KYMCO chairman sets sight on global electric scooter market

Entering the mass market for electric scooters

True to the aforesaid values, KYMCO has put all of its "Win My Heart" might into the Ionex series. The company has completed the deployment of 1,500 Ionex fast charging stations on the first day of shipping its first Ionex e-scooters. By the end of 2019, the company will complete the deployment of 2,000 Ionex energy stations, so riders can easily rent swappable shared batteries for long-distance travel.

Furthermore, KYMCO aims to have more than 30,000 shared outlet spots to completely eliminate any range anxiety riders may have within the next two years. In the meantime, the Ionex e-scooter is already designed with the industry's first smart energy bay that allows users to charge their scooter at home.

The 5 kg battery can easily be charged at night and leave home fully charged every morning. Every Ionex e-scooter also comes with a 5-year core battery warranty and a 10-year power motor warranty.

Meanwhile, to ensure Ionex users don't have to pay a high price for the riding mileage, every Ionex e-scooter comes with a lifetime-warranty personal rental battery. A monthly rental that comes with 1,000 km of basic riding mileage costs only $10.

"Today, we introduce the light-duty class electric vehicles. Next, we will introduce regular-duty class electric vehicles as well as heavy-duty class electric vehicles," said Ko. Since the Ionex event in Tokyo earlier this year, he explained that KYMCO has received overwhelming reactions worldwide. "In the very short period of three months, we have entered into in-depth discussion with several international partners," he continued.

By the end of this year, the company expects to have Ionex projects in more than 10 cities around the world, demonstrating with flair the creativity and innovation that Taiwan can offer to scooter-lovers, young and old. "Our goal of developing electric scooters is to make green vehicles a practical reality in everyone's daily life," Ko pointed out.

With the local subsidy factored in, the prices consumers actually pay for the New Many 110 EV Noodoe Navigation version and the Standard version can be as low as $1,590 and $1,420 respectively. KYMCO Nice 100 EV, on the other hand, will only cost $990 with the local subsidy factored in.

"With the world's first two Ionex scooters, consumers can embrace electric without compromise," concluded Ko. "This is a worldwide invitation to an open movement that celebrates one of the most important social missions of our time."