Last year, the company announced the launch of a fully open architecture in Tokyo, which supports both charging and battery replacement.ionex Automotive Network Services, will be revealed laterionex Automotive Network Commercial EditionAfter announcing its cooperation with businesses and the government on developing a model, Kymco stated that it has currently built 1620 fast-charging stations and 278 energy exchange stations in Taiwan, which can be used to circle the island. In addition, through nearly 200 discussions with consumers and dealers, as well as analysis of riding and charging usage over the past 100 days with a total mileage of more than 2.0 million kilometers, the new ionex Vehicle Energy Network XNUMX will be more in line with consumers' actual needs.
Kymco explained that the ionex Vehicle Energy Network 2.0 builds on last year's 1.0 version, maintaining the design of home charging and on-the-go battery swapping, but utilizes a new battery specification with a 30% increase in range while maintaining the same size. To support on-the-go battery swapping, the company plans to officially launch a battery swap service at ionex Energy Swap Stations in July of this year. Users can directly exchange their rental batteries for fully charged ones, eliminating the need to wait for their own batteries to fully charge or rely on a spare battery on their vehicle for short-distance riding.
In addition, Kymco also emphasized that it will speed up the delivery process of electric vehicles in the future and reduce the waiting time for purchasing new cars. It will also cooperate with 1620 original authorized stores across Taiwan and stores that are highly passionate about electric vehicles and have maintenance knowledge to establish Kymco electric vehicle certified stores and Kymco electric vehicle specialty stores to create a new electric vehicle sales service.
As for the battery rental plan, a new monthly rental plan of 300 yuan for 149 kilometers for a single battery is proposed for short-distance riding needs, and a monthly rental plan of 398 yuan for a single battery or 596 yuan for two batteries is added for long-distance riding needs and usage mode mainly based on battery replacement. By doing so, you can enjoy an unlimited battery replacement plan with unlimited mileage and number of times.
It is expected that before the end of this year, the "ionex battery swap service free trial for all" project will be further launched, allowing users to use the ionex battery swap service for free an unlimited number of times by only paying a monthly battery rental fee.
In conjunction with the launch of the new ionex Energy Network 2.0, Kymco also announced the launch of the premium Many 110 EV and Nice 100 EV, both targeted at Taiwan's green-label segment, as well as the Like 70 EV, designed for the white-label segment and boasting a retro exterior and a top speed of 125 km/h. These models are designed to address the market for vehicles with varying horsepower outputs. With government subsidies, the Nice 26800 EV can be purchased starting at NT$100, while the Many 38800 EV can be purchased at a minimum subsidized price of NT$110.
