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Segway Inc. Announces Merger

Segway Inc. is pleased to announce that in connection with a merger that occurred on December 24, 2009, Segway was acquired by a company that is based in the United Kingdom.  The acquiring company is backed by Jimi Heselden, a prominent U.K. businessman and the Chairman of Hesco Bastion.  Mr. Heselden is also an investor [...]

January 14, 2010 • Tags: , • Posted in: Company • No Comments

Keepin’ it green

Since 2007, we’ve offered our Renewable Energy Credits (REC) program to new customers as a way to demonstrate our commitment to make personal, green transportation a viable solution to a real problem.  RECs, or carbon offsets as they’re sometimes referred to, “work to replace traditional polluting sources of electricity with clean, secure, and sustainable sources [...]

Spotlight: Segway Robotics platforms lead the way

Did you know that Segway Inc. is a leader in the world of mobile robot development platforms?
To shed some light on these high-tech, products and their applications we just launched a new blog that’s all about robotics, all the time. Psyched? We are.
Our Robotics Mobility Platform (or RMP, for short) uses much of the same [...]

Happy birthday to us!

8 years ago, Dean Kamen unveiled the Segway PT, a two-wheeled, self-balancing personal transporter, on Good Morning America (thanks, Wired).
And since that day we’ve continued our mission, becoming the leader in personal, green transportation, transforming the way people work, play and live. Our efforts are focused on developing personal, zero-emission transportation solutions that challenge convention [...]

We have a winner!

Thanks to everyone who participated in our fall photo contest last week. We chose three finalists for your consideration and the votes are in! Congrats to @Cshunter63 for his winning entry:

The winner receives the most recent official Segway accessory to be released -  a Segway laptop sleeve.
We’ve added the complete photo gallery to our Flickr [...]