The problem is the price. When they first launched, the price was starting at $120,000 NTD. You can get a cheaper, gas scooter for say $30,000 NTD. In China, you can get an electric scooter for around $40,000 NTD.<p>Once the electric market catches on here in Taiwan, the flood of cheaper eletric scooters from China will be Gogoro's biggest challenge.<p>Gogoro has recently (3 months after launch) reduced their prices and introduced more models - with the light model (no battery plan included) starting at $88,000. And even with cuts from government programs (up to 3, depending on your location in Taiwan), it can be reduced down to $62,000.<p>I haven't seen a single Gogoro out wild on the streets since it launched in Taiwan 3 months ago.<p>I think a better strategy would've been getting people to buy into electric scooters first before pushing an 'Apple' E-Scooter with such a irrational price tag.
<i>everyone</i> has a scooter here, so they are onto a good thing. Also, they are massive in the rest of Asia so the market is big.<p>In Taiwan there are a lot of electric scooters around, they are also taking off in Vietnam.<p>At the same time there are quite a few people on those mini segway thingies too.
I'm in Nepal right now. Massive blockade by India taking place has taken the majority of vehicles off of the road. The only taxi cabs running with regularity are electric three wheelers.<p>Electric scooter dealers and cycle shops are making an absolute killing over here right now.
While their battery swapping system is very nice, it would be cool if they added a charger and sold it to other markets around the world without battery swapping. A nice electric scooter would be popular in many regions as a car alternative.