HPCL, Gogoro to rollout battery swapping across retail outlets in India
Date: 06 Nov 2023
Gogoro
Inc., a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable
sustainable mobility solutions for cities, announced it had signed a Memorandum
of Understanding (MoU) with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (HPCL), a
major Indian oil company, with more than 21,000 retail outlets.
“India
is in the early stages of a massive electric transformation of its urban
two-wheel transportation system, and it is increasingly evident that battery
swapping is a critical component to broad adoption, so building out the
swapping infrastructure is crucial. Today, we are announcing a partnership with
HPCL, one of India’s leading oil companies, to rollout thousands of Gogoro
battery swapping stations across its retail outlets throughout the country in
the coming years,” said Horace Luke, founder, and CEO of Gogoro.
“There
is nowhere on earth that needs smart electric transportation more than India,
and Gogoro is joining together with the Indian business community and national
and local governments to deploy a battery swapping and electric vehicle
ecosystem that is open, accessible and scalable,” he added.
“HPCL
and Gogoro are partnering to develop a broad battery swapping infrastructure
for two-wheel vehicles that will both grow and sustain a leading electric
vehicle ecosystem in India that is safe, clean and readily available across
India’s cities,” said Amit Garg, Director of Marketing at HPCL, adding that, “Gogoro
has demonstrated its global leadership in battery swapping and electric
two-wheel innovation and with nearly 500 million battery swaps to date has
developed a platform we can embrace and emulate.”
Gogoro Battery Swapping
With
more locations than gas stations in Taiwan’s cities, the Gogoro Network is a
new generation of swappable battery refueling that is smart, safe, and
continually optimizing itself to be dynamic and versatile for riders,
businesses, and communities. The Gogoro Network supports nearly 600,000 riders
and has more than 1.3 million smart batteries in circulation through its
network of 12,000 battery swapping stations at over 2,500 locations. With more
than 400,000 daily battery swaps and nearly 500 million total battery swaps to
date, Gogoro Network battery swapping has saved more than 750,000 tons of CO2
since it launched.