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Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility
The Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility (PUMA) is an experimental electrically powered road vehicle created by Segway and adopted by General Motors as a concept vehicle representing the future of urban transportation. It operates on two wheels placed side by side, a layout that differs in placement from motorcycles which instead have their two wheels placed at the front and rear.
The PUMA design transfers the two-wheeled self-balancing characteristics of a Segway PT into a vehicle that can carry two passengers side by side at up to for a distance of up to .〔Motavalli, Jim. ("G.M. Conjures Up a People-Moving Pod" ), ''The New York Times'', April 6, 2009. Accessed April 7, 2009.〕
Segway's CEO and President, James D. Norrod claimed that the use of General Motors' sales network worldwide could allow for PUMA sales to exceed the number of Segway PT models sold to date.〔
==Prototype==
The first public prototype was demonstrated in April 2009, being formally announced by Segway and General Motors in advance of its display at the New York International Auto Show. Norrod stated that using a "Neighborhood Electric Vehicle" size of lithium-ion battery would give the PUMA a range of , and could be recharged in about three hours at a cost of $0.35 US dollars.〔 The prototype weighs approximately .
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