Gachaco Launches ¥45,000 Used-Battery Buyback Campaign to Support Shift to Shared Electric-Motorcycle Batteries

If a used battery is worth ¥45,000, that should significantly ease the upfront cost burden of switching over.

What kind of service is Gachaco actually? A company running battery-swap stations for electric bikes, I'd guess?

My impression is battery-sharing services themselves are still in their early days in Japan.

Being limited to Tokyo suggests this is starting as a kind of pilot rollout in urban areas first.

First-come, first-served for just 20 units is a pretty narrow window, this'll probably fill up fast.

Offering ¥45,000 for a used battery is a good measure to lower the barrier to switching to sharing.