Re:Segway ends production of its original scooter
by fragmede on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @05:13AM
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Plenty of people wear ridiculous cycling gear (myself included) (helmets look especially dorky, but they're less dorky than being confined to a motorized wheelchair for the rest of your life so wear your helmets, kids.) so I don't buy that. (Nor did I buy a Segway, mind you.)
I think your right on the other part though. The Segway's target market is people that live and work and play mostly within a 1.5 mile radius. Unfortunately the original Segway was too expensive but more critically, far too big and bulky. The target market which stays within a tiny region are able to do so because it's so dense. But that density means that apartments (and stairwells and elevators) are too small to fit the original Segway. Nor did it fit well in the trunk of a car. Leaving very few buyers outside of Segway tours for tourists.
I think your right on the other part though. The Segway's target market is people that live and work and play mostly within a 1.5 mile radius. Unfortunately the original Segway was too expensive but more critically, far too big and bulky. The target market which stays within a tiny region are able to do so because it's so dense. But that density means that apartments (and stairwells and elevators) are too small to fit the original Segway. Nor did it fit well in the trunk of a car. Leaving very few buyers outside of Segway tours for tourists.