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Toyota One-Ups Segway, Kind Of
- Detroit Bureau, Tuesday, July 30, 2013 9:32 AM
Here's a personal mobility version of a Japanese company taking making an invention from elsewhere smaller, less expensive and more efficient. Toyota is expanding into personal mobility devices with its own take on the Segway. It's version? The Winglet, 22 pounds versus Segway's 100 pounds, a top speed of about 3.5 miles per hour, which is akin to a brisk walking speed, and takes about an hour to charge and will run for about two hours, according to the company.
