‘Game changer’ electric moped batteries spread from Taiwan across Asia

Commuters riding motorbikes to work queueing along a street in Taipei. According to government sales figures, ebikes now make up about 21% of all motorbikes in Taiwan, with sales of traditional petrol models in double-digit decline annually. — AFP

TAIPEI: Every day, Aiden Lee joins the hundreds of thousands of people getting around Taipei on two wheels.

But when most of his fellow riders head to a petrol pump to refuel, he takes his emotorbike to one of Taiwan’s increasingly commonplace battery-swapping stations – tech its creators say could supercharge the shift from fossil fuels.