Foodpanda partners with Gogoro and Cycle & Carriage Singapore on e-2W battery swapping pilot in Singapore

Gogoro Inc. and Cycle & Carriage Singapore (C&C) announced a partnership with leading food delivery platform foodpanda in a battery swapping pilot that will support smart electric two-wheelers for last mile deliveries in Singapore. The partnership follows Singapore Land Transport Authority’s (LTA) announcement last year that it awarded Gogoro and C&C with a battery swapping sandbox pilot for electric two-wheel vehicles.

As announced in September 2022, Gogoro and C&C have partnered to introduce a new and more efficient approach to electric refueling for two-wheel delivery fleets using Gogoro’s six-second Swap & Go battery swapping. The addition of foodpanda as a partner allows for the trial of Gogoro’s Smartscooters and leading battery swapping platform to conduct last-mile deliveries. Insights from the trial will be used to guide next steps to accelerate the adoption of sustainable mobility as Singapore moves towards a transportation system using cleaner and more sustainable energy.

“With more than 26 percent of all daily quick deliveries in Taiwan enabled by Gogoro battery swapping, I am excited to be introducing our battery swapping and vehicle technologies in Singapore with two market-leading partners like Cycle & Carriage Singapore and foodpanda,” said Horace Luke, founder, and CEO of Gogoro. “Cities like Singapore are at an inflection point of sustainability and are beginning to embrace sustainable transportation in new impactful ways. On average, last mile delivery riders ride more than six-times the distance as consumer riders, so enabling these delivery riders to adopt smart sustainable electric transportation can have an accelerated impact on a city.” 

Commenting on the trial of Gogoro battery swapping systems in partnership with foodpanda, Cycle & Carriage Singapore’s Managing Director, Wilfrid Foo said, “Today, Cycle & Carriage offers EV options for passenger and commercial vehicles. We also offer e-Logistics services – a fleet of fully electric vans coupled with drivers, to provide customized delivery solutions for our corporate clients. We believe in Gogoro’s vehicles and battery-swapping technology, and they are complementary to our product portfolio. We are in the midst of ascertaining operational viability in Singapore and partnering with foodpanda to validate this through the trial is our current focus.”