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Segway® Around the World
Global Distribution Network
250 Segway Authorized retail points in 61 countries; more than 100 Segway Authorized Dealers in the U.S.
38 global Segway Authorized Distributors
More than 100 Segway PT guided tours operate around the world
Business Development
Since the Segway PT first went on sale in late 2002, the company’s average annual growth rate has exceeded 50 percent and the company has sold tens of thousands of units.
In 2004 Segway focused on creating a global distribution network and had doubled its international presence by 2005. Now more than 38 distributors exist worldwide.
Approximately 60 percent of Segway’s sales volume is made up of individual consumers, and commercial customers account for the remaining 40 percent.
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International Segway PT Regulations
In most countries where the Segway PT has been addressed by regulators, it is allowed to operate in the same spaces as pedestrians and/or bicycles.
Asia – Regulatory discussions have been initiated and are ongoing in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and Thailand. Evaluations of the Segway PT are underway in the city of Nara, Japan.
Europe – The European Commission has exempted the Segway PT from its vehicle code releasing it from regulation as a road vehicle. Many European countries already allow access for the Segway PT, while others are evaluating and considering where the Segway PT can be used. The Chairman of the Transport Committee of the European Parliament has invited all Member States to explicitly authorize the use of the Segway PT on European pavements.
Austria – approved to operate in bicycle lanes and pedestrian areas where bicycles are allowed
Belgium – regulatory considerations underway
Czech Republic - allowed to operate at walking speed in pedestrian areas
France – approved to operate on pedestrian ways up to 6 km/h during experimental phase
Germany – The Department of the Interior and the Department of Commerce in the German federal state of Saarland have carried out the first study of Segway PTs in Germany. The study resulted in recommendations to classify the Segway PT as a new device called “electronic mobility assistance” and allow it to operate on bike paths with no speed limitation and in foot traffic areas at walking pace
Hungary – informal opinion of Ministry suggests use in pedestrian areas and cycle lanes
Italy – approved to operate on pedestrian ways up to 6 km/h and on bicycle lanes up to 20 km/h during experimental phase
Netherlands – allowed to operate up to 6 km/h in cycle lanes; license and insurance required
Greece – Segway PT considered separately from vehicles
Portugal – Segway PT considered separately from vehicles
U.K. – regulatory considerations underway
Middle East – The Israeli Ministry of Transportation conducted a series of evaluations and approved the Segway PT to operate in pedestrian areas in specific locations.
United States – The Federal government defines the Segway PT as a consumer product defined within the Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSA, U.S.C. 15). At the state level, 44 states and the District of Columbia allow it to operate in the same spaces as pedestrians and/or bicycles. Legally the Segway PT is defined as an EPAMD (Electric Personal Assistive Mobility Device) which is a “self-balancing, nontandem, two-wheeled device that can turn in place, transports only one person, with an electric propulsion system averaging less than one horsepower, and travels less than 12.5 miles per hour.”
Canada - Transport Canada has excluded the Segway PT from its Motor Vehicle Safety Act, paving the way for efforts to define the Segway PT in Canadian provinces beginning in 2006. Regulatory considerations are currently underway in several Provinces. The Centre for Electric Vehicle Experimentation in Quebec (CEVEQ, www.ceveq.qc.ca) completed a two-phase study in April 2006. After two years of evaluation, CEVEQ recommended that Segway PTs should be allowed on urban pedestrian areas and that such use would have little impact on user safety and still less on the safety of pedestrians, cyclists, motorists and other walkway users.
South Africa - Regulatory discussions have been initiated and are ongoing
South America - Regulatory discussions have been initiated in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico. Segway PTs are approved to operate on sidewalks in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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