Best Buy testing electric vehicle market
July 7, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
Best Buy, purveyor of all things electronics — and the store most wives know as the “man swallower” — is testing out sales of electrical vehicles in 21 West Coast stores, according to News.com. The product lineup includes bicycles, scooters, and Segway Personal Transporters. This month Best Buy is adding the Enertia electric motorcycle to its roster.
Best Buy execs are justifying the move via the “diversification for future growth” explanation that so often comes up in big business. But there’s no getting around the fact that electronic vehicles like the Segway or the Enertia are listed at prices significantly higher than the DVD players or video games Best Buy is known for.
What do you think? Will Best Buy’s foray into vehicle sales fly, or crash?
Image: Segway Inc.
