Gogoro
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| Venture backed, Private | |
| Industry | Energy |
| Founded | 2011 |
| Founders | Horace Luke, Matt Taylor |
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Key people
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Horace Luke (Founder, CEO) Matt Taylor (Chief Technology Officer) |
| Products | Gogoro Smartscooter, Gogoro Energy Network |
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Number of employees
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300 |
| Website | gogoro.com |
Gogoro is a Taiwanese-based venture-backed company that develops and sells electric scooters and battery swapping infrastructure.
Gogoro was founded in 2011 by Horace Luke and Matt Taylor. In its year of inception, Gogoro secured $50 million in seed funding from Dr. Samuel Yin of Ruentex Group and Cher Wang. In October 2014, Gogoro raised an additional $100 million in Series B funding from a collection of investors. In November 2015, Gogoro announced a new round of investment from Panasonic and Taiwan's National Development Fund, increasing the Smartscooter innovator's capital up to US$180 million
Gogoro Smartscooter, the first consumer product from Gogoro, was revealed at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas in January 2015. Along with the scooter, Gogoro announced a battery-swapping network under the name Gogoro Energy Network.
The Gogoro Smartscooter is an electric scooter designed for urban transportation. It's powered by an electric motor developed by Gogoro, which is marketed as the G1 Aluminum Liquid Cooled Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor. Instead of plugging into an outlet to recharge, the Smartscooter runs on swappable Panasonic lithium ion 18650 batteries.
The company states the following figures for the Smartscooter based on internal testing:
The Smartscooter's sensors collect information such as speed, battery level, consumption rate, system failures, and scooter falls. This information is presented to riders via Gogoro mobile apps.
The Gogoro Energy Network is a modular battery swapping infrastructure designed to be deployed across an urban region. Riders would be able to swap out depleted batteries at a network of kiosks called GoStations for a monthly subscription fee. The Smartscooter is the first vehicle to be integrated into the Gogoro Energy Network.
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