Gogoro Makes its One-millionth Battery since it first launched in 2015.
Gogoro announced it has manufactured its one-millionth battery, establishing itself as a global leader with their battery swapping ecosystems. The milestone marks the success in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, as Gogoro reaches 10 vehicle makers, 47 models and 255 million battery swaps.
Launched in 2015, Gogoro’s Battery Swapping has become the de-facto standard for 2-wheel vehicles battery swapping in Taiwan, powering 95% of all electric 2-wheelers. Gogoro’s open battery swapping ecosystem in Taiwan currently supports 7 different vehicle brands and accounted for more than 25% of all two-wheelers sold in Taipei in December 2021.
Since launching in 2015, the Gogoro Network battery swapping platform has established itself as a global leader with 10 vehicle makers, 47 models and 255 million battery swaps.
“Gogoro’s one-millionth battery is a testament to how an open battery swapping ecosystem can flourish by facilitating how governments, a wide range of vehicle makers and riders can embrace sustainable electric transportation,” said Horace Luke, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Gogoro.
“Since launching in 2015, Gogoro has managed more than 255 million battery swaps and together with our customers have saved 384-million kg (846-million lbs) of CO2.”
Horace Luke, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Gogoro
Guidehouse Insights recognized Gogoro Network as the world’s leading battery exchange platform for lightweight urban vehicles in 2021, which is central to Gogoro’s ecosystem. With Gogoro Network, swappable batteries can be refueled smartly, scalable, and continuously optimized, making them more useful to people, communities, and businesses.
With more than 450,000 riders and over 10,000 swapping GoStations at over 2,300 locations, Gogoro Network is currently hosting 340,000 daily battery swaps with the grand total of more than 255 million battery swaps to date.
“Battery swapping is emerging as a breakthrough technology that could greatly accelerate the adoption of light electric vehicles. Most importantly, battery swap networks can eliminate range anxiety, reduce upfront vehicle costs, and address consumer concerns around slow EV charging speeds and battery obsolescence and reliability,”
Ryan Citron, Senior Research Analyst at Guidehouse Insights.
The company has announced many partnerships over the last year, from Dachangjiang Group (DCJ), China’s Top ICE Two-Wheel Vehicle Maker, and Yadea, through partnerships with Hero MotoCorp India. Even important partnerships with other manufacturers to allow the company’s growth, like Foxconn, the largest electronics manufacturer worldwide.
Gogoro Network supports multiple generations of batteries, swapping stations and vehicles to integrate and work together. For example, Gogoro’s first batteries from 2015 can still work on its latest vehicles and can integrate across different generations of GoStations.
Gogoro established the ‘Powered By Gogoro Network’ (PBGN) program to help accelerate the development of electric 2-wheel vehicles that can integrate with Gogoro’s Network battery swapping. Provides vehicle partners with access to its intelligent drivetrains and controllers, components, and smart systems through The Gogoro Development Kit (GDK).
Source: Gogoro