e-scooter.co launches import intermediary platform for micromobility businesses in 🇳🇵 नेपाल

२०२५ मार्च २ मोटरसाइकल पत्रकार द्वारा

The international electric micromobility promotion platform e-scooter.co launched an import intermediary platform that enables local sellers and international logistics specialists to service customers that want to import an electric vehicle from other countries.

e-scooter.co started to accept import purchase requests about १.५ years ago and over ३०,००० people have submitted a request since, with over ३,७४३ requests pending from the countries नेपाल, चीन र भारत with a combined revenue of नेरू ३,७९,०१,०१,२०२, which excludes revenue from additional services that can be sold to customers such as insurance, finance, maintenance service and the primary import service fee, which may double the revenue potential with a high profit margin.

Why Electric Vehicles Face Difficulties

There are various reasons why electric micromobility products face great difficulties to enter the market despite their great advantages such as significant cost-saving for owners.

For example, electric scooters and mopeds literally save up to 90% of maintenance costs which undermines the business model of the existing sales infrastructure of petrol-engine based vehicles, hindering those established outlets to sell electric models.

Manufacturing Disruption

While the existing petrol-engine based service infrastructure can't financially sustain itself with electric models from established brands, the brands themselves face profound disruption from the much bigger component industry that enables smaller startups to create high quality mobility products.

For example, the 🇩🇪 German brand Bosch has been developing advanced and reliable electric motor kits that includes a dashboard and electrical system and the innovative startup Edison Motors from 🇹🇭 Thailand launched a scooter barebone platform that enables other startups to create new models.

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The manufacturing scale 3D printing industry causes further disruption in this space.

Big Petrol Brands Not Motivated to Enter The Market

The manufacturing disruption trajectory caused big brands early on in 2010-2015 to make a hard decision to not enter the electric vehicle market, or to enter it in a way that didn't unlock its full potential for the greatest possible market.

Some have criticized 🇮🇹 Italian Vespa-Piaggio for example for introducing an electric model that costs twice as much as the petrol version for an effective driving range of only ६० किलोमिटर while advertising a driving range of १०० किलोमिटर, and while not having a removable battery.

By comparison, the petrol version of the same Vespa model has a reliable driving range of २८० किलोमिटर and Vespa is unlikely to have failed to deliver on the electric driving range by accident.

In practice, this electric vehicle largely stimulated the sales of petrol models on economic grounds and is likely to have been introduced for that purpose despite that some people have been happy to pay नेरू १०,१५,८०४ for an iconic electric Vespa while the petrol version costs नेरू ५,०७,९०२.

Scared away from both ends

Small disruptors scared of going global

While established big brands were financially reluctant to enter the market in the first place, smaller startups (manufacturing disruptors), due to scale-ing and logistics related problems, often remained limited to sales in a single country or a small region.

As an example, the unique Carver scooter-car or the GiGi foldable moped from the 🇳🇱 Netherlands are not yet sold internationally while there has been a significant demand for over a decade. In the 🇺🇸 US alone over नेरू १५,३८,०८,०६५ in orders for the Carver were sent in on e-scooter.co and someone from 🇮🇳 India sent the following message in his purchase request on March 1, 2025.

I want carver in India

An interaction with the founder of Dutch startup GiGi learned that the company initially had high ambitions but ultimately was scared away from selling internationally.

Selling can be easy but what if something breaks? Then there has to be a local party that can provide service. We do have the EEC certificates but we only want to enter a market when we are financially ready for it.

This line of reasoning makes sense and is common from the perspective of small manufacturers but the problem for international access for customers is that this line of reasoning intensifies over time when a manufacturer aspires to improve its quality and service.

In practice, this results in a high potential vehicle not becoming available in other countries, despite potential high demand.

GiGi, one of the first electric moped pioneers in the Netherlands with high international ambitions and EEC certificates, now decades later, never went beyond the Dutch border.

A Solution For The Market

Connecting Buyers with Import Intermediary's

The simple function of the e-scooter.co platform is to connect import intermediary's (sellers, importers or logistics specialists) with buyers. Quality service and reliable business are ensured through Escrow payment by the customer.

An example customer review reveals how the service might work in practice:

(उदाहरण समीक्षा) मैले नेदरल्याण्डमा गोगोरो पल्स हाइपरस्कूटर भियतनामबाट युएसिप.कम मार्फत टाइवानबाट रटरडम आउने ढुवानीमा खाली ठाउँ भएको एउटा ट्रान्सपोर्टरसँगको व्यवस्थाबाट प्राप्त गरेँ।
स्कूटर मेरो ढोकामा पुग्यो र किनमेल प्रक्रिया e-scooter.co मा मेरो अनुरोधलाई जवाफ दिएको आयात मध्यस्थसँग सम्झौता भए अनुसार नै भयो।
नेदरल्याण्डमा स्कूटर दर्ता गर्न केही बढी कागजात चाहियो, तर अन्त्यमा सम्पन्न भयो। मैले तिरेको जम्मा मूल्य मेरो देशमा नयाँ भेस्पा इलेट्रिकाको मूल्यभन्दा कम छ।
मलाई आश्चर्य लाग्छ कि म नेदरल्याण्डमा आज यो स्कूटर चलाउने पहिलो व्यक्ति हुँ! गोगोरो पल्स हाइपरस्कूटरले नेदरल्याण्डका धेरै कारहरूभन्दा छिटो गति बढाउँछ, र गोगोरोले युरोपेली पार्टहरू प्रयोग गरेर यसलाई सजिलो मर्मत गर्न मिल्ने बनाएको छ।
एउटा खुशी ग्राहक!

A Simple Business Model

विश्वभरिका नवीनतम मोडेलहरूमा पहुँचको बदलामा, ग्राहकहरूले आफ्नो देशमा वारेन्टी, सेवा र दर्ताको पूर्ण जिम्मेवारी लिन्छन्। निर्माताले कुनै विशिष्ट देशमा वारेन्टी सेवा अस्वीकार गरेमा पनि ग्राहकले यसलाई खारेज गर्न स्वीकार्छन्

यसको परिणाम सरल लेनदेन व्यवसाय मोडेल हो: ग्राहकले वाहन वितरण गराउन भुक्तान गर्छ। त्यो सेवा पूरा भएपछि लेनदेन समाप्त हुन्छ र दीर्घकालीन ग्राहक सन्तुष्टि र सेवा सम्बन्धी समस्याको कुनै जोखिम हुँदैन

ग्राहकहरू खुसी हुनेछन् र उनीहरूको गतिशीलता समाधान उनीहरूको लागि कार्यक्षम हुनेछ

व्यवहारमा, इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनहरू अत्यन्त विश्वसनीय रहेको प्रमाणित भएको छ र ९०% सम्म कम मर्मतको आवश्यकता पर्दछ

आधारभूत मर्मत सेवा बाहेक, धेरै इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर र मोपेडहरू अर्को मर्मत बिना नै दशकौंसम्म सजिलै चलिरहनेछन्। इलेक्ट्रिकल प्रणालीहरू सजिलै नटुट्ने र आधुनिक वाहनहरू आईपी-प्रमाणित पानी र धूलो प्रतिरोधक हुने भएकाले दशकौंसम्म टिक्दछ

माइक्रो गतिशीलतामा इलेक्ट्रिक मोटर लगभग कहिल्यै नटुट्ने र वितरणमा अग्रिम समस्या नहुने गर्दछ। इलेक्ट्रिक मोटरले मर्मत बिना नै ५० वर्षसम्म सजिलै चल्न सक्दछ

आधुनिक इलेक्ट्रिक वाहनहरूले निर्माताबाट ओभर-द-एयर मर्मत सम्बन्धी सेवा प्राप्त गर्दछन् जसमा सफ्टवेयर अद्यावधिक, वाहन स्वास्थ्य निरीक्षण र वाहनलाई राम्रो अवस्थामा राख्न प्रो-एक्टिव चेतावनी समावेश छ। यसले फ्याक्ट्री वारेन्टी सेवाको सुरक्षा बिना नै ग्राहकहरूको लागि व्यवहारमा टिकाऊ र कार्यक्षम गतिशीलता समाधान सुनिश्चित गर्दछ

आधुनिक सेवाहरूको बुद्धिमत्तापूर्ण प्रयोगले अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय लजिस्टिक्सलाई सजिलो बनाउन सक्दछ

युशिप.कम जस्ता सेवाहरूले विश्वभरि वाहनहरू कम लागतमा पठाउन सजिलो बनाउँछन्। युशिपमा, अन्तर्राष्ट्रिय यातायातकर्ताहरूले थाइल्याण्डको डिलरबाट जर्मनीको ग्राहकसम्म इलेक्ट्रिक स्कूटर वा मोपेड जस्ता ग्राहकहरूको व्यक्तिगत अर्डरहरूसँग आफ्नो खाली यातायात स्थान भर्न सक्छन्

केही देशहरूमा केही वाहनहरूको दर्ता गाह्रो हुन सक्छ, तर प्रत्येक सफलतापछि पछिल्लो प्रगति तीव्र हुन्छ र ग्राहकहरूलाई यो सेवा प्रदान गर्न आवश्यक पर्दैन

लाभदायक र उच्च आय सम्भावना

देशमा उपलब्ध नभएका मोडेलहरूको आयात ग्राहकहरूको लागि अत्यन्त विशेष हुन्छ, र ग्राहकहरूले आफ्नो इच्छित मोडेल आज नै प्राप्त गर्न उच्च मूल्य तिर्न तयार हुनेछन्

पूर्ण नियन्त्रण

The intermediary is in full control and owns the customer relationship from the start.

e-scooter.co is not involved in financial transactions between businesses and the customer. A third-party Escrow service is strongly advised by the platform to protect both buyers and sellers, but when customers trust the intermediary they may decide to pay to them directly.

Access to Customers

e-scooter.co charges intermediary's a yearly subscription fee for ongoing access to new customers. On a daily basis, many new customer requests are sent in that can be serviced, resulting in a multi-million USD business opportunity.

Businesses can apply for access on the following URL:

https://np.e-scooter.co/requests/

A list with top requested models and basic market analysis is available on this page