The new chance of electric scooter equipped with lithium ion battery in Taiwan

The air pollution in metropolitan area of Taiwan caused by the nearly 15 million internal combustion engine (ICE) motorcycles has become a big issue and need to be improved urgently. One of the most effective ways to reduce the air pollution problem is suggested applying the electric scooter (E-scooter) to substitute the ICE motorcycle. Besides, this implementation of E-scooter industry also can extend to promote the industrial development in the key components such as electric motor, motor controller, traction battery, etc. In 2009, Taiwan Government had issued one pronouncement, Taiwan Electric Scooter Standard (TES), for testing the E-scooter performance and safety. In order to make this policy of E-scooter on road come true, a series of aggressive promotion strategies were leaded by government and cooperated with the related organizations, industrial companies, and business service systems. Hopefiilly, the consumers' safety can be carefully considered on the initial stage of E-scooter propagation in Taiwan. In addition, the vehicle performance and safety quality of domestic E-scooter can be promoted simultaneously too.