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Manufacturing Minute: Introducing The Tesla Of Scooters

In this episode, why Gogoroโ€™s scooters invite comparisons toย Elonย Muskโ€™s Tesla.

In this episode, why Gogoroโ€™s scooters invite comparisons to Elon Muskโ€™s Tesla. This is your Manufacturing Minute.

Taiwan-based Gogoroโ€™s smart scooter has all the trappings of a luxury vehicle. The scooters are sleek and stylish, feature customizable settings from dash colors to overall performance via your smartphone and itโ€™s entirely electric.

But what really separates Gogoroโ€™s scooters from the rest of the market is the swappable battery pack.

Because the notion of at-home charging is much more of a Western luxury, Gogoro snubbed the plug-in option and instead opted to create a battery network system called the GoStation thatโ€™s easier and more convenient to riders. Each charging station would have a bank of battery slots where riders could quickly and easily swap out their used batteries for fully-charged replacements.

Gogoro says Taipei will have more than 150 of these stations by the end of 2015.

So, What Do You Think?

Do you think a network of battery-replacement stations would be viable elsewhere? Could this scooter be a look into the future of EVs?

Email us or comment below. Thatโ€™s all the time we have for today, but tune in every weekday for your next Manufacturing Minute. 

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