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...Even the security market, says Moore, won't save Segway. Novel technologies must offer a solution to a "broken mission-critical process" to get adopted wholesale. The PT, he observes, offers nothing of the sort. His conclusion? "Segway," he believes, "is a product destined to live in the chasm for ever." Moore suggests Segway consider putting its technology into other devices, and seeing if any of those are better suited to the mass market. And indeed, Segway is beginning to do something like that. It has developed heavy duty carriers called Robotic Mobility Platforms that it is pitching...
...Segway this week will roll out a slickly upgraded $4,995 PT, which it hopes will revitalize consumer interest. The new model is, predictably, a feat of engineering. It comes with a souped-up wireless key, which doubles as an alarm and display module. But the real breakthrough is the ride. If the first Segway felt intuitive-lean forward to go forward, lean back to stop and reverse, twist your wrist to turn-the latest models (the i2 and off-road x2) respond like they're controlled by mere thought. The secret is in its new control shaft, which...
...machine, Segway has established a network of 102 independent dealerships operating in 116 locations across the country, many of which try to gin up business by running Segway-powered sightseeing tours. David Floyd, a dealer in Estes Park, Col., says about one tourist in 30 returns to buy a PT from his store. But his main business, he says, comes from the commercial market...
When General Motors asked Bob Lutz to revive its product line in 2001, the thinking was that if anyone could do it, he was the man. The charismatic, brash ex-Marine fighter pilot had led the development at Chrysler of such hot cars as the Dodge Viper and PT Cruiser, and he wasn't shy about criticizing GM for cranking out the dullest metal in Detroit...
...PT will be punished as a party but they've been able to isolate Lula and make him a Teflon president," says David Fleischer, the author of Brazil Focus, a weekly political report. "That he knew nothing about the scandals has been accepted by the poor and lower middle class and that, together with his reserves of charisma built up over the years, could be enough...