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Last time I was in Shanghai a couple years ago, it seemed like a good 20% of the motorbikes on the street were actually electric bikes. A dizzying variety of e
by fouc 9y ago
Last time I was in Shanghai a couple years ago, it seemed like a good 20% of the motorbikes on the street were actually electric bikes. A dizzying variety of electric bikes too. I've yet to seen that kind of uptake of electric bikes in Vietnam or Thailand. Would be great if most motorbikes were electric, and cars too.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoOnly 20%? I'm pretty sure E-bikes are much more common than gasoline bikes, if only because the latter requires a driver's license and very expensive plates (13K RMB!). China has very aggressively pushed for e-bikes via regulations and periodic crackdowns on illegal gasoline bikes.
- cmplxconjugate 9y agoHaving lived in China for the last year it’s pretty much 99.8% ebikes. Petrol motorbikes don’t make an appearance except in very poor areas.
- seanmcdirmid 9y agoWell, sometimes illegal ones make an appearance until the next crackdown occurs, at least in Beijing. Had a laowai friend who was dumb enough to by one, once.
- fouc 9y agoSo you don't see very many Honda Waves/Dreams or other 110/125cc motorbikes anymore?