EFE
The Chinese technology firm Xiaomi, which became popular thanks to smartphones but seeks to diversify its production, today presented an electric scooter two wheels similar to who made famous the Segway brand, although smaller and manageable, well controllable via a mobile device.
Xiaomi, who had previously announced that today present a new product but had not clarified what-had speculated a new phone, the My 5- finally surprised with this vehicle without handlebar and is an evolution of the Segway (company that in fact this year bought Chinese Ninebot, owned by the Xiaomi itself).
Call for it “Ninebot Mini”, with a range of 21 kilometers and a maximum speed of 16 kilometers per hour. The electric skateboard about 12 kilos, can also climb slopes up to 15 degrees inclination, carrying 90 kilos.
Instead of the traditional handlebar tricycles or the Segway, the scooter has a device to knees that detects the movement of the wearer’s legs to make turns and other controls.
The vehicle will be sold from November 3 in China for about US $ 300, about three times less than conventional Segway.
Through a mobile application the device can be locked, as if the phone exercised key, and also be controlled remotely.
The Mini Ninebot It is a new step in the diversification of Xiaomi, the best “startup” in the world last year and one of the leading mobile phone sales in China, which nevertheless seeks other outlets to the progressive saturation of the mobile market.
Therefore, the firm founded by Lei Jun launched from air purifiers (high demand in polluted Chinese cities) to television (today, in fact, also launched its latest model of appliance smart TV, the My TV . 3)
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