Also dreaming big, Mr. Phuoc Nguyen’s ambition is to make his home country, the fourth biggest gasoline motorbike market in the world, to be more environmentally friendly, especially when environmental pollution has become a major problem. In Viet Nam, with 50 million motorbikes in circulation, consuming more than 11,700 liters of gasoline and emitting about 35 million tons of CO2 per year, gasoline motorbikes have heavy impact on the environment and people’s health. Nguyen recognizes that the transportation industry has changed rapidly. The first transition in transportation over a century ago was from horse-drawn carriage and bicycles to fossil fuels engine and now it is the era of transition from fossil fuel- powered vehicles to electric ones.

Breathing polluted air every day while driving on the street, Nguyen was wondering why electric vehicles which do not emit CO2 are not more popular in Viet Nam, especially in the delivery industry. A shipper can drive nearly 200 km/day and would have to spend millions of Vietnamese Dongs in gasoline cost. If this cost can be reduced, it helps shippers not only gain more revenue but also emit less CO2 when they drive on the street. But, why not electric motorbikes made in Viet Nam? Nguyen decided to research and create e-vehicles. But things are often difficult before they become easy. The COVID-19 pandemic brought many challenges to his company. However, he found out that delivery workers could still operate despite the lockdown. His business model became clearer and clearer; he focused on designing the prototype of e-motorbike for shippers with a comprehensive operating ecosystem including battery swapping stations, auto loss- and- found system, battery swap station navigation system and other solutions which make end-users more comfortable.