism companies still use the shit out of them and once they start dumping them, I bet they'll be the cool thing to have.
- onionisafruit 1y agoDean Kamen is still kicking
- guitarsteve 1y agoProbably thinking of Jimi Heselden who bought the Segway company and died driving a Segway Source https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Heselden https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimi_Heselden
- intrasight 1y agoIt's Woodie Flowers who passed away
- slumberlust 1y agoDean is not dead and has owned a biotech company in Manchester NH for a four decades now.