The international electric micromobility promotion platform e-scooter.co launched an import intermediary platform that enables local sellers and international logistics specialists to service customers that want to import an electric vehicle from other countries.

e-scooter.co started to accept import purchase requests about 1,5 years ago and over 30 000 people have submitted a request since, with over 404 requests pending from the countries Latvija, Lietuva, Igaunija, Baltkrievija un Krievija with a combined revenue of 1 699 614 €, which excludes revenue from additional services that can be sold to customers such as insurance, finance, maintenance service and the primary import service fee, which may double the revenue potential with a high profit margin.

Why Electric Vehicles Face Difficulties

There are various reasons why electric micromobility products face great difficulties to enter the market despite their great advantages such as significant cost-saving for owners.

For example, electric scooters and mopeds literally save up to 90% of maintenance costs which undermines the business model of the existing sales infrastructure of petrol-engine based vehicles, hindering those established outlets to sell electric models.

Manufacturing Disruption

While the existing petrol-engine based service infrastructure can't financially sustain itself with electric models from established brands, the brands themselves face profound disruption from the much bigger component industry that enables smaller startups to create high quality mobility products.

For example, the 🇩🇪 German brand Bosch has been developing advanced and reliable electric motor kits that includes a dashboard and electrical system and the innovative startup Edison Motors from 🇹🇭 Thailand launched a scooter barebone platform that enables other startups to create new models.

The manufacturing scale 3D printing industry causes further disruption in this space.

Big Petrol Brands Not Motivated to Enter The Market

The manufacturing disruption trajectory caused big brands early on in 2010-2015 to make a hard decision to not enter the electric vehicle market, or to enter it in a way that didn't unlock its full potential for the greatest possible market.

Some have criticized 🇮🇹 Italian Vespa-Piaggio for example for introducing an electric model that costs twice as much as the petrol version for an effective driving range of only 60 km while advertising a driving range of 100 km, and while not having a removable battery.

By comparison, the petrol version of the same Vespa model has a reliable driving range of 280 km and Vespa is unlikely to have failed to deliver on the electric driving range by accident.

In practice, this electric vehicle largely stimulated the sales of petrol models on economic grounds and is likely to have been introduced for that purpose despite that some people have been happy to pay 7 000 € for an iconic electric Vespa while the petrol version costs 3 500 €.

Scared away from both ends

Small disruptors scared of going global

While established big brands were financially reluctant to enter the market in the first place, smaller startups (manufacturing disruptors), due to scale-ing and logistics related problems, often remained limited to sales in a single country or a small region.

As an example, the unique Carver scooter-car or the GiGi foldable moped from the 🇳🇱 Netherlands are not yet sold internationally while there has been a significant demand for over a decade. In the 🇺🇸 US alone over 1 059 906 € in orders for the Carver were sent in on e-scooter.co and someone from 🇮🇳 India sent the following message in his purchase request on March 1, 2025.

I want carver in India

An interaction with the founder of Dutch startup GiGi learned that the company initially had high ambitions but ultimately was scared away from selling internationally.

Selling can be easy but what if something breaks? Then there has to be a local party that can provide service. We do have the EEC certificates but we only want to enter a market when we are financially ready for it.

This line of reasoning makes sense and is common from the perspective of small manufacturers but the problem for international access for customers is that this line of reasoning intensifies over time when a manufacturer aspires to improve its quality and service.

In practice, this results in a high potential vehicle not becoming available in other countries, despite potential high demand.

GiGi, one of the first electric moped pioneers in the Netherlands with high international ambitions and EEC certificates, now decades later, never went beyond the Dutch border.

A Solution For The Market

Connecting Buyers with Import Intermediary's

The simple function of the e-scooter.co platform is to connect import intermediary's (sellers, importers or logistics specialists) with buyers. Quality service and reliable business are ensured through Escrow payment by the customer.

An example customer review reveals how the service might work in practice:

(atsauksmes piemērs) Saņēmu jaunāko Gogoro Pulse hiperskūteri Nīderlandē, izmantojot Uship.com transporta organizēšanu ar pārvadātāju no Vjetnamas, kuram bija brīva vieta kravā no Taivānas uz Roterdamu.

Skūteris tika piegādāts manā mājā, un pirkšanas process noritēja tieši tā, kā vienojos ar importa starpnieku, kurš atbildēja uz manu pirkšanas pieprasījumu e-scooter.co.

Skūtera reģistrācija Nīderlandē prasīja nedaudz vairāk dokumentu, bet tā galu galā tika pabeigta. Kopējā cena, ko samaksāju par skūteri, ir zemāka nekā jauna Vespa Elettrica cena manā valstī.

Man šķiet pārsteidzoši, ka esmu pirmais, kas šodien brauc ar šo skūteri Nīderlandē! Gogoro Pulse hiperskūteris paātrinās ātrāk nekā lielākā daļa automašīnu Nīderlandē, un Gogoro koncentrējās uz transportlīdzekļu uzturēšanas vienkāršošanu, izmantojot Eiropas detaļas jebkurā motociklu servisā, tāpēc apkope ir ekonomiski izdevīga un vienkārša.

Apmierināts klients!

A Simple Business Model

Apmaiņā pret piekļuvi jaunākajiem modeļiem no visas pasaules, klienti pilnībā uzņemas atbildību par garantiju, apkopi un reģistrāciju savā valstī. Klients pat piekrīt atteikties no ražotāja garantijas, ja ražotājs atteicās sniegt garantijas servisu konkrētā valstī.

Rezultāts ir vienkāršs darījumu biznesa modelis: klients maksā par transportlīdzekļa piegādi. Kad pakalpojums ir izpildīts, darījums ir pabeigts un nav ilgtermiņa risku saistībā ar klientu apmierinātību vai pakalpojumu problēmām.

Klienti būs laimīgi un viņu mobilitātes risinājums būs efektīvs

Praksē elektriskie transportlīdzekļi ir pierādījušies kā ļoti uzticami un prasa līdz 90% mazāk apkopes.

Papildus pamata apkopei, lielākā daļa elektrisko skūteru un mopeju bez problēmām darbosies gadu desmitiem bez papildu apkopes. Elektriskās sistēmas neizdodas viegli, un mūsdienu transportlīdzekļi ir IP sertificēti ūdens un putekļu necaurlaidīgi, lai tie kalpotu gadu desmitiem.

Elektromotors mikro mobilitātē gandrīz nekad neizdodas un gandrīz nekad nav problēmu piegādes brīdī. Elektromotors bez problēmām kalpos 50 gadus bez apkopes.

Mūsdienu elektriskie transportlīdzekļi saņem bezvadu apkopes pakalpojumus no ražotāja, tostarp programmatūras atjauninājumus, transportlīdzekļa stāvokļa uzraudzību un proaktīvus brīdinājumus, lai uzturētu labu stāvokli. Tas papildus nodrošinās izturīgu un efektīvu mobilitātes risinājumu klientiem pat bez rūpnīcas garantijas.

Gudra mūsdienu pakalpojumu izmantošana var padarīt starptautisko loģistiku vienkāršu

Pakalpojumi kā UShip.com ļauj viegli un lēti transportēt transportlīdzekļus visā pasaulē. UShip platformā starptautiskie pārvadātāji ar brīvu vietu transportā var aizpildīt šo vietu ar atsevišķiem klientu pasūtījumiem, piemēram, elektrisko skūteru vai mopeju no dīlera Taizemē līdz klientam Vācijā.

Dažu transportlīdzekļu reģistrācija dažās valstīs var būt sarežģīta, taču ar katru panākumu turpmākais progress paātrinās, un nav nepieciešams nodrošināt šo pakalpojumu klientiem.

Ienesīgs un augstu ieņēmumu potenciāls

Importēto modeļu, kas nav pieejami valstī, ekskluzivitāte klientiem ir augsta, un klienti būs gatavi maksāt augstu cenu, lai jau šodien iegūtu vēlamo modeli.

Pilnīga kontrole

The intermediary is in full control and owns the customer relationship from the start.

e-scooter.co is not involved in financial transactions between businesses and the customer. A third-party Escrow service is strongly advised by the platform to protect both buyers and sellers, but when customers trust the intermediary they may decide to pay to them directly.

Access to Customers

e-scooter.co charges intermediary's a yearly subscription fee for ongoing access to new customers. On a daily basis, many new customer requests are sent in that can be serviced, resulting in a multi-million USD business opportunity.

Businesses can apply for access on the following URL:

https://lv.e-scooter.co/requests/

A list with top requested models and basic market analysis is available on this page