Electric two-wheeler sharing

Electric two-wheeler sharing is a form of personal public transport that draws on collaborative consumption models of the sharing economy to provide a shared fleet of electric-assist pedal vehicles. It is a product service system more closely aligned to a bicycle sharing system than to carsharing.

In June 2014 Bradley Schroeder introduced the term e2W to describe such systems in a presentation at the Asian region meeting of the Institute for Transportation Development Policy in Jakarta, Indonesia. In his book Bicycle Sharing 101: Getting the Wheels Turning{{cite book|last1=Schroeder|first1=Bradley|title=Bicycle Sharing 101: Getting the Wheels Turning|date=January 3, 2014|publisher=Moonshine Media|isbn=9780987003492|pages=223|edition=1}}', Schroeder concluded that "An area of potential huge growth is whether e-bike sharing can replace private scooter trips in Asian cities, where scooter use can be up to 75 percent." In Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, 78% of trips are made by scooters or motorcycles, with annual growth rates of 8.4% to the total fleet, according to the Asian Development Bank.{{cite book|title=Electric Two-wheelers in India and Vietnam: Market Analysis and Environmental Impacts|url=https://www.adb.org/publications/electric-two-wheelers-india-and-viet-nam-market-analysis-and-environmental-impacts|year=2009|publisher=Asian Development Bank|accessdate=11 June 2014|isbn=9789715618731}}

Motivations for the implementation of e2W systems are that they would provide an alternative to privately owned motorized two-wheeled vehicles, allowing the political will to regulate motor bikes in terms of parking, acceleration, top speeds, tail-pipe emissions and sound pollution.{{cite web|url=http://bicyclesharing101.com/bike-sharing-101/conclusion/|website=bicyclesharing101.com|title=Conclusion {{!}} Bicycle Sharing 101: Getting the Wheels Turning|accessdate=11 June 2014|date=2013-04-23}}