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"At rush hour, the off-ramp from the Taipei Bridge onto Minquan West Road turns
into a waterfall of sorts. Rather than a cataract of water, though, this one is
made up of hundreds of scooters pouring down a concrete canyon.
Sun glints off shiny helmets and front bumpers. Motors’ purr at the red light
turns into a gentle roar as the light turns green. But that roar is getting
increasingly quiet: Electric scooters and mopeds are becoming rapidly more
common in Taipei and across the island nation.
The shift isn’t just happening in Taiwan, where two-wheel vehicles outnumber
cars 2 to 1. It’s happening across Asia, and there are a number of lessons the
rest of the world could learn in the race to electrify everything.
Road transport is responsible for 12% of global greenhouse gas emissions. It
accounts for an even more significant share in developed countries.
Decarbonizing how we get around and doing so as efficiently as possible — given
the tight supply of critical minerals needed for batteries — is vital to stave
off the most catastrophic impacts of climate change.
It’s tempting to look at EVs like the Ford F-150 Lightning as game changers.
But two-wheelers are already driving the EV transition. The inherent efficiency
and affordability of small, two-wheeled EVs mean they could play a vital role
in speeding it along. The incentives and innovations currently being developed
in emerging economies could be used to reshape transit in developed nations —
and reduce carbon emissions more effectively than fleets of Teslas ever could."
Via
Future Crunch issue 192:
https://futurecrunch.com/
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
