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NEW YORK - After producing one of the biggest vehicles on the road in the Hummer, General Motors is going to the other extreme.
GM joined with Segway today to announce that they're teaming up to develop a two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle that they hope will ease the world's urban transportation problems.
It's call the PUMA project -- short for Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility. The prototype weighs 300 pounds and runs on a lithium-ion battery. It uses Segway's characteristic two-wheel balancing technology and is designed to reach a top speed of 35-miles-per-hour while traveling as far as 35 miles on a single charge.
GM executives says it's part of an effort to remake the company as a source of fuel-efficient vehicles. Segway's chief some it's about "doing more with less," specifically "less emissions, less dependability on foreign oil and less space."
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: Mike Gansler, Director of Core Technology with Segway Inc., drives a Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, or PUMA, project prototype vehicle in New York's Times Square on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Segway Inc. and General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday that they are working together to develop the two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, efficient, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks in an urban environment.
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: FOR RELEASE TUESDAY, APRIL 7 AT 12:01 AM EDT. THIS PHOTO MAY NOT BE PUBLISHED, BROADCAST OR POSTED ONLINE BEFORE 12:01 A.M. EDT TUESDAY Mike Gansler, Director of Core Technology with Segway Inc., drives a Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility, or PUMA, project prototype vehicle in New York's Times Square on Sunday, April 5, 2009. Segway Inc. and General Motors Corp. announced Tuesday that they are working together to develop the two-wheeled, two-seat electric vehicle designed to be a fast, efficient, inexpensive and clean alternative to traditional cars and trucks in an urban environment.
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