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Despite early hype that it would revolutionize urban transportation, how many total Segway personal transporters had been sold when the company halted production in 2020?
Answer
Fewer than 140,000
Despite enormous pre-launch hype in 2001 and predictions it would reshape city travel, the Segway sold fewer than 140,000 units over nearly two decades before production ended in 2020.
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Segway, hyped as a city-transportation revolution, sold fewer than 140,000 units total. Its inventor died riding one off a cliff—the company itself was sold for less than initial estimates.
Other options people guess
- More than 2 million
- Around 750,000
- Nearly 500,000
Topics
- failed-products
- segway
- 2000s
- business
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