System acceptability evaluation of battery swapping system for electric two wheelers

Abstract

In order to improve penetration in Taiwan’s electric two wheeler (E2W) market to decrease emissions of pollutants generated by scooters, a battery swapping model is proposed to overcome battery limitations. This study aims to understand individuals’ willingness to accept the battery swapping system. Event marketing was used to recruit target audiences, resulting in a sample of 1422 riders who had experienced a battery swapping service and filled out a post-experience questionnaire for eliciting their traffic demands, the system acceptability, and purchase intention. The results showed that approximately 90 % of riders adopted such system, but only 6.2 % were willing to purchase an e-scooter. Thus, there is a high degree of system adoption, but having E2Ws adopted in the short term is a challenge. Riders identified a number of problems with the self-service battery swap stations (BSS). These problems are discussed and related recommendations of resolving such problems are addressed.