Ma rikshow amagetsi akulamulira dziko lonse, koma osati ku US.

Magalimoto amagetsi akupitilizabe kutchuka kwambiri ku United States, koma akadali gawo laling'ono chabe la malonda atsopano a magalimoto. Komabe, mayiko ena akuwona kukula kwakukulu kwa malonda a magalimoto amagetsi. Koma awa si magalimoto amagetsi kwenikweni. Ambiri mwa iwo ndi ma rickshaw, galimoto yamawilo atatu yopangidwa ndi njinga ndi njinga zamoto zomwe ndi njira yotchuka yoyendera m'maiko ambiri aku Asia.
Malinga ndi The Atlantic, chiwerengero cha ma e-rickshaw m'misewu chawonjezeka kwambiri m'zaka zingapo zapitazi. Mwachitsanzo, akuti theka la ma e-rickshaw omwe amagulitsidwa ku India ndi amagetsi. Pakadali pano, magalimoto amagetsi okwera anthu ndi 5.8% yokha ya malonda a magalimoto aku US. Komabe, chosangalatsa kwambiri ndichakuti kukwera kwa ma e-rickshaw sikukuchitika ndi opanga magalimoto kapena maboma.
Nkhaniyi inati zaka pafupifupi 15 zapitazo, pamene mabatire a lead-acid anakhala otsika mtengo, oyendetsa ma rickshaw anayamba kuyang'ana magetsi m'magalimoto awo. Izi zapangitsa kuti masitolo ambiri odziyimira pawokha agulitse zida kuchokera ku China ndikupanga ma e-rickshaw awoawo kuti awagulitse pamitengo yotsika. Pamapeto pake, opanga magalimoto adatsatira zomwezo ndipo adayamba kupereka mitundu yawoyawo, kuphatikizapo Mahindra e-Alfa, rickshaw yamagetsi yomwe imapanga mphamvu ya mahatchi awiri ndipo mtengo wake ndi wochepera $1,800.
Kukwera kwa ma e-rickshaw n'kofunika kwambiri m'maiko ngati India komwe kuipitsidwa kwa mpweya ndi vuto lalikulu. Kafukufuku ku Pakistan adapeza kuti galimoto iliyonse yamagetsi yamawilo atatu ingapulumutse matani atatu mpaka asanu ndi limodzi a mpweya wa carbon dioxide pachaka, zomwe zimakhala zofanana ndi mpweya wapachaka wa galimoto wamba ku United States. Izi zili choncho chifukwa ngakhale ma rickshaw ndi otsika mtengo kuposa magalimoto apakatikati monga magalimoto abanja, nthawi zambiri amayendetsedwa tsiku lonse m'malo moyimitsidwa m'mbali mwa msewu nthawi zambiri. Chifukwa chake, kusintha ma e-rickshaw kuli ndi kuthekera kwakukulu ndipo kumatha kukhala ndi zotsatira zazikulu pakuyeretsa mpweya.