Electric scooter brand Gogoro announced on March 1 that the number of newly licensed electric scooters in Taiwan in the first two months of 2022 reached 7,308 units, more than double the same period last year, with a growth rate of 132.2%.
Compared with the boom in electric scooter sales, sales of traditional fuel scooters continued to decline. The number of new traditional fuel scooter licenses in January and February 2022 decreased by 10.4% compared to the same period last year. Gogoro’s press release also noted that since March 2021, the number of new traditional fuel scooter licenses on a monthly basis has seen negative year-over-year declines for 12 consecutive months.
Sales figures from Gogoro show that in January 2022, the number of newly authorized electric scooters was 3,025, an increase of 109.6% compared to the same period last year, and in February, despite less working days due to Lunar New Year holiday and shorter month. , business performance was even more dazzling. The number of new licenses in February was 4,283, an increase of 151.2% compared to the same period last year and 41.6% more than in January.
During the October-February period, Gogoro brand electric scooters accounted for more than 94.1% of total electric scooter sales in Taiwan.
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