Hi, this is Wayne again with a topic “Watch Segway’s New Kart Go From Racing to Gaming”.
I’M taking a break from The Busy floor at CES 2024 to take a look at this, the Segway go-kart Pro 2. It’S part go-kart part, self-balancing bot, part game controller. Let’S take a closer look, so what segue has done is they’ve taken the motortech technology from their self-balancing robots and put it in the back of this cart, and the result is a whole lot of fun. It’S very Zippy the steering is very direct and because you’re so close to the ground. It’S just extremely engaging. Now. We’Ve got three different modes: eco mode limits me to about 5 mph sport lets me get up to around 11 and in race mode. You got a top speed of around 26.7 mph and enough torque that you can actually hang the back of this thing out and have a little bit of fun. Drifting. It’S been a whole lot of fun and the steering is pretty much what you would expect from a cart uh. It’S very direct and it’s very fun to drive I’m just having a blast out here, zipping around on the course now.
The cart chassis has a little bit of adjustability for taller or shorter Riders. I’M a little bit on the extreme end of what you could fit in here, but it’s a whole lot of fun to drive around. But when the weather gets bad, you don’t have to stop enjoying yourself. You can actually bring it inside and I’ll show you how that works.
Now. So when you bring the card into the house, you can actually connect it to your gaming console using a little dongle. Like this, and that will allow you to transform the cart into a racing, simulator rig, so here I am playing a game on the screen and my steering wheel and my pedals work just like they would. If I were out on the track.
However, I have the added benefit of haptic feedback here, so if I run into this telephone pole, for example, I’ll actually feel the base of the seat vibrate, and that adds a little bit of extra immersion, which could be the edge in winning a race. Now I promised you three modes, and this is the third with just two screws and some bcro straps. You can remove the motor unit from the cart and convert it into a self-balancing robo hovercraft.
Now I’ve never been on one of these before believe it or not. So my friend David at segue is going to make sure that I don’t injure myself here, so you go into the app and you put it into self- balancing mode and then you just hop on little wobbly there. But here we go. I’M on you lean forward to go forward and whoo who you lean backwards to go back.
I think I’m getting the hang of it lean to the left to turn L to the right to turn. So this is the third mode and you can actually use this to get around when you’re, not just scooting or playing video games, which actually adds a little bit more practicality to buying the whole package. Here we go.
Oh, it’s a lot easier when you’re not just trying to stand around in Balance once you get moving, oh yeah, I’m feeling it so yeah, maybe I’m a little too big for this thing, but for kids just getting into racing simulation or carting. I think this could be a great way to introduce them to both be sure to head over to cet.com, where you can learn more about the rest of Segway micromobility products and the rest of the cool things happening over at CES 2024. I’Ll see you there .