Creating a digital solution to an analog problem? According to Segway Inc., that’s exactly what Project P.U.M.A.(Personal Urban Mobility & Accessibility) does. The P.U.M.A. is a result of the joint effort by Segway and General Motors to revolutionize the future of urban transportation. While it still has a ways to go before hitting mass production
“General Motors is getting back into the battery business.” GM CEO Rick Waggoner Apparently $335 million in tax breaks is just too hard to pass up. As expected, General Motors has announced that they will be establishing the first lithium-ion battery pack manufacturing facility operated by a major automaker in the United States, and they [...]
“It is imperative that Michigan possess this technology to keep Michigan the center of car manufacturing.” – Sen. John Pappageorge(R), Michigan The technology Senator Pappageorge is referring to is the large-scale manufacturing of the lithium-ion battery. These are the batteries used in the hybrid and electric vehicles that U.S. auto-makers are in large part banking [...]
