Is Taiwan's Battery Swap Tech the Future of EVs?

I went to Taiwan to check out Gogoro's electric scooters and network of 2,400 battery swap stations.

Special thanks to Jon, Wendy, and Daniel for helping with the video!

Sources:
- MRT costs https://eng.taiwan.net.tw/m1.aspx?sNo...
- Cost per litre of fuel in Taipei https://www.globalpetrolprices.com/Ta...
- Scooter fuel consumption https://www.scootercentral.com.au/exp...
- Scooter parking costs https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw...
- Scooter pollution study https://phys.org/news/2014-05-two-str...
- Scooter CO2 emissions https://scootersfornewbies.com/scoote...
- 2022 Gogoro annual report https://investor.gogoro.com/static-fi...
- Gogoro riding plans https://network.gogoro.com/tw/riding-...
- Gogoro GoCharger Mobile https://www.gogoro.com/smart-energy/g...
- Battery weight https://electrek.co/2022/03/08/gogoro...
- Gogoro specs https://www.gogoro.com/smartscooter/s...
- Solid state battery https://www.gogoro.com/news/solid-sta...
- Shared e-scooters https://english.cw.com.tw/article/art...
- Wemo fleet numbers https://topics.amcham.com.tw/2022/04/...
- Gogoro's share of electric scooter market in Taiwan https://www.gogoro.com/news/electric-...
- Quick guide to using GoShare   / quick_guide_to_using_goshare_in_taipei  
- Scooter subsidies https://www.gogoro.com/news/taiwan-20...
- Gogoro's expansion plans https://www.forbes.com/sites/shanshan...
- Gogoro station subsidies https://meet-global.bnext.com.tw/arti...
- Taipei scooter subsidies https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiw...
- 2023 2nd quarter Gogoro financial report https://investor.gogoro.com/news-rele...
- GDP per capita of countries https://www.imf.org/external/datamapp...

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