The iconic Segway, the often-mocked and lumbering self-balancing scooter, will be ending production forever, the company announced today—and will lay off 21 employees by rachsandl
The iconic Segway, the often-mocked and lumbering self-balancing scooter, will be ending production forever, the company announced Tuesday, and will lay off 21 employees.Photo by Swen Pförtner/picture alliance via Getty ImagesSegway will end production on its namesake Segway PT model at its manufacturing plant in Bedford, New Hampshire,Twelve employees will stay on from five months to a year to handle warranty and repairs on existing Segways.
The scooters are often mocked, somewhat difficult to ride and have been involved in a number of minor accidents with high-profile figures: Then-President George W. Bush was photographed after a minor Segway accident at his parents' summer home in Maine in 2003, a cameraman on a Segway
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