Public Battery swap station

[Hillhater]

Anyone know where this is based ?
https://youtube.com/shorts/Eyw0UrGqIhk?feature=share

 

[Hillhater]

I little digging revealed it is a Taiwanese company..GOGORO…
https://www.gogoro.com/

I can see it catching on quick for city transport.

You may not have heard of Gogoro yet in the US, but they are a huge deal in their home market of Taiwan. There, the copmany operates a vast network of 2,000+ “GoStations” where electric scooter riders can pull up, pullout their spent battery, and swap it for a new one in a “battery vending machine” in a matter of seconds.

It’s such a good idea that Honda, Yamaha, KTM, and Vespa have all agreed to go in on a similar scheme together— and, with a public stock offer, it can only be a matter of time before one or all of those companies buys a stake in GGR.

https://electrifynews.com/news/battery-swap-scooter-company-gogoro-goes-public/
https://youtu.be/r7sHOGl4xSs
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[Hillhater]

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[amberwolf]

For reference and additional information, here's some prior discussions of Gogoro and these stations from years past, some as old as 2015 like this one:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=111280&p=1640921&hilit=GOGORO#p1640921
https://i2.wp.com/electrek.co/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2016/01/gogoro-family-shot.jpg?resize=1500%2C0&quality=82&strip=all&ssl=1


A thread just about this system/etc:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=96314&p=1705171&hilit=GOGORO#p1410643



More posts:
https://endless-sphere.com/forums/search.php?st=0&sk=t&sd=d&sr=posts&keywords=GOGORO&start=75

 

[Warren]

I definitely think battery swapping is the way to go for bikes. If there were battery swapping kiosks, next to the BBQ propane tank cage, at every gas station and Kwik-E-Mart, in the US, electric bikes would be much more affordable, lighter, and refuel as fast as ICE.

https://electrek.co/2022/10/27/honda-swappable-battery-stations-electric-motorbikes/

https://electrek.co/2022/11/09/kawasaki-electric-ninja-motorcycle/