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The Toyota iReal looks like a better option with superb design. http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3025451321/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3025451321/
by TweedHeads 18y ago
The Toyota iReal looks like a better option with superb design.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3025451321/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3025451321/
- brk 18y agoOne of the links about the Segway/GM project included the design concept. What you're looking at today is basically just the "chassis". The iReal looks more like the product from T3, and suffers the same basic issues as the T3 product and the Segway PT itself: single rider, un-enclosed design (which also limits top speeds in the US for crash-test reasons). This GM/Segway project is designed to address a need for short-haul commuter uses (as it appears to me). Where a limited top-speed and range do not create a real-world limitation on the usage of the product. For example, most weekends the wife and I and our 3 dogs go to a weekend retreat. My F-150 SuperCrew holds the people, dogs and various other items we bring quite well, but then is really too huge for getting around town. Something like this would be more applicable, holds two people, a small bit of cargo room and would have the range and speeds needed to get around nicely.
- TweedHeads 18y agoThen the Toyota IQ fits the bill http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3026282222/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/nmsi/3026282222/
- TweedHeads 18y agoWhat strikes me most is that Toyota has been doing that for years, preparing themselves for the future (now present) while GM was sitting on its fatass giving millionaire executive bonuses watching the economy collapse.
- pgebhard 18y agoIt looks like the cruise ship chairs used by all the obese people in WALL-E. I really hope that movie's futuristic scenarios aren't fulfilled.
- Watts 18y agoThat was exactly my first impression as well!