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Vietnamese EV maker VinFast launched three new electric scooter models in the Philippines on July 31, alongside a nationwide network of roughly 30,000 battery-swap stations. Swaps take under a minute and cost P35 (about $0.60), with the top-spec model priced up to P107,300.
Thirty thousand swap stations nationwide is a wild number. Under a minute and 35 pesos a swap — that's honestly easier than a gas stop. So, does it still have underseat storage? With a swap-first frame design, I'm curious how much cargo space they kept.
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Wait, is this a swap-battery bike, like you trade the whole pack?
Yeah, and that probably makes it rough for long-distance touring for now.
Isn't Gogoro's swap network already bigger than this?
35 pesos for a minute swap, running costs are basically nothing.
107,300 pesos converts to roughly 300k yen — seems fairly priced.
30,000 stations sounds inflated. Are they actually all live?
If they really are, that's huge — makes me wanna go ride in the Philippines.
