Wow Who Saw This Coming? - Ninebot Acquires Segway

GregRice · 04-15-2015, 07:18 AM

Segway is now a Chinese company thanks to Ninebot

http://www.engadget.com/2015/04/15/s...i-acquisition/

JohnM · 04-15-2015, 08:59 AM

New York Times - http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/0...in-china/?_r=0

Bloomburg - http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articl...s-rival-segway

我想昧耳，昧心，变石头

MTOBATTERY · 04-15-2015, 10:59 AM

I knew they weren't taking inventory in April for no reason.

JohnG · 04-15-2015, 11:36 AM

The company's statement:

http://www.segway.com/segway-resourc...e_04_15_15.pdf

Tritium · 04-15-2015, 11:50 AM

Wow, this is definitely NOT what I had even thought would happen, but I'm hoping this means more funding and therefore more development and more products.

Cybercat · 04-15-2015, 12:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JohnG

The company's statement:

http://www.segway.com/segway-resourc...e_04_15_15.pdf

Well, at least the statement isn't in Chinese. That's a good sign.

But I did see this on their Canadian distributor's site: "The Ninebot-E weighs only 21kg without the operation bar; even a lady can manage it." I think that, if they say that in the US, they're going to have some 'splainin to do.

Gihgehls · 04-15-2015, 01:11 PM

Finally! A company with the desire to innovate!

rene_canlas · 04-16-2015, 10:28 PM

Ive always wondered why there was no segway forum on reddit.

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KSagal · 04-17-2015, 12:47 AM

I always thought this was a segway enthusiast forum, not a segway Inc owned forum.

I am not familiar with any direct involvement that the Segway company has with this site and forum. Because of that, the sale of the company should not have a direct impact on this forum.

Of course the sale will have an impact on the content of this forum and most of us will have an opinion on future developments, as as stated already, people here are likely to talk about those opinions...

energetic · 04-17-2015, 05:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KSagal

I always thought this was a segway enthusiast forum, not a segway Inc owned forum.

I am not familiar with any direct involvement that the Segway company has with this site and forum. Because of that, the sale of the company should not have a direct impact on this forum.

Of course the sale will have an impact on the content of this forum and most of us will have an opinion on future developments, as as stated already, people here are likely to talk about those opinions...

My thought exactly, I totally agree. Besides if Segway was taken seriously all the feedback from this forum we could have seen many positives things from Segway.

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