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by Permagate 1743 days ago
I'm not sure where you got the idea that the rich people clogged the road in developing countries, but we heavily depend on cars/motorcycles for our transportation. Poor people use them all the times (especially motorcycles). And people with low wages do take loans just to buy a cheap car/motorcycle, even way before buying a house since they provide immediate benefits with manageable monthly installments.

EDIT: It makes me think why there is not much push for electric motorcycles. Whenever EV is mentioned, it's always been a car.
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seanmcdirmid 1743 days ago
Cheap Chinese electric bikes and trikes aren’t a thing in your country?

> It makes me think why there is not much push for electric motorcycles. Whenever EV is mentioned, it's always been a car.

That simply isn’t accurate. Chinese electric scooters were common even back in 2008, they are pretty ubiquitous by now. Electric motorcycles aren’t common, but neither are gas powered motorcycles in that country. These aren’t the fancy “for play” motorcycles replacements or electric bikes that the west want, but are definitely work horses in developing countries.

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fogihujy 1742 days ago
A lot of places don't have electricity or paved roads...
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seanmcdirmid 1742 days ago
They don’t have paved roads, but they still have electricity. I stayed in a place in China off the grid on a trip (it was on a mountain in the Tibetan part of Sichuan), they still had electricity via a water wheel. When the water wheel was knocked out of alignment, the electricity went off.

A lot of off the grid solutions for electricity, getting regular gasoline shipments to those locations is much more of a challenge.

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