Licensed ‘cabin scooter’ drivers allowed on road, banned from highways
Licensed ‘cabin scooter’ drivers allowed on road, banned from highways
2026-07-15
Have you ever heard of cabin scooters? The Ministry of Transportation and Communications has officially allowed these three-wheeled, fully enclosed motorbikes with a steering wheel on the roads. Although they look like a scooter, since they have gas and brake pedals, they will be regulated like cars. This means drivers must have a car driver’s license, and they must be parked in car parking spaces, although they can’t go on highways or expressways. Still, one of these would set you back more than NT$300,000.
Packed into a streamlined, rounded frame, this vehicle has both a windshield and doors, even though it’s standing on just three wheels. It’s an example of a new, fully electric “cabin scooter.”
People lined up at the Taichung International Auto Show to give one of these a test drive. It’s built to be compact and lightweight, without sacrificing on functionality. Inside there are two seats, a steering wheel, air conditioning, and even a touchscreen dashboard. A single vehicle costs more than NT$300,000.
Member of public
NT$300,000? No way. It’s too expensive. At that point, I may as well just buy a car.
Member of public
It’s pretty cool! At least it’s fully enclosed, so it’s a little safer.
Delivery driver
It’s inconvenient. If you’re looking for efficiency, it might not be fast enough, since we have to weave through traffic.
The motorbike is 2.4m long and less than 1m wide, with speeds of up to 80km per hour. Unlike a scooter, you won’t need a helmet, but this three-wheeled vehicle will be regulated like a car. Drivers need a car driver’s license, and can only park in spots designated for larger vehicles. There’s no need to do two-stage left turns, but they can’t go on dedicated scooter lanes or highways. Driving one with only a motorbike license will be punishable by a fine of up to NT$12,000, while driving without any license at all could be up to NT$36,000.
Yang Hsin-ju
Car expert
It won’t fit inside a regular motorbike parking space, so it will be used and regulated entirely different from motorbikes. Unless you travel long distances and have a parking space, the typical convenience afforded by a regular motorbike simply would not be possible with this type of vehicle.
Back in 2013, a Japanese carmaker came out with a three-seater “micro” concept car. Limited by regulations and cost, it was only trialed for a short while in limited areas. Now that Taiwan has given the green light, you might see some of these unusual vehicles on the roads—looking like a motorbike, but governed by automobile regulations.
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"駕艙機車"開放上路 需汽車駕照.禁上國道
2026-07-15
您有聽過駕艙機車嗎?交通部正式通過，開放有車室、方向盤的三輪機車，雖然外型像機車，因為有油門和煞車等，行駛條件比照汽車，需要汽車駕照才能上路，且必須停在汽車停車格，不過實際行駛卻不能開上高速公路快速道路，而且一輛要價超過30萬。
流線圓潤的車身，不只有擋風玻璃，也有車門，但仔細看，底下只有三顆輪子，這是純電動”駕艙機車"。
駕艙機車，也搬進台中車展，吸引大批民眾排隊試駕。雖然走的是輕巧路線，但麻雀雖小、五臟俱全。坐進去一瞧，裡面直立式兩人座，不只有汽車方向盤、冷氣，甚至還有觸控儀表板，一輛價格超過30萬元。
[[機車族]]
“30萬？不要。定價太貴了，這樣我不如直接去買一台汽車。”
[[機車族]]
“我覺得不錯欸！而且至少鐵包肉，安全點。”
[[外送員]]
“不太方便，講求效率的話，那個時間可能會不夠，因為我們會在車子、車陣裡面穿梭。”
事實上這輛駕艙機車，車長2.4公尺、寬不到1公尺，最高時速80公里，雖然免戴安全帽、但上路規則比照小客車，必須持有汽車駕照，也只能停”汽車停車格"。儘管不用兩段式左轉，但不能騎機車專用道、高速公路和快速道路。另外如果拿機車駕照來開最高罰1萬2，無照駕駛更會被重罰3萬6千元。
[[汽車達人 楊欣儒]]
“一般的機車停車格它停不下，所以它的使用上，跟機車會有一個截然不同的背景跟使用的規範。除非是你的路線是長程的，你的地方有停車場可以做這樣子的停車，不然這種摩托車的路邊的便利性，這樣子的方式，這種車子是沒有辦法達成的。”
其實早在2013年，日本汽車大廠，就曾推出三人坐的"微型概念車"，當時受限法規和成本，只有特定地區短期試行，如今台灣修法放行，駕艙機車開放上路，未來在路上也能看到這種像機車，卻要受汽車法規管理的新車款。
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