The News Lens
Date: 2020/02/12
By: Evan Vitkovski

Evan is a writer, editor, storyteller, traveler, and organizer in the arts scene in Taipei. Besides writing, sharing music and promoting events in Taipei as a radio host, networking with other creatives at concerts and festivals, and spending time reflecting in the mountains or at the beach take up most of the time between planning the next trip.

What you need to know

With over 14 million registered scooters in Taiwan, new players like SKRT have emerged to digitalize scooter rentals and create easier access for foreign tourists.

It’s impossible to imagine Taiwan without scooters weaving through traffic everywhere. Scooter rental services from Taiwan-based startup Gogoro and similar apps like iRent and Wemo have been relatively successful so far.

SKRT is among the latest to have emerged in the scooter rental business, streamlining the process of renting a scooter by going fully digital. The startup also gives scooter owners a share of the profit for monetizing their vehicles.    [FULL  STORY]