I think the open question is whether its future is more like the Model T or the Segway. The introduction of the original Segway earned a prolonged and absolutely exhausting buzz cycle and many people earnestly thought whole cities would be rearchitected around it.

Now the brand mostly just produces traditional electric scooters and the self-balancing model found a small but legitimate niche among people who would otherwise patrol on foot all day.

Not everything that looks exciting meets all its revolutionary ambitions.