Gogoro’s electric scooter-sharing program is coming to Japan

The endeavor will start with a pilot program on the southern Japanese island of Ishigaki and then expand to other cities and markets in 2018. It hinges on the Gogoro Energy Network, a series of charging stations (potentially their new solar-powered ones) for users to drop off their scooter’s depleted batteries (two at a time) to swap in new ones. Per the press release, GoShare seems to be both