Five months after announcing their deal with Yadea and Dachangjiang Group, Gogoro has opened 45 battery-swapping stations in Hangzhou, China.
For the uninitiated, Gogoro is a Taiwanese company known for its battery technologies and scooters.
They also deal with other manufacturers like Hero, Aeon Motor, PGO, and Yamaha. These other manufacturers implement Gogoro’s hot-swappable battery innovations in some of their own vehicular offerings.
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Gogoro has been working on their Gogoro Network since January 2015, and today marks their first large-scale expansion. Now, with the rollout of their Swap and Go stations in China, users outside of Taiwan can experience their battery-swapping innovations.
According to Gogoro’s CEO and co-founder Horace Luke in a discussion with TechCrunch, the company is targeting “80 stations by the end of the year, before expanding into other major cities with its partners, Yadea and Dachangjiang Group (DCJ).”
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While Gogoro makes their own “Smartscooters,” those aren’t the only vehicles that benefit from their battery-swapping stations.
Yesterday, Yadea, Dachangjiang Group, and Gogoro revealed two brand new Gogoro-powered vehicles. Branded as the “Huan Huan” series, this is a new collaborative venture that brings to market a brand new scooter in China.
Depending on how their China launch goes, we may see Gogoro bring their battery-swapping tech to other countries as well.