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> Currently it is just luxury for the wealthiest, if we look the global level.

Today, in the developing world, traditional and highly polluting 2-stroke engine powered tuk tuks, driven by quite poor people, are being replaced by electric versions. I asked one such driver recently why he went electric. He said it was cheaper to operate.



The image of London being overrun with tuk tuks made me chuckle




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