Electric Rickshaw

[DanS]

Weird.

GM, Segway team up on 200-mpg 2-seater

http://www.usatoday.com/money/autos/2009-04-06-puma-segway-gm_N.htm

They probably will try to sell these for thousands of dollars, while Tata is selling full-blown cars for $2k.

[SlowwHand]

That's a disaster waiting to happen.

[rah]

It doesn't seem any worse than a motorcycle. At least it looks like it has a roll bar. But I do agree that it's a diaster waiting to happen.

[onodera]

I quite like it, actually.

[SlowwHand]

For some reason, I find it hard to picture the streets of Moscow jammed with these, onodera.

[Elok]

Probably you just can't imagine those things handling well for a drunk, Sloww.

[SlowwHand]

I can see onodera now. Kicks it back, inadvertently, into a wheelie, spins around a few times, slams it down forward and does a front wheelie, careening wildly through Red Square on his head and backwards.

[Theben]

That's a disaster waiting to happen.

And the Tata's aren't?

[Lorizael]

I can see onodera now. Kicks it back, inadvertently, into a wheelie, spins around a few times, slams it down forward and does a front wheelie, careening wildly through Red Square on his head and backwards.

Exciting! I await the first electric rickshaw movie chase scene.

[DanS]

This thing will never sell. It doesn't have a cup-holder.

[Elok]

And the Tata's aren't?

At least the name "Ta-ta" is vaguely sexual. That could have selling power.

[Dinner]

I fondly remember Tuk Tuks in Thailand.

[Dinner]

I doubt the Tata will sell very well outside of the third world which has very high auto tarriffs. The second hand market is just to strong with much, much better cars selling for a similar price.

[Zkribbler]

[Kuciwalker]

That looks almost as stupid as a Segway.