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Taiwanese company Gogoro announced a strategic partnership with Zypp Electric, an Indian startup. Both the companies will launch a B2B pilot with 100 electric scooters in New Delhi in December 2022.
Getting up swap stations, especially ones like Gogoro that are modular and easily scalable,Easier than setting up a charging point.
Gogoro is a reputed Taiwanese electric two-wheeler brand, primarily involved in manufacturing e-scooters. But perhaps the USP of Gogoro is its battery swapping network. Just for reference, there are more Gogoro battery swapping stations in Taiwan than fuel pumps! But Gogoro’s entry into the Indian market is not quite straightforward.
“We are witnessing an incredible global transformation of urban transportation and energy systems into smart, clean, and safe electric power, and nowhere will India benefit more from it. With over 350 million battery swaps, Gogoro is making its advanced debut. “The battery swapping platform in India aims to establish a new generation of electric two-wheel transportation that is proven, safe and reliable,” said Horace Luke, Founder, President and CEO, Gogoro. We are announcing a strategic partnership with Zip Electric, India’s leading EV-as-a-service platform, to launch a B2B pilot that will enable last mile delivery fleets to adopt sustainable energy and transform their businesses. The future using Gogoro battery swapping.”
Instead of importing its range of e-scooters in India and setting up gazillion swapping stations, Gogoro is running a pilot project in partnership with Zypp Electric. In case you haven’t seen the delivery executives roaming around the city in those green e-scooters, here’s an introduction – Zypp Electric primarily offers e-scooters for last mile delivery and is used by Zomato, Swiggy, Used by brands like Amazon, Blinkit, and Zepto.
Zypp Electric has established an entire ecosystem of roadside assistance and charging stations to make the ecosystem as fuss-free as possible for riders, businesses and end-users. But there are two minor concerns. The first is charge. As not to waste the passenger’s time, sitting idle for hours to charge each e-scooter is not a very viable situation for all the parties involved, especially the passenger. It also affects scalability,Because setting up a charging network everywhere is not cost-effective at all.
This is where Gogoro comes in. A battery swap that takes less than a minute immediately adds 3-4 additional hours of ride time, while also reducing the space required – since the scooter won’t need to be parked to charge, just swap Do it and go. setting up swap stations, especially ones like Gogoro that are modular and easily scalable,Easier than setting up a charging point. Gogoro will also be providing scooters to Zypp Electric, these are direct imports but feature phone mounts with wireless charging and a luggage rack to mount the delivery box.
Now the question is, what does this mean for the market? Well, not much yet. Gogoro will use this pilot project to collect data and feed it to its artificial intelligence system. Based on this, Gogoro will get a better idea of the challenges unique to the Indian market, as well as an idea of the riding patterns and where swapping stations can be set up.
Gogoro has also tied up with Hero MotoCorp and while there are not many details on the partnership, the coming together of the two could result in a Hero-branded e-scooter that either runs on Gogoro’s powertrain or just its battery and powertrain. Uses battery swapping networks. , And if Hero’s partnership is successful, you can be sure that other OEMs won’t just stand and watch.
To that end, we could, in an ideal situation, see many OEMs using Gogoro’s battery swapping ecosystem which ultimately greatly benefits the end user. You can choose the e-scooter of your choice, and still take advantage of (what could be) a quick, convenient way to stay charged.
