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GM, Segway Unveil 'Green' Urban Vehicle
ap ^ | 04/07/09 | AP via FOX

Posted on 04/07/2009 5:45:24 PM PDT by Doogle

NEW YORK — A solution to the world's urban transportation problems could lie in two wheels not four, according to executives for General Motors Corp. and Segway Inc.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: energy; generalmotors; puma; segway
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1 posted on 04/07/2009 5:45:24 PM PDT by Doogle
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To: Doogle

LOL! I guess that’s the “bad” GM plan. The “good” GM plan is to sell Suburbans and Tahoes and Corvettes for a profit.


2 posted on 04/07/2009 5:47:27 PM PDT by neodad (USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
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To: neodad

Organ Donor car


3 posted on 04/07/2009 5:48:07 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

A delayed April Fools?


4 posted on 04/07/2009 5:48:19 PM PDT by bluejay
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To: Doogle

You couldn’t pay me to ride that Coffin on Wheels.

Pray for America


5 posted on 04/07/2009 5:49:54 PM PDT by bray (Join the Rebel Republican Movement!)
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To: bluejay

*shruggs*...looks real


6 posted on 04/07/2009 5:50:27 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

Excuse me, but wasn’t April Fool’s Day last week?


7 posted on 04/07/2009 5:50:43 PM PDT by 230FMJ (...from my cold, dead, fingers.)
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To: Doogle

A Yugo could smash that thing to bits.


8 posted on 04/07/2009 5:51:16 PM PDT by Eddie01 (Telling it like it is since "revolver" was released)
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To: Doogle

Makes the Yugo look like a Sedan!


9 posted on 04/07/2009 5:52:24 PM PDT by Mikey_1962 (Obama: The Affirmative Action President)
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To: Doogle

It’s a f’ing wheelchair with a f’ing rollbar! WTF?!


10 posted on 04/07/2009 5:53:07 PM PDT by Slings and Arrows (Can't get enough of my snarking? http://twitter.com/slingsandarrows)
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To: Doogle

I’m waiting for the first one to be carjacked...*smiles*


11 posted on 04/07/2009 5:53:39 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

These things won’t be compatible on the streets or sidewalks. They could be real ankle busters for pedestrians and get really crumpled on the streets.


12 posted on 04/07/2009 5:53:57 PM PDT by umgud (I'm really happy I wasn't aborted)
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It looks like it has a built-in IV hanger so paramedics can expedite care following the inevitable, bloody, truamtic crash at 35mph in this combination wheelchair and cheese grater.
13 posted on 04/07/2009 5:54:11 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.....)
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To: Doogle

Only a liberal would think anyone would want that stupid vehicle.


14 posted on 04/07/2009 5:57:20 PM PDT by Always Right (Obama: more arrogant than Bill Clinton, more naive than Jimmy Carter, and more liberal than LBJ.)
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To: SERKIT
*LOL*...yeah, cut down on national health care....all in one package...it has it's own pull out body bag with name tag and and self addressed FEDEX box to send to relatives. (prepaid of course)
15 posted on 04/07/2009 5:57:37 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

Somebody... somewhere... has got a hell of a sense of humor... OR... they are putting a cigarette out on the forehead of the American tax payer. NObody is that bloody stupid.


16 posted on 04/07/2009 5:58:58 PM PDT by Bubba (TERM LIMITS + MAKE DUELING LEGAL!)
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To: neodad

Leave it to GM to partner with one of the biggest failures in recent history and use them as the recovery plan!


17 posted on 04/07/2009 5:59:32 PM PDT by Skenderbej
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could have fun with the old ladies in the supermarket tho...drag racing in aisle 4 at 10am....


18 posted on 04/07/2009 6:00:12 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Doogle

Green cars? We can do green cars! This must be GM’s strategy to get 0 off their back.


19 posted on 04/07/2009 6:00:33 PM PDT by balls ( 0, the America trashing president)
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To: Bubba

Good thing there’s a good hospital in Ann Arbor. Gonna be a lot of those pull out from under real cars.


20 posted on 04/07/2009 6:01:12 PM PDT by cripplecreek (The poor bastards have us surrounded.)
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