The Second Malaise confirmed with the return of Sinclair C5

[HeilSvenska]

First envisioned in 1979, the Sinclair C5 failed miserably in giving everyone their own affordable roundabout.

http://s206301103.websitehome.co.uk/sinclair/picts/c5.jpg

Even the 80's people didn't want it, so why is it being reborn?

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/jalopnik/2009/04/480-GMSegway13.jpg

This is the GM-Segway P.U.M.A. Mobility Pod. Why? I can't think of any reason. Except that they're just completing what was meant to be. To complete the Second Malaise. The Carpocalypse is nigh. Carpocalypse Nau.

[RC45]

Thankfully the lawyers will keep these buckets of deathtrap rubbish off our streets ;)

[Mattk]

It looks like an electric wheelchair with a passenger seat.

EDIT

http://www.smh.com.au/news/home/technology/meet-the-son-of-segway/2009/04/07/1238869976524.html

A full article on this contraption with this odd quote:

Larry Burns, GM's vice president of research and development, and strategic planning, said the project is part of GM's effort to remake itself as a purveyor of fuel-efficient vehicles. If Hummer took GM to the large-vehicle extreme, Burns said, the PUMA takes GM to the other.
Ideally, the vehicles would also be part of a communications network that through the use of transponder and GPS technology would allow them to drive themselves. The vehicles would automatically avoid obstacles such as pedestrians and other cars and therefore never crash, Burns said.
Never crash???