In 2002, there were 11.98 million petrol-based scooters in Taiwan, and the number has increased to a total of 13.42 million in August 2006. In total, these are responsible for 330,000 tons of carbon monoxide and 90,000 tons of hydrocarbons emission every year, representing 12% and 8% of the total national emissions. In order to improve the air quality, this is necessary to reduce the number of petrol-based scooters and increase the number of electric scooters used, moreover, assist the domestic electric scooter industry even more. Overall, this project is to evaluate this industry by reviewing the oversea market tend, technology, riding environment, and users’ satisfaction. Users expect electric scooters to be economical and easy to charge, as well as to have a long range before requiring recharge, amongst others. Recently, the Lithium-ion battery technology has matured to a point where its higher energy-to-weight ratio, greater capacity and longer battery life cycle meet the demands of consumers. In summary, the marketing promotion can be divided up into initiatives: firstly, to reward present users of electric scooters, secondly, to perform intensive tests with the lithium-ion battery electric scooters. EPA can use the result of this project as an important reference on forming the prospective strategies for electric scooters in order to reduce pollution.

Electric scooter，Technology，Evaluation，Promotion