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A few weeks ago, standing at an incredibly busy pedestrian crossing in Shenzhen, China, I noticed how strangely quiet it was for somewhere so busy. Then I noticed, every car, bus, and scooter was electric. I went to Taipei after, and the constant roar from mostly scooters was unexpectedly loud. I hope we speed up the shift to electric vehicles.

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China is running light speed toward electrification and renewable because they are concerned of a conflict with the West. Europeans think they are doing it to take advantage over their car manufacturers but they are really thinking inward on this.

It will resolve itself sooner or later, especially ICE scooters will soon not be attractive.

The electric scooters from China are still far away from being as practical as the ICE scooters; a scooter like you see in Taiwan or Vietnam can carry the whole family and has a top speed of a 120 km/h.

Probably it's not a good idea to take the whole family on a scooter...

Many families do not have a choice - it’s scooter or walking

... at 120km/h!

I've regularly seen electric scooters carrying two adults and one child. I think it's relatively safe at low speed in the less dense areas, but definitely not in Taipei.

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