The weekend test drives: Behind the scenes.
This weekend, we gave our new prototype a test drive in Brooklyn and Times Square, and shot some beautiful photos and video.
The photo above features Segway employees Jon Stevens and Sarah Laufersweiler having a blast cruising the streets of New York City. Expect to see the Project P.U.M.A. prototype in plenty of tourist photo albums, as it was turning heads and capturing the attention of plenty of cameras. (That’s not an easy thing to do, in Times Square.)
We caught some beautiful motion shots from a motorcycle sidecar, with a custom rig built for our photographers. This allowed the photo and video crews to keep up to speed while capturing some wonderful action shots.
One funny surprise: With all of the Twitter users in NYC, only one tweeted a photo from our shoot. Where were all of the tweeters, this weekend??
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3 Responses to “The weekend test drives: Behind the scenes.”
It’s amazing what Dean and his company has accomplished over the years, and the PUMA is a very exciting addition. Isn’t it amazing to think that the US Automakers have had millions and millions of man hours – by excellent Engineers, and billions of dollars at their disposal to create something amazing, yet haven’t done it once. Yet this small company Segway again blows the doors off of innovation like we’ve never seen.
We were in Dumbo this weekend and saw a camerman on a vehicle filming a small contraption moving behind him. We all thought they were filming a place holder which would be replaced by some CGI later. When it did a u-turn near Water St., we saw the “experimental” on the front. Thought it was a cool vehicle.
Then I heard on NPR today a work (back in NC) about a collaboration between Segway and GMC called P.U.M.A. Had a hunch and googled it. Then I knew what we had seen. More power to you guys. Keep up the good work and I hope to have one one day!
Though the vehicle looks cool, its a bit akward and thats not just my opinion. I really cant tell if it will eventually be accepted by mainstream but the idea of PUMA is really good one to just let it go by. I just can not stop imagining these vehicles replacing cars and SUVs on those busy roads. I think adding something more would make it look more acceptable to the mainstream though.I know its a weird idea but how about adding a detachable rear to the PUMA. This attachment should make the PUMA look exactly like a small car with space for 4 people. And when there is no requirement of the rear carriage it could operate just at it does now. The maneuvering can be transfered to the rear pair of wheels when in a full car mode. I know there will be higher engine power requirements but I think it can be worked out. The purpose is to make the vehicle more mainstream and less weird on first look and so it can become more acceptable and succesful.
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