The government in Taiwan has had very limited success in promoting electric two-wheelers over the years, despite its well intention to replace more gasoline PTWs with such greener bikes to reduce noise and air pollution. Such electric vehicle (EV) promotion policy makes sense since most electric bicycles (e-bikes) and electric scooters (e-scooters) are powered by conventional lead-acid batteries ...

Taiwan has long been a mature market for powered two-wheelers (PTWs) as most the population crowds in major cities in the west part of the island. Statistics show that in 2013 each 1.54 Taiwanese people own one PTW, compared to 1.91 people in 2001, implying an almost ceiling ownership volume. The highly mature domestic market has been driving local manufacturers of assembled PTWs to more aggre...