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Electric scooters (not fancy design ones like this but rather pedestrian-looking ones) are already completely ubiquitous in China, both for deliveries (includin
by janekm 12y ago
Electric scooters (not fancy design ones like this but rather pedestrian-looking ones) are already completely ubiquitous in China, both for deliveries (including for 20kg water jugs, it's a bit disconcerting seeing a moped with 4 or more of those on the back) and for a very unsafe short-distance unlicensed taxi service for the last mile from the metro stop.
- seanmcdirmid 12y agoI know for deliveries, they are used, but the short jaunt scooter taxis I see in Beijing still seem to be mostly gas based (and of course, most all the personal scooters are electric).
- janekm 11y agoThat's quite interesting as I have basically never seen a non-electric scooter here in Shenzhen. Almost seems like there might be some local regulation around that, but I have no idea. Even Amazon use electric scooters for delivery here ;)
- tim333 12y agoIt's quite impressive how cheap the Chinese scooters are eg this from $470 http://aima-tech.en.made-in-china.com/product/lKJQufadaRkw/China-60V-20ah-1000W-Electric-Scooter.html http://aima-tech.en.made-in-china.com/product/lKJQufadaRkw/C... admittedly lead-acid batteries rather than lithium