HO CHI MINH CITY -- A web of new ATMs -- of a sort -- is popping up in Vietnam's cities. Instead of cash, these boxes dispense batteries for electric motorbikes. The startup behind it hopes the system will save enough time and money to win over Southeast Asians driving the region's 240 million gas-guzzlers.
Electric cars get the limelight but electric scooters may be key to ditching fossil fuels in places like Vietnam, one of the world's biggest motorbike markets. (Photo by Lien Hoang)
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