Segway Switzerland

motion tools Ltd. with its headquarters in Unterseen near Interlaken offers products and services connected to innovative mobility on short distances. We have been the exclusive distributor of Segway electronic vehicles in Switzerland since 2005. We take care of our private and commercial customers directly, so they can profit the most of our expert knowledge.

From the beginning, we have been supportive of innovative, efficient and environmentally friendly mobility solutions. We are also working on obtaining the right legal frame for the vehicles. In the middle of 2011, the Federal Roads Office (FEDRO) has granted first facilitations, such as the driving on bikeways.

In 2012, the segment of Segway Citytours has been outsourced to mobileo Ltd. mobileo is the leading provider of Segway tours, events, promotion and rent in Switzerland with locations in Basel, Berne, Interlaken, Lucerne and Zurich.

The Segway PT is an invention of American Dean Kamen, who originally designed the dynamic stabilisation for the electric wheelchair iBot. The iBot is able to overcome stairs and to lift its physically disabled user to eye height of a standing person.

The use of the dynamic stabilisation for a „vehicle to be used daily by everybody“ resulted from the vision of relieving cities from car traffic and defining mobility anew. Steve Jobs and the Credit Suisse shared this vision and had thus been supporting the development financially. The Segway PT has been designed as a reputable and professional vehicle.

The current second generation of the Segway PT is characterised by high-quality technology, such as gyroscopes, acceleration sensors, lithium-ion batteries or the wireless Info Key. The high redundancy of the systems guarantees safe drives for over 10 years. The completely intuitive steering of the vehicle by shifting the body weight and by use of the Lean Steering possesses addictive potential.

Segway Personal Transporters are used primarily in the fields of security, rescue, logistics, and promotion, on golf courses and in tourism. Individuals use the Segway PT for effective operation on short distances. The vehicle is being produced in the USA. More than 100000 people around the world are using this innovative electric vehicle. In Switzerland, there are several hundred Segway PTs.