Editing Segway (section)

{{short description|Two-wheeled, self-balancing personal vehicle}}
{{about|the vehicle|the company|Segway Inc.|the word referring to a transition|Segue}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}
{{Use American English|date=April 2021}}
{{Infobox product
|title = Segway PT
|image = Black x2 and white i2.jpg
|image_size=300
|caption = Segway x2 and i2
|type = [[Personal transporter]]
|inventor = [[Dean Kamen]]
|inception = {{start_date|2001}}
|manufacturer = [[Segway Inc.]]
|models = i2 SE, x SE, miniPro, robot
}}

A '''Segway''' is a [[Dicycle (vehicle)|two-wheeled]], self-balancing [[personal transporter]] device invented by [[Dean Kamen]]. The name is a registered trademark of [[Segway Inc.|Segway Inc]]. It was brought to market in 2001 as the '''Segway HT''', and then subsequently as the '''Segway PT.''' ''HT'' is an initialism for "human transporter" and ''PT'' for "personal transporter."

Ninebot, a [[Beijing]]-based transportation [[robotics]] startup rival, acquired Segway Inc. in April 2015, broadening the company to include other transportation devices. In June 2020, it was announced that it would no longer make the Segway PT.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Wilson|first=Mark|date=2020-06-23|title=Segway, the most hyped invention since the Macintosh, ends production|url=https://www.fastcompany.com/90517971/exclusive-segway-the-most-hyped-invention-since-the-macintosh-to-end-production|access-date=2020-06-24|website=Fast Company|language=en-US}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|date=2020-06-23|title=Segways scrapped after two decades of high-profile falls|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-24/segway-ends-production-of-vehicle-falls/12386530|access-date=2020-06-24|website=www.abc.net.au|language=en-AU}}</ref>