Archive for the ‘Green Technology’ Category

Show your support for UK regulatory approval!

On January 5th, 2010, the U.K.’s Department for Transport (DfT) announced the publication of a consultation on Electric Personal Vehicles (EPVs) seeking views on whether the law should be changed to allow such vehicles use of public roads and cycle tracks. The closing date is March 30th, 2010 and you can read more about the [...]

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 [...]

Summer 2009: The Un-Road Trip

Boaz Frankel stopped by Segway Inc. last week to start his Segway PT leg of his Un-Road Trip, a car-free journey across America.  Already having traveled more than 6,000 miles using about 60 different modes of transportation, he continued his journey gliding from Manchester, NH to Concord, NH on a Segway i2.
Traversing the varied terrain [...]