Under the new industry regulations, Company 9 promotes the reconstruction of quality trust in the electric scooter industry

With the continuous improvement of subways, public transportation, and ring highways, large-scale normal traffic congestion has been effectively resolved. However, the "last mile" has become a travel challenge for most people

With the continuous improvement of subways, public transportation, and ring highways, large-scale normal traffic congestion has been effectively resolved. However, the "last mile" has become a travel challenge for most people. Although shared bicycles were once popular nationwide with the weapons of green travel and the "last mile", now it seems that relying solely on shared bicycles still cannot meet people's high-frequency short distance travel needs.

Building diversified transportation modes in cities, including short distance transportation, is an important direction to solve urban congestion and enrich residents' travel modes, and electric scooters are an inevitable choice to improve the layout of short distance transportation business, "said Chen Zhongyuan, President of No. 9 Company, on various occasions. At present, electric scooters can only be applied in non road scenarios such as industrial parks, residential communities, and parks in China, and are currently unable to participate in the urban transportation system.

However, electric scooters have become a popular short distance commuting tool similar to domestic electric two wheeled vehicles overseas, and people riding electric scooters to work and shop can be seen everywhere on the streets of Germany and the Netherlands. Under the operation of shared electric vehicle operator LUUP, white and green electric scooters can already be seen in the core streets of Tokyo, and UberEats delivery personnel carrying delivery boxes can often be seen riding electric scooters to shuttle through the streets and alleys of Tokyo.

Although the development situation of electric scooters in China and abroad is different, as a true "entrant", in the view of Company 9, China's electric scooters are complementary to shared bicycles, electric bicycles, and others. Bicycles and electric bicycles can meet people's travel needs in road scenarios, while electric scooters are more convenient in non road last mile connection scenarios such as enterprise parks, campuses, and parking lots. These scenarios are not only more open to electric scooters, but also have the advantages of lightweight and foldable, making them more suitable for meeting users' actual needs.

To some extent, the emergence of electric scooters has allowed humans to be more "lazy" in mobility issues, and has further extended short transportation at the end of the urban transportation system. However, even though China is the world's leading exporter of electric scooters, the domestic demand for electric scooters is quite obvious, but the development of the industry in China is not as prosperous as imagined.

Industry insiders admit that "for the entire industry, forging iron still needs to be hard on its own". What truly restricts the development of the industry is not only policy issues, but also the lack of standards in the long-term development of the industry, resulting in uneven product quality. Under the strong supply chain system in China, any company can OEM production, leading to chaos in the electric scooter market in previous years, and even the phenomenon of "bad currency driving out good currency".

In 2018, the State Administration for Market Regulation sampled 40 batches of electric scooters for testing, and the test results were surprising: the compliance rate of all products was zero.

Therefore, in the current national regulations, electric scooters still belong to the category of sliding tools. Article 74 of the Implementation Regulations of the Road Traffic Safety Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that pedestrians are not allowed to use skateboards, roller skates, and other sliding tools on the road. Therefore, how to ensure the consistency and stability of the product quality of domestic electric scooters is the key to whether the industry can achieve further development.

In recent years, with the entry of powerful manufacturers such as No.9 and Xiaomi, this dilemma is gradually being broken, and the electric scooter industry is starting to get on the right track, with a series of word-of-mouth products appearing. For example, the E-series of No.9 intelligent electric scooters and the Mijia electric scooters manufactured by No.9 have been recognized by consumers due to their excellent product quality. The application of new technologies such as vacuum jelly anti tire blowout and electromagnetic force adsorption brakes has further elevated the quality of electric scooters in China.

After addressing users' concerns about product quality, leading enterprises such as No.9 Company have also cooperated with relevant national departments to help the industry establish relevant standards as soon as possible and promote standardized development of the industry. In August of this year, the first national standard for electric scooters in China, GB/T4825-2023 "General Technical Specifications for Electric Scooters", jointly drafted by Wuxi Inspection, Testing and Certification Research Institute and No. 9 Company, was officially introduced, indicating that the industry has entered a new stage of standardized development from disorderly development.

In the eyes of market participants, the introduction of this standard has filled the standard gap in the field of electric scooters in China, making the entire industry standardized, and is expected to solve the current difficulties faced by the industry, improve the consistency of China's electric scooter products, move the industry towards compliant and high-quality development, pave the way for China's advantageous industries to "excel", and establish a "moat" for foreign technology and products to "excel".

Generally speaking, it is only after this standard is issued that many policies gradually follow suit, so we led and organized the development of this standard together with Company 9, "said Zhou Ying, Vice President of Wuxi Inspection and Testing Certification Research Institute in an interview." The introduction of our first national standard for electric scooters fills the gap in our standards, and it is also of great significance for the subsequent development of the industry, Providing enterprises with a basis in product design and production can promote product innovation, regulate the market, and protect the interests of consumers.

In fact, the introduction of China's first national standard for electric scooters also conveys the optimistic attitude of the entire market towards the category of electric scooters. This has a quite positive effect on guiding the industry to achieve further development under current policies, quickly curbing low-quality competition, encouraging the development of high-tech and highly empowered enterprises, and filling the long-term regulatory gap for electric scooters, building public confidence.

It is reported that as a global leader in innovative short transportation, No.9 Company has been committed to promoting industry development through standardized construction, technological innovation, and other means. As of now, No. 9 Company has led or participated in over 70 domestic/international standards, including China's first national standard for electric balance vehicles, national standard for electric scooters, international standard for electrical transportation equipment, and Europe's first short distance transportation industry standard, effectively filling multiple industry standard gaps in the technical fields of electric bicycles, electric balance vehicles, electric scooters, service robots, batteries, etc, Company 9 has further transformed from an industry participant to a rulemaker in the industry.

Confidence is more important than gold. Driven by new regulations, electric scooters are now reshaping public trust in the industry by improving product quality. The market is also re examining this industry from a longer-term perspective. Under the joint influence of green and efficient travel needs in current urban transportation, the standardization of electric scooter products will truly leverage their advantages in short distance travel scenarios, strengthen the reinforcement value of the entire short distance transportation industry to the nerve endings of China's transportation system, and meet the "last mile" travel needs of users.

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