Eva Dou, Chinese Startup Banks on Segway; Two-wheeled scooter, which never caught on, is acquired by a rival it accused of infringement. Wall Street Journal, Apr 16, 2015. www.wsj.com/articles/segway-tran ... wnership-1429082284
(“Launched in 2001, Segway "has been acquired [on Apr 15, 2015] by a Beijing scooter startup [Ninebot Inc] that the us company accused seven months ago of copying its products. * * * On Wednesday [Apr 15], Xiaomi, investment firm Sequoia Capital and others said they invested a combined $80 million in Ninebot, which said it acquired Segway for an undisclosed sum")
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(b) Ninebot 九号机器人 www.ninebot.cn/index.html
(CEO高禄峰; 收购 Segway 赛格威)