15 Facts About Gogoro

Gogoro is a Taiwanese company that developed a battery-swapping refueling platform for urban electric two-wheel scooters, mopeds and motorcycles.

Gogoro operates GoShare, a rideshare service, in Taiwan and Ishigaki Island in Japan.

Gogoro was founded in 2011 by entrepreneurs Horace Luke and Matt Taylor.

In October 2014, Gogoro raised an additional $100 million in Series B funding from a collection of investors.

In November 2015, Gogoro announced a $30 million round of investment from Panasonic and Taiwan's National Development Fund.

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In September 2017, Gogoro announced a $300 million Series C round of investment from Singapore's Temasek, Generation Investment Management, co-founded by Al Gore, Japan's Sumitomo Corporation, and French utility Engie, increasing the Smartscooter innovator's capital up to US $480 million.

Gogoro went public in 2022 with its merger with Nasdaq-listed special-purpose acquisition company Poema Global.

Gogoro Network is a modular battery swapping infrastructure designed to be deployed in cities for electric refueling of two wheel vehicles like scooters, mopeds and motorcycles.

Gogoro Smartscooter was the first vehicle to be integrated into the Gogoro Network in 2015.

In July 2015, Gogoro Smartscooter was launched in Taiwan, a country with the highest scooter density in the world.

In October 2021 Gogoro Network launched in Hangzhou, China under the Huan Huan brand, with 45 GoStations in partnership with Yadea and Dachangjiang Group.

In December 2021, Gogoro launched a pilot program in Jakarta with Gojek, with 250 Smartscooters and 4 GoStations.

In September 2022, Gogoro launched its Smartscooters and batter swapping technology in Tel Aviv, with plans to expand into other Israeli cities in the near future.

The Gogoro Smartscooter is an electric scooter designed for urban transportation.

In September 2019, Gogoro unveiled the Viva Smartscooter, a smaller electric scooter that provided a smaller option for customers.