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This electric scooter could be the technological future of mobility
In the Asian region, an electric scooter has set a trend after its use will increase greatly due to its great versatility. However, it does not stand out for the fact that it is rechargeable, but the way it does it.
Gogoro, a Taiwanese company dedicated to manufacturing electric motorcycles, has designed a system by which the scooter uses "cartridges". In other words, it would be like a kind of battery that can be replaceable and rechargeable.
They are based on the French initiative of a type of sustainable mobilization
In 2021, we could see how the French government launched an initiative that aimed to create sustainable mobility.
Specifically, it is the Mob-Ion AM1, an electric motorcycle that presented a completely new concept on the market.
Its operation begins from the replacement of lithium batteries that are connectable. In its place are what have been known as hydrogen cartridges that have the advantage of being spare parts.
The entire scooter has two of these cartridges that, inside, contain hydrogen in a gaseous state. One of its benefits is that they can be recharged in devices that the supplier company has available to be used again.
Even by 2022, France is expected to launch mass production of automatic vending machines throughout the national territory.
In other words, they would have the concept of a gas station, with the difference that they will allow cartridges to be loaded or replaced with already loaded ones.
What do we see in Taiwan thanks to Gogoro?
The difference is that in the Asian country we are talking about a company as such, and not a government initiative. In this case, Gogoro is a manufacturer that goes beyond electric motorcycles and scooters, where they also focus on the production of batteries.
One of the peculiarities is that these batteries have intelligent features such as the ability to be rechargeable and interchangeable.
Therefore, Gogoro becomes both the manufacturer of its scooters and the batteries that are needed for their use. They are also going in depth by developing an entire battery distribution and exchange network throughout the region.
In this sense, they focused first on manufacturing a battery that has the ideal and intelligent characteristics that make it more useful.
After that, they were in charge of the networks and loading stations and their exchange. Gogoro founder and CEO Horace Luke had this to say:
"Gogoro has designed its smart, interchangeable battery system to actively manage and extend the life of each battery, because maximizing the use of our natural resources has always been a top priority."
How is the Gogoro networking system used?
The good thing is that it is totally simple; It will not be anything more than taking out and putting in another battery. Going into detail, the company has terminals that are used for charging and exchanging batteries.
Said terminal or station is characterized by having slots that have the exact size of the batteries they manufacture.
Thus, in this way, users who are part of its extensive community of scooters, will be able to place their batteries to charge them. Or, failing that, exchange them for others already loaded to continue with your route.
To do this, they will only have to subscribe to the battery exchange service that Gogoro has in order to identify their users. Everything, through an application that can be entered with a Smartphone.
The growth and future of Gogoro
It was possible to know through the application that the company has reached more than 400,000 registered users on its platform. Said figure, only since December 14, which was its launch in the country.
Since then, Gogoro has developed just over 2,100 charging and replacement stations, which are capable of approximately 2,700 exchanges.
Since its implementation in the daily mobilization of the Asian, there have been at least 2,000,000 battery changes.
Due to such expansion, it is not surprising that countries such as China and India, which have a large population, seek to implement their system. That is why they announced their recent alliance with Hero Motorcorp, this company being the main manufacturer of motorcycles worldwide.
Also, its association with Yadea and DCJ, have allowed the creation of a new company that will have the three manufacturers as developers: Huan Huan.
Foxconn has also been a part of Gogoro's growth, helping them in the development of batteries and electric scooters.
Based on the results obtained from these alliances, the real effectiveness of this innovative Gogoro technology system would be evaluated. This, with the objective and the sights set on growing globally to the point of reaching European countries.
The importance of sustainable mobility
With this new technology implemented by Gogoro, based on the French initiative, a single objective is sought.
In essence, it is nothing more than the fact of promoting the growth of sustainable mobilization that allows less pollution to the environment.
In this way, the efficiency and autonomy of people is also promoted so that they obtain a much more sustainable transport.
On the other hand, large emissions that affect the environment are avoided, especially for China, which would seek to implement Gogoro's technology.
