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Old 03-07-2013, 12:46 PM   #1
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Segway Announces Development of a Three-Wheel Personal Transportation Device for the Public Safety Market

Segway Quality, Value Priced Product will be Available in Q4 2013

Segway Inc. is pleased to announce the development of a new three-wheel personal transportation product targeted at the public safety market.

“Our customers are demanding a feature-rich, quality-made three-wheel device that is value priced. We are going to meet their needs and deliver that product by the end of this calendar year,” said Roger Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, Segway Inc.

Click here to read the full news release on The Segway Blog.
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Old 03-07-2013, 12:59 PM   #2
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http://www.bizjournals.com/boston/bl...ree-wheel.html

http://blog.segway.com/20130306segwa...rket-3065.html
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Anyone have any details as to what it looks like? It seems that maybe they are going after the T3 market, but I doubt that will be one wheel foward. Most likely one wheel aft. If it can jump or go over curbs it would kinda have to be one wheel aft, wouldn't it? Unless it has a arm that drops a caster wheel in front to balance or catch it when one quickly dismounts to catch a perp, suspect. Kinda like the Bam third wheel that everyone laughed at years ago.

Perhaps it's a three wheeled Centaur. You know one front wheel that drops forward when they want to go faster.
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Old 03-07-2013, 03:35 PM   #4
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Am I the only one who got this e-mail?


Segway Announces Development of a Three-Wheel Personal Transportation Device for the Public Safety Market

Segway Quality, Value Priced Product will be Available in Q4 2013

Segway Inc. is pleased to announce the development of a new three-wheel personal transportation product targeted at the public safety market.

“Our customers are demanding a feature-rich, quality-made three-wheel device that is value priced. We are going to meet their needs and deliver that product by the end of this calendar year,” said Roger Brown, President and Chief Executive Officer, Segway Inc.

Click here to read the full news release on The Segway Blog.
Nope...came through to me too. General email shot I think.
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Some discussion on this already happening in the news forum.

http://forums.segwaychat.org/showthread.php?p=228653
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I'm thinking of some kind of a three wheel version of the "Concept Centaur".

But, at what price?

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I'm thinking of some kind of a three wheel version of the "Concept Centaur".

But, at what price?

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I'm thinking of some kind of a three wheel version of the "Concept Centaur".

But, at what price?

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That sounds feasible, if the third wheel comes down behind at slow speeds for added stability and acts like a caster or outrigger to allow normal lean steer steering of the main wheels.


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