Gogoro Inc (睿能創意) is working with Uber Eats to push for a faster switch to green mobility among the latter’s food delivery drivers in Taiwan, the electric scooter maker said yesterday.
The two firms are to offer a NT$6,000 subsidy for delivery drivers to purchase new Gogoro vehicles under a two-year partnership, it said in a joint statement.
Delivery drivers would also receive discounts on new battery-swapping programs from Gogoro, the statement said.
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The company has deployed 2,800 battery-swapping systems in Taiwan.
Up to 16,000 delivery drivers are expected to replace their scooters with new Gogoro models over the next two years, Uber Eats Taiwan general manager Chai Lee (李佳穎) told a news conference in Taipei.
The companies expect the Green Mobility Program to double the number of electric vehicle trips to 40 percent of overall trips by 2025, from 20 percent currently.
“It would bring cleaner air to cities across Taiwan,” Lee said.
As both companies have grown globally, they hope to expand their collaboration to more markets beyond Taiwan.
In Taiwan, about 26 percent of food and parcel delivery riders of electric scooters utilize Gogogro’s battery swapping system through 2,800 stations, according to the electric scooter supplier.
“We expect to see this strategic partnership in many more countries and markets soon,” Gogoro Taiwan general manager Henry Chiang (姜家煒) said.
Asked whether India would be the next destination for the companies’ green-mobility push, Chiang said they are exploring all sorts of potential collaborations.
Looking forward, Gogoro’s strategy next year would be expanding its sales networks, including adding more small neighborhood stores and broadening its product portfolios with different price ranges for target riders, he said.
Gogoro has opened 200 neighborhood stores so far this year, surpassing its target of 150 stores.
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