March 15, 2008: Markets and Marketing, Taipei

This day provided insight information into leading and potential markets and marketing concepts. With 20 million e-bikes sold in 2007, China is still the world's No 1 LEV market. India is an emerging place for all kinds of electric vehicles. Europe is on a constant rise with the Netherlands taking a clear lead. Spain offers potential with its huge tourism business. Testing, and classifying the results by target groups, industry standards and rental systems were major topics.

Opening by the organizers: TAITRA, ITRI, and ExtraEnergy

Pedelecs market clusters, target group oriented specifications, Dipl.-Phys. Frieder Herb, ExtraEnergy, Germany

The Dutch pedelec market shows continuous growth - insights by Han Goes, qsquare.nl, Netherlands

LEV market in Spain, Andres Moreno, vehicolosverdes.com, Spain

The impact of pedelecs on CO2 emissions, Tomi Engel, Solare Mobilität, Germany

Chinese market trends, Chen-Ding Wu, EV Sales &Services, Shanghai, China

India: A growing market, UltraMotor's successful market introduction, Ed Benjamin, Ultra Motor, USA

LEV Developments at ITRI, James Wang, ITRI, Taiwan

Key market growth factors, Dr. Wolfgang Schuster, Mayor of Stuttgart and Hannes Neupert, ExtraEnergy, Germany

EnergyBus: A solution not only for the Taiwanese LEV Industry, Mo-Hua Yang, President EnergyBus

Battery rental as a sales methode for LEVs, Frank Heitmeyer, e-Wheels, Germany

 

Dinner, sponsored by Welldone