Gogoro & Nebula Energy Launch Battery Swapping Ecosystem & Gogoro CrossOver Smartscooter in Nepal

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Initially accessible for B2B prospects within the metropolis of KathmanduGogoro Battery Swapping is scheduled to be accessible to customers later this 12 months.

Gogoro’s entrance into Nepal is an extension of its India commercialization and makes use of Gogoro’s new India-made CrossOver GX250 Smartscooter.

KATHMANDU, Nepal — Nebula Vitality and Gogoro Inc (Nasdaq: GGR), a worldwide expertise chief in battery-swapping ecosystems that allow sustainable mobility options for cities, on Friday launched Gogoro Battery Swapping and launched the Gogoro CrossOver GX250 Smartscooter in Nepal. The announcement was made at a media occasion within the metropolis of Kathmandu, Nepalthe place the primary battery swapping station is situated. Nebula is a licensed and unique associate of Gogoro Inc.

“Gogoro is at the forefront of sustainable urban transportation and together we plan to contribute to Nepal’s zero-emission targets through this new age of sustainable energy, mobility and technology,” stated Manoj Goyalchairman of Nebula Vitality.

“We are proud to be partnering with an industry leader like Nebula Energy who shares our vision for accelerating the electric transformation of Nepal’s two-wheel transportation industry. Nepal is at the forefront of clean energy generation and utilization and is actively promoting two- and four-wheel EV adoption and our partnership is sure to make a significant impact,” stated Horace Lukefounder and CEO of Gogoro. “Together, Gogoro and Nebula Energy share a vision for accelerating the electric transformation of Nepal’s two-wheel transportation industry. Gogoro battery swapping is optimized to provide convenient Swap & Go access to Gogoro Smart Batteries in seconds. Gogoro’s new Gogoro CrossOver GX250 is optimized for riders in Nepal with more seating and storage space and better ground clearance.”

Gogoro battery swapping will initially be accessible to strategic B2B prospects within the Kathmandu valley the place Nebula plans to rollout Gogoro battery swapping stations each two to a few kilometers. Nebula plans to supply Gogoro Smartscooters at shopper retail areas later in 2024.

“Mass adoption of two-wheel EVs in Nepal must be enabled through smart and innovative technologies like Gogoro’s battery swapping and Smartscooters,” stated Sahayu Goyal, managing director at Nebula Vitality. “Gogoro’s Swap & Go battery-swapping provides a unique solution that addresses the major challenges that Nepal riders face when deciding to buy an electric two-wheeler today Nebula plans to install more Gogoro battery swapping stations than the number of petrol stations in Nepal.”

“Our partnership with Nebula Energy is a natural extension of our India commercialization and we are excited to be leveraging our new India-based manufacturing capabilities to deliver the new Gogoro CrossOver to Kathmandu,” stated Yang Chenvice chairman of Gogoro.

Gogoro CrossOver Smartscooter Sequence

Nebula Vitality is introducing the Gogoro CrossOver GX250 Smartscooter, the last word Two-Wheel SUV. The GX250 is manufactured in Maharashtra, India and is Gogoro’s first India-made Smartscooter. The CrossOver collection is constructed on a redesigned all-terrain body that permits elevated rigidity and luxury whereas providing a wide range of storage, driving, and customization capabilities. The CrossOver GX250’s new body design enormously will increase the sturdiness of the suspension system and accommodates bigger hundreds whereas emphasizing consolation and stability.

Gogoro Battery Swapping Expertise

On the coronary heart of Gogoro’s ecosystem is an open and interoperable battery swapping platform that’s acknowledged by Guidehouse Insights because the main battery swapping platform for light-weight city automobiles on the earth. Gogoro battery swapping is a brand new era of swappable battery refueling that’s sensible, protected, and regularly optimizing itself to be dynamic and versatile for riders, companies, and communities.

In Taiwanthe Gogoro Community helps greater than 600,000 riders and has greater than 1.4 million sensible batteries in circulation by way of its community of 12,500 battery swapping stations at over 2,500 areas. At the moment Gogoro has over 90% market share in electrical two wheelers in Taiwan and the variety of GoStations outnumbers petrol stations. With greater than 400,000 every day battery swaps and greater than 570 million whole battery swaps up to now, Gogoro battery swapping has saved greater than 870,750 tons of CO2 because it launched in 2015.

Battery swapping is an progressive idea that entails the fast substitute of a depleted battery with totally charged ones, offering customers with a speedy and environment friendly method to lengthen their automobile’s vary. Battery swapping expertise helps resolve the present obstacles for wide-scale adoption and addresses the city cell vitality calls for in a protected, sustainable, and scalable manner. Gogoro’s Battery Swapping addresses most of the issues related to electrical two-wheeler adoption in Nepal together with:

• Discount in whole price of possession
• Addressing issues relating to battery possession and substitute price
• Mitigating vary anxiousness as battery swapping is the quickest method to refuel a automobile; faster than ICE automobiles.
• Lowering charging time – no requirement of self-charging as swapping can occur in seconds.

About MG Group & Nebula Vitality

Nebula Vitality is a completely owned subsidiary of MG Group and is a brand new vitality enterprise dedicated to main the best way in direction of an environmentally sustainable and vitality unbiased Nepal.

MG Group has been on the forefront of enterprise in Nepal for over three many years and is credited as a pioneer in quite a few sectors. The Group’s numerous portfolio of companies contains manufacturing trade, real-estate improvement, banking and investments, hydropower improvement and electrical mobility, mirroring its unwavering dedication to fostering innovation and sustainable improvement. The Group has a concentrated deal with era and utilization of fresh vitality sources and believes that it could possibly contribute to Nepal’s net-zero commitments and objectives.

Group Mission: In the end, as a Group, our mission is to coordinate particular person objective at scale. We intention to attach concepts, folks and organizations to ship impression. By our efforts we hope to align international requirements and greatest practices to native ventures. As our focus is totally on greenfield tasks and ventures that assist speed up innovation in Nepal. This we consider will assist Nepal emerge on the worldwide platform as a horny place to do enterprise.

About Gogoro: Based in 2011 to rethink city vitality and encourage the world to maneuver by way of cities in smarter and extra sustainable methods, Gogoro leverages the facility of innovation to alter the best way city vitality is distributed and consumed. Acknowledged by Quick Firm as “Asia-Pacific’s Most Innovative Company of 2024″; Frost & Sullivan as the “2023 Global Company of the Year for battery swapping for electric two-wheel vehicles”; and, MIT Expertise Evaluation as one in every of “15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch” in 2023, Gogoro’s battery swapping and automobile platforms supply a wise, confirmed, and sustainable long-term ecosystem for delivering a brand new method to city mobility. Gogoro has shortly develop into an innovation chief in automobile design and electrical propulsion, sensible battery design, battery swapping, and superior cloud providers that make the most of synthetic intelligence to handle battery charging and availability. The problem is huge, however the alternative to disrupt the established order, set up new requirements, and obtain new ranges of sustainable transportation progress in densely populated cities is even better. For extra data, go to www.gogoro.com/news and observe Gogoro on Twitter: @wearegogoro.