INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Founded in 2011, Gogoro now makes the best-selling electric scooters in Taiwan, where it is headquartered
The startup has always seen itself as an end-to-end platform developer, however, and today it marked a major milestone with the announcement
of a new vehicle sharing system
Called GoShare, the program will start operating with a pilot fleet of about 1,000 Gogoro smart scooters next month in Taoyuan City,
Taiwan, before becoming available as a turnkey solution for partners.Gogoro, which develops everything from their scooters and batteries to
markets in Europe, Australia and Asia next year
He adds that building the entire platform, including its unique swappable battery system, gives Gogoro an advantage over vehicle-sharing
programs from companies like Uber, Lyft, Lime, Bird and Coup because it can constantly track vehicle performance, fine-tune the system and
slide in and out of scooters and charging kiosks
In Taiwan, batteries can be swapped at kiosks found at gas stations and more offbeat locations, including retail stores and cafes
GoShare scooters can use the same kiosks as privately owned Gogoro vehicles
This means that users can keep riding the same vehicle all day, swapping batteries whenever necessary (on average, Gogoro scooters can
travel about 80 km on one charge)
server technology to serve the transportation of the future and if we can make cities cleaner and healthier, we will do it anyway possible,
whether through ownership and charging batteries at home or buying scooters and swapping batteries in the system we provide or, in this
Once enrolled, drivers can use the app to locate and reserve scooters
about 1,200 charging kiosks in Taiwan, with about 200 in Taoyuan City, delivering power to about 200,000 scooters
Eight years after it launched, Luke says Gogoro now holds a 97% share of electric scooters sold each month in the country
When counted as part of the larger vehicle market in Taiwan, including gas vehicles, Gogoro now holds a 17% share.Luke says the company sees
It recently launched the Gogoro 3, and announced partnerships with Yamaha, Aeon and PGO to develop scooters that will run on its
