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Electric two-wheelers are creating a buzz in Asia

Cross-border tie-ups hope to make battery-swapping mainstream

A woman commutes on a Gogoro electric scooter in Taipei.
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THE CACOPHONY of small-vehicle engines and horns is one of the most recognisable noises in traffic-choked cities across Asia. Soon that trademark roar may be a thing of the past, even if the horns remain. A wave of cross-border ventures for electric two- and three-wheelers, and the infrastructure required to power them, is rippling across the continent.

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