The United States General Motors Corporation transmitted on the 7th, the business will task with the United States production plant of electric-powered motor vehicles Segway co-develop a double two-seater electric-powered vehicles. This car is not simply an paddock of small, low prices, but also without thinking transferring and escape misfortunes and traffic jams. GM prepares to launch in 2012 at the fresh car.

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The study and development program renowned as “urban individual mobility and accessibility” (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), the English acronym for PUMA, which means Cougar. GM brandished the roads of New York at the United States twice electric driven vehicles like this vehicle, captivated passers-by halt watch.

The “Puma” Application of the electric car company double balanced Segway technology, the car can accommodate two persons. Watch from a distance, like two wheels of automotive appearance of a large mouse shelf can also be seen as the “driving seat version of” Segway electric scooter. Compartment at the bottom of vehicles equipped with four small wheels, for the stable.

“Cougar” No doors, on both sides of the fence with one. Do not have to dread because this car misfortune occurred, the car had not been installed with airbags or any other safety supplies, the simply bearing arms with simply the seat belts in lead to ensure passenger comfort.

The United States “New York Times” said that this car Nowadays people still think of the rickshaw Singapore. The idea seems to be responsible with the General Motors vice president of R & D happens to coincide with Burns. He said that the company’s early promotion of market such as Singapore.

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Burns, the “Cougar” vehicle driven by lithium electric batteries, greatest pace of 56 kilometers, 56 kilometers stroke. The vehicle parking locality is only widespread round one-sixth of the area.

GM did not reveal this new cost. However, the business said that the perfect state, encompassing vehicle payments, protection, upkeep charges and fuel, encompassing, a “Cougar” vehicle full cost of the customary four-wheeled vehicles is only one-third to one quarter.

Burns said that all “Cougar” motor vehicle will jointly type a communication network, through the radar transceiver and Global Positioning System without thinking transferring and finishing, supplying the insist without artificial. In supplement, the process in a transferring motor vehicle can without thinking escape the pedestrians, motor vehicles and other obstructions never collision, so as to escape misfortunes and diminish traffic congestion.

Although this noise like research fiction, but Burns said that put ideals into truth is not a antic, because all the expertise are in location, do not need to create anything. “Now, only a essential enterprise decision,” he said.

Questioned

Although the R & D design noise very appealing, but furthermore lead to interrogating voice.

“New York Times” said, “Cougar” motor vehicle speed is limited, which creates it unable to journey on the road. Fundamentally articulating, this car is corresponding to electric-powered motor vehicle inhabitants, that is a short-distance method of transport. Although inhabitants promulgates said the electric-powered car, electric-powered motor vehicle inhabitants to find the requires of millions of population journey, but it has not been able to take much market portion of car sales.

In addition, the announcement of the time seems not satisfactory. GM substantial assistance from the government to obtain loans, life is still hanging line, unknown, is facing possible bankruptcy. The United States is the automobile industry for decades suffered the most serious recession, sales plummeted.

But Burns, the “Cougar” endeavour is immobile confident. He said that the bulk inventive models regularly come from the time span of fiscal downturn. “The next couple months, as a every component of in 2009, GM will be a time span of innovation.