These are Gogoro scooters. They are like the tesla of scooters! Extremely popular, kinda expensive to buy compared to gas scooters but of course extremely cheap to run. I think the swappable batteries are part of a subscription service.
lost21gramsyesterday on
Cheaper than a gas station?
Ok_Somewhere_6438 on
Here in Argentina they probably steal them and extract the copper to sell it, hahaha
Massive-Technician74 on
Awesome
AlternativePea6203 on
ElegantHuckleberry75 on
This looks so cool.
mosstalgia on
There’s a boomer “in my day, you didn’t need to charge the *take a penny, leave a penny* tray” joke to be made here…
This is so handy, though I assume it’s a service you subscribe or pay into? Because otherwise this would be a very easy way to get rid of your crappy old battery that won’t hold a charge and replace it with two new ones.
Maybe that first screen she points at is verifying the state of the batteries she dropped off?
Affectionate_Use_364 on
Not practical in India. All batteries will be stolen in a day.
this_guy_aves on
This is how electric cars should be IMO, go to a battery station, get it swapped out, keep going. They charge you for how low the battery you’re dropping off is and how juiced the one you’re picking up is, and off you go.
Temporary_Willow_520 on
Personal-Dev-Kit on
In America I am sure someone would sue them for having to lift something heavier than a grape.
cat__weasel on
Vibb360 on
Pilot, battery acquired. Ion core at 100%
angrycamb on
Can’t have shit like this in America meth heads would runoff with that so quick
GloveDry3278 on
Works in civilized countries only.
Stunning_Spare on
It was good idea back then, the company is close to bankruptcy. The modular design of scooter raises maintenance fee and inconvenient (there’re scooter repair shops everywhere in Taiwan, but this you have to go special gogoro shop). Subscription fee is too expensive monthly, and company are still using 7-9 years old batteries, that means you have to be really lucky to get a fully charged one. so milage anxiety + scooter stopped halfway due to battery malfunction.
Could you imagine this in NYC or Chicago? It would be spray painted and stripped for its copper 🤣
Yatame on
Just like stealing a battery from a Titan
ringRunners on
Should be similar to this for cars instead of charging stations
Retro-Surgical on
How could this possibly benefit the super-rich?
nakkula on
A company tried it in India and the consumers asked them, when I buy I get a new battery and why should I swap it for an older one and give my new battery away. And the company failed miserably.
Purple-Manager-1357 on
The handles aren’t all lined up and I hate it.
AWinnipegGuy on
Seeing stuff like this makes me realize North America is still in the 20th century in so many ways when it comes to technology.
This_Loss_1922 on
You mean they can do this without sending migrant toddlers to concentration camps?
TenDollarSteakAndEgg on
These would get immediate ransacked in the us
The_chosen_turtle on
Would love for my taxes to pay for infrastructure and services like this. But it’s been used to bombs girls in schools
RokkakuPolice on
That’s so cool
Minix31 on
Jasoco on
This is genius. It’s like what you can do with lawn care tools. If only you could do this with electric cars too. Imagine just being able to pull into any gas station and swap out the whole battery and be on your way.
Comfortable-Bar6032 on
We can’t have that in the US because drug addicts
InsecureInscapist on
This is how I always imagined EVs working.
Swapping out these giant chunky canisters at service stations like they ground crew servicing the space plane in fifth element.
Alan_Reddit_M on
Here in Mexico, people would steal the fucking batteries and promptly resell them on Facebook marketplace
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These are Gogoro scooters. They are like the tesla of scooters! Extremely popular, kinda expensive to buy compared to gas scooters but of course extremely cheap to run. I think the swappable batteries are part of a subscription service.
Cheaper than a gas station?
Here in Argentina they probably steal them and extract the copper to sell it, hahaha
Awesome
This looks so cool.
There’s a boomer “in my day, you didn’t need to charge the *take a penny, leave a penny* tray” joke to be made here…
This is so handy, though I assume it’s a service you subscribe or pay into? Because otherwise this would be a very easy way to get rid of your crappy old battery that won’t hold a charge and replace it with two new ones.
Maybe that first screen she points at is verifying the state of the batteries she dropped off?
Not practical in India. All batteries will be stolen in a day.
This is how electric cars should be IMO, go to a battery station, get it swapped out, keep going. They charge you for how low the battery you’re dropping off is and how juiced the one you’re picking up is, and off you go.
In America I am sure someone would sue them for having to lift something heavier than a grape.
Pilot, battery acquired. Ion core at 100%
Can’t have shit like this in America meth heads would runoff with that so quick
Works in civilized countries only.
It was good idea back then, the company is close to bankruptcy. The modular design of scooter raises maintenance fee and inconvenient (there’re scooter repair shops everywhere in Taiwan, but this you have to go special gogoro shop). Subscription fee is too expensive monthly, and company are still using 7-9 years old batteries, that means you have to be really lucky to get a fully charged one. so milage anxiety + scooter stopped halfway due to battery malfunction.
https://preview.redd.it/yri7d0guzeqg1.png?width=216&format=png&auto=webp&s=adc4987fd5418f785f0b2626e90fd65281e3e2a6
Could you imagine this in NYC or Chicago? It would be spray painted and stripped for its copper 🤣
Just like stealing a battery from a Titan
Should be similar to this for cars instead of charging stations
How could this possibly benefit the super-rich?
A company tried it in India and the consumers asked them, when I buy I get a new battery and why should I swap it for an older one and give my new battery away. And the company failed miserably.
The handles aren’t all lined up and I hate it.
Seeing stuff like this makes me realize North America is still in the 20th century in so many ways when it comes to technology.
You mean they can do this without sending migrant toddlers to concentration camps?
These would get immediate ransacked in the us
Would love for my taxes to pay for infrastructure and services like this. But it’s been used to bombs girls in schools
That’s so cool
This is genius. It’s like what you can do with lawn care tools. If only you could do this with electric cars too. Imagine just being able to pull into any gas station and swap out the whole battery and be on your way.
We can’t have that in the US because drug addicts
This is how I always imagined EVs working.
Swapping out these giant chunky canisters at service stations like they ground crew servicing the space plane in fifth element.
Here in Mexico, people would steal the fucking batteries and promptly resell them on Facebook marketplace
(BANGS ON THE TABLE IN TIME TO HIS WORDS)
Why. Don’t. We. Just. Have. This. Every…. where. ALREADY?!