The idea of building a light three-wheeled commercial vehicle to power Italy’s post-war economic reconstruction first came in the mind of Corradino D ‘Ascanio as ‘Piaggio Ape’ in 1947.
In south-Asia auto rickshaw was first introduced in 1957. Most of the places they are called as ‘Tuk Tuks”.
There are in total 33 places excluding India where you can find auto rickshaws:
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Thailand
El Salvador
Peru
Pakistan
Ethiopia
China
Sri Lanka
Bangladesh
Cambodia
Indonesia
Laos
Philippines
Vietnam
Cuba
Ecuador
Others United States, Nairobi, Egypt, Gaza, Madagascar, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, Dar es Salaam, Nepal, France, Italy, Turkey, Netherlands, Portugal, United Kingdom, Guatemala, and Honduras