Interested in owning, or already own, a car, motorcycle, or scooter in Taiwan, and daunted by the labyrinthian Chinese-language bureaucracy?
Whatever your motor vehicle related needs are in Taiwan, we can help. Contact us today, or read more about our services below.
Fluent English / Chinese motor vehicle services are managed almost entirely by Mr. Lobster. Why he's called Mr. Lobster remains a mystery, as does the origin of his fluent English ability. He's a Malaysian-born Taiwanese permanent resident with over a decade of experience repairing, buying, and selling cars, scooters, and motorcycles in Taiwan.
This website was built by Caleb Rogers, a member of the software engineering co-op 508.dev. 508.dev is a design and development firm with a unique structure that allows it to beat any other engineering consultancy or agency on price and outcomes. The website is built in Astro, with a small hand-rolled CSS design system (no UI framework). The source code is available for viewing and licensed under AGPL-3. The content of the site is copyrighted by 508.dev, 2024. The motorcycle favicon was provided by Freepik. Favicons were generated using realfavicongenerator.net.
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├── public/ # favicons, static files served as-is
├── src/
│ ├── components/ # Header, Footer, PageHero
│ ├── content/ # markdown for services & about pages
│ ├── content.config.ts # content collection schemas
│ ├── layouts/ # Layout, About, Service page shells
│ ├── pages/ # routes (index, about/*, services/*)
│ └── styles/global.css # design tokens & shared styles
└── package.json
Astro looks for .astro files in src/pages/ (and dynamic [...slug].astro routes that read from src/content/). Each page is exposed as a route based on its file name.
All commands are run from the root of the project, from a terminal:
| Command | Action |
|---|---|
npm install |
Installs dependencies |
npm run dev |
Starts local dev server at localhost:4321 |
npm run build |
Build your production site to ./dist/ |
npm run preview |
Preview your build locally, before deploying |
npm run astro ... |
Run CLI commands like astro add, astro check |
npm run astro -- --help |
Get help using the Astro CLI |
The site deploys automatically to GitHub Pages. Every push to main triggers
.github/workflows/deploy.yaml, which builds
the Astro site and publishes it — no manual steps, no separate hosting
platform to manage. Check the Actions tab if a deploy fails.
The custom domain (englishvehicles.tw) is configured directly in the
repo's GitHub Pages settings (Settings → Pages), not in code.
508.dev strives to keep project management up to date to make it as easy as possible to contribute to our FOSS projects. Usually, our project-management system is built into wherever you're viewing this repository. In this case, that's github.
For more information, or to see the other FOSS projects we work on, go to https://508.dev
The current URL is https://www.englishvehicles.tw/
For more information, or to see the other FOSS projects we work on, go to https://wiki.508.dev/s/foss-project-index