Launching today in Bogota with four GoStations, Terpel plans to
expand to 14 GoStations by the end of the year and then to
other Colombian cities.
BOGOTA,
Colombia, May 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Terpel, a
leading Colombian fuel and lubes company, and
Gogoro®️ Inc (Nasdaq: GGR), a global technology
leader in battery-swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable
mobility solutions for cities, today launched Gogoro's battery
swapping in Bogota Colombia
through the Terpel Voltex brand. The companies also introduced the
Gogoro 2 Plus and Gogoro VIVA Mix Smartscooters.
"Gogoro and Terpel share a common vision for accelerating the
shift to two-wheel sustainable transportation in Colombia and across Latin America. Gogoro Swap & Go battery
swapping addresses many of the challenges that traditional plug-in
charging presents," said Horace
Luke, founder and CEO of Gogoro. "With 590 million
battery swaps to date and more than 400,000 battery swaps per day,
Gogoro Battery Swapping has demonstrated that it is safe, reliable
and the ideal choice for two-wheel urban transportation in cities
like Bogota."
"In line with our commitment to supporting Colombia, we continue to expand our portfolio
with alternatives that contribute to Colombia's decarbonization goals and encourage
the deployment of electromobility solutions. Gogoro battery
swapping strengthens and complements our comprehensive portfolio of
services by offering users the convenience of swapping batteries in
just seconds. We hope that, by facilitating this experience, more
people and industries will join this new mobility scheme," said
Oscar Bravo, president of
Terpel.
The Gogoro battery swapping stations are initially located at
four Terpel service stations in Bogota with plans to expand to fourteen total
locations by the end of 2024 with additional plans to expand to
other cities such as Medellín.
The Gogoro Smartscooters will be marketed by Motored, a leading
two-wheel distributor in Colombia
with 10 years of experience in the national motorcycle market.
GOGORO BATTERY SWAPPING
At the heart of Gogoro's
ecosystem is an open and interoperable battery swapping platform
that is recognized by Guidehouse Insights as the leading battery
swapping platform for lightweight urban vehicles in the world.
Gogoro battery swapping 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.
In Taiwan, the Gogoro Network
supports more than 600,000 riders and has more than 1.4 million
smart batteries in circulation through its network of 12,500
battery swapping stations at over 2,500 locations. Currently Gogoro
has over 90% market share in electric two wheelers in Taiwan and the number of GoStations outnumber
petrol stations. With more than 400,000 daily battery swaps and
more than 570 million total battery swaps to date, Gogoro battery
swapping has saved more than 870,750 tons of CO2 since it launched
in 2015.
ABOUT TERPEL
Terpel is a company of Colombian origin, tradition and spirit that
for more than 55 years has been committed to the country, promoting
its development, growing hand in hand with its affiliates and
working under a strict policy of ethics and corporate governance.
Its purpose is to promote and mobilize people, companies and the
country with the best energy.
It is a leader in the distribution and marketing of liquid
fuels, CNG and lubricants in Colombia. In 2019, it launched its electric
mobility strategy with which it seeks to contribute to the energy
transition, by offering different charging alternatives to users to
facilitate the migration to electric vehicles. It has a significant
presence in Ecuador, Panama, the Dominican Republic and Peru.
In Latin America its network is
made up of more than 2,300 service stations. It has 31 supply
plants in its country of origin. In the Aviation business, the
company leads the market operating in 21 airports in Colombia; It also has a presence in 5 airports
in the Dominican Republic, 5 in
Panama and handles the operation
of the main airport in Peru.
Terpel is the authorized distributor of the Mobil brand of
lubricants in Colombia,
Ecuador and Peru.
Terpel has been recognized as one of the most sustainable
companies in the world and listed in the DowJones Sustainability
Yearbook, the most important publication on these matters.
Terpel is an ally of the country because it promotes the
comprehensive development of people, trains its workers,
contributes to the well-being of its neighbors and contributes to
the future of Colombia with the
quality educational programs led by its Foundation, for more than
20 years and which have benefited nearly two million people.
Through excellence and warmth in service, a modern and renovated
infrastructure and competitive prices, Terpel seeks to be the
number one brand in the hearts of consumers.
www.terpel.com
Facebook @terpel
Twitter @terpelcol
LinkedIn @OrganizacionTerpel
ABOUT GOGORO
Founded in 2011 to rethink urban energy and inspire the world to
move through cities in smarter and more sustainable ways, Gogoro
leverages the power of innovation to change the way urban energy is
distributed and consumed. Recognized by Fast Company 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 Technology Review as one of "15 Climate Tech Companies to
Watch" in 2023, Gogoro's battery swapping and vehicle platforms
offer a smart, proven, and sustainable long-term ecosystem for
delivering a new approach to urban mobility. Gogoro has quickly
become an innovation leader in vehicle design and electric
propulsion, smart battery design, battery swapping, and advanced
cloud services that utilize artificial intelligence to manage
battery charging and availability. The challenge is massive, but
the opportunity to disrupt the status quo, establish new standards,
and achieve new levels of sustainable transportation growth in
densely populated cities is even greater. For more information,
visit www.gogoro.com/news and follow Gogoro on Twitter:
@wearegogoro.
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