Spend even an hour or two in any Asian country, and thereโs zero chance you wonโt come across a two-wheeled vehicle. They are everywhere and for good reason: Two-wheelers are much cheaper to buy and operate than cars, and their small size gives them higher mileage and makes them easier to park in typically densely populated Asian cities.
Between China, India, and southeast Asia, there are approximately 900 million two-wheelers, almost as many as the 1 billion passenger cars in the world, according to the 2018 Global Electric Vehicle Outlook published by the International Energy Agency. China stands out for one reason: There are about 250 million electric two-wheelers in the world, and almost all of them are in China. Thatโs nearly 100 times the total number of electric passenger cars in the world.