As their very flash website shows, the flat batteries simply lift out from under the seat to be replaced with charged ones in as little as six seconds.
To my mind, the Taiwanese company will do well to have an export strategy in place to sell the scooters with a spare set batteries and a separate charger to developing economies, where corrupt or inefficient city councils will not change transport structures in this lifetime.
That way drivers can make their own arrangements to charge their batteries.
Gogoro calls theirs a smartscooter because onboard telemetrics optimise power use by tuning the torque or dimming the lights. Fully charged, the twin batteries provide enough go-juice for up to 100 km of travel.
The scooters do 0-50 km/h in under five seconds, can reach almost 100 km/h with a 110 kg rider on level stretches and can also be customised with thousands of options.
