Gogoro Inc., A global technology player in battery swapping ecosystem has announce a strategic B2B initiative and partnership with Zypp Electric, India’s EV as a Service platform.
The B2B Pilot Gogoro-Zypp Electric programme will start in Delhi in December 2022 and be deploy to multiple fleet operators to support last mile fulfillment, e-commerce, & hyper-local deliveries.
Horace Luke, founder, chairman, and chief executive officer of Gogoro Said :
“We are seeing an incredible global transformation of urban transportation and energy systems to smarter, cleaner, and safer electric power, and there is nowhere it will benefit more than India. With more than 350 million battery swaps to date, Gogoro is introducing its advanced battery swapping platform in India to establish a new generation of electric two-wheel transportation that is proven, safe, and reliable,”.
Gogoro Network
Gogoro’s ecosystem is the Gogoro Network, an open and interoperable battery swapping platform, which is a new generation of swappable battery refuelling that is smart, safe and versatile for riders, business, and communities.
With more than a half million riders and nearly 11,000 battery swapping GoStations at over 2,240 locations, Gogoro Network has more than 370,000 daily battery swaps with more than 350 million total battery swaps to date.
Gogoro is a founding member of the Indian battery swapping association (IBSA), and it has working to secure all of the relevant certifications for its batteries and battery swapping stations.
Taiwanese electric-mobility giant Gogoro has officially open its Indian innings with a multifold business plan.
Gogoro not only makes electric scooters but is also well known for its battery swapping technology, both of which it is introducing in India in phases.
In India Gogoro has partnered with Zypp Electric, a Gurgaon-based last-mile logistics company which deploys electric vehicles to reduce carbon emissions.
Both companies will run a pilot programme across Gurugram, Delhi, Noida, Ghaziabad, Faridabad and Bengaluru.
Gogoro officials say that the B2B e-scooter will be almost as powerful as a conventional 110cc scooter, and operations should commence from Delhi starting December 2022.
What Both Brands are Proposing?
Over the next two years Zypp will expand its fleet from 7,000 to two lakh e-scooters.
It will also expand its network from six cities to 15 in the said period.
Gogoro will be Zypp’s mobility partners and also create the charging infrastructure (swapping stations) require for this operation.
As for the charging stations, they are modular in nature and hence can be scale according to the space available.
In Taiwan, there are more Gogoro swapping stations than fuel stations, claims the brand.
It also claims the average swapping time is about six seconds.
Each unit draws power from the grid but can also self-sustain for up to 64 hours.
Although this should be super useful in India as power outages are an inescapable problem in our country.
Opening operations via the B2B method could give it a chance to properly test out its battery swapping technology.
