Last-mile delivery services are an essential element in keeping various busy Asian cities running. South Korea’s capital Seoul, for instance, sees thousands of orders placed every single day. It is indisputable that scooters are an essential part of the city’s transport sector. That being said, the shift to green energy has sparked several cities to accelerate the integration of EVs into the mainstream transportation system.
Seoul is no different. The capital city’s Metropolitan Government recently ramped up efforts in shifting the city’s delivery fleet to electric. In 2022 alone, the government plans to distribute a total of 7,000 electric scooters, the largest volume of electric scooters to ever be distributed in the city. Seoul has been working towards a green shift for more than a decade now, with the Metropolitan Government slowly distributing electric scooters for delivery since 2010, with a total of 11,798 units turned over in an 11-year period. The hefty goal of 7,000 scooters for this year is equivalent to 60 percent of all scooters ever distributed.
