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"In the fourth quarter, we took accounting charges of over $38 million as a result of simplifying and strengthening our business. These impairment and exit costs materially impacted our fourth quarter and full year net loss results. However, we managed to deliver full year adjusted EBITDA of $46.5 million, representing a slight increase from 2023. These critical and proactive steps to optimize our cost structure set us up well for the future as a leaner and more efficient organization focused on delivering a clear path to profitability," said Bruce Aitken, CFO of Gogoro. "Our energy business continues to grow, reinforcing the strength of our battery swapping and smart energy solutions. Gogoro and Powered by Gogoro Network partner brands maintained its market leadership with a 72% share of the electric scooter market, even as the overall electric two-wheel market contracted slightly. As we closed out 2024, we leveraged this transition period to refine our strategy, sharpen our focus on energy services and ecosystem enablement, and continue our international focus."

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2024 Financial Overview

Operating Revenues

For the fourth quarter, the total revenue was $73.0 million, down 20.2% year-over-year and down 19.2% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant with the average rate of the same quarter last year, revenue would have been up by an additional $1.0 million.

• Sales of hardware and other revenue for the fourth quarter was $37.1 million, down 37.0% year-over-year, and down 36.5% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. The year-over-year decrease in sales of hardware and other revenues was driven by (i) a 16.1% decrease in vehicle sales volume on a year-over-year basis, (ii) a decrease in the average selling price ("ASP") of our vehicles due to a higher proportion of sales volume generated from entry-level models, (iii) a $4.6 million carve-out of hardware revenue associated with deferred revenue adjustments for a battery swapping service revenue promotion program; the deferred revenue will be recognized as battery swapping service revenue over 24 to 36 months as a result of accounting rules associated with multiple-element arrangements, and (iv) a $3.0 million decrease in sales revenues associated with selling accessories and parts and performing maintenance due to the emergence of Gogoro Quick Service stores selling non-Gogoro branded accessories and parts.

• Battery swapping service revenue for the fourth quarter was $35.9 million, up 10.2% year-over-year, and up 12.3% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. Total subscribers at the end of the fourth quarter was 640,000, up 9% from 587,000 subscribers at the end of the same quarter last year. The year-over-year increase in battery swapping service revenue was primarily due to our larger subscriber base compared to the same quarter last year and the high retention rate of our subscribers. We continue to see the strength of our subscription-based business model which enables us to accrue more customers to maximize our battery swapping network efficiency.

For the full year, the total revenue was $310.5 million, down 11.2% year-over-year and down 8.5% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant with average rate in each of the comparable quarters of last year, revenue would have been up by an additional $9.4 million.

• Sales of hardware and other revenues for the year were $172.6 million, down 20.8% year-over-year, and down 18.5% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. The government-reported registration volume of powered two-wheelers ("PTW") in the Taiwan market for 2024 was down 13.6% year-over-year, while registrations of Gogoro's branded vehicles were reported to be down by 7.4% compared to last year. In addition to the decrease in vehicle sales volume which was impacted by the shrinkage of the overall PTW market in Taiwan, the year-over-year decrease in sales of hardware and other revenues was also driven by a combination of factors: (i) a decrease of ASP due to a higher proportion of sales volume generated from entry-level models, (ii) a $4.6 million carve-out of hardware revenue associated with deferred revenue adjustments for a battery swapping service revenue promotion program; the deferred revenue will be recognized as battery swapping service revenue over 24 to 36 months as a result of accounting rules associated with multiple-element arrangements, and (iii) a decrease in sales revenues associated with selling accessories and parts, performing maintenance and overseas sales.

• Battery swapping service revenue for the year was $137.9 million, up 4.6% year-over-year, and up 8.0% year-over-year on a constant currency basis¹. The battery swapping service revenue is growing at an anticipated pace and is expected to exceed revenue directly associated with the sale of Gogoro vehicles on a full year basis for the first time in 2025.

Gross Margin

For the fourth quarter, gross margin was (8.1)%, down from 11.6% in the same quarter last year while non-IFRS gross margin[1] was 14.2%, down from 14.8% in the same quarter last year. The decline in gross margin was primarily driven by a combination of factors: (i) a $5.0 million derecognition expenses on components removed from battery packs during the battery upgrade and $9.4 million total directly attributable costs associated with our battery upgrade initiatives, (ii) an increase in sales of lower margin entry-level models, (iii) higher excess capacity costs due to reduced sales volume, (iv) the full-year impact of a $4.6 million hardware revenue carve-out due to deferring hardware revenue to battery swapping service as part of multiple product and solution offerings to our customers; the deferred revenue will be recognized as battery swapping service revenue prorated over a period up to 36 months from the date of delivery of the vehicle; and (v) a lower margin contribution from Gogoro OEM parts.

Gogoro was founded as an innovation energy business and we continue to invest heavily in growing and updating our Gogoro Network by deploying new GoStations, battery packs, and software updates. Over the last three years, we have invested approximately $100 million in capital expenditure annually. 

Additionally, in the past few quarters, we have been undertaking a program to carry out one-time, voluntary upgrades on certain battery packs which are expected to take several quarters to complete and will continue through 2025. These upgrades provide multiple benefits — more efficient deployment of our resources than replacing battery packs, increasing lifetime capacity of each battery pack (including extending its first mobility use-case useful life) and solidifying the extra lifetime capacity of each battery pack to validate our second-life thesis. These upgrades are expected to create economic benefits in the long run but do generate a short-term reduction in our gross margin as we continue carrying out these upgrades. We expect our cash position, gross profit and gross margin will continue to be impacted by the costs of these upgrades during 2025. In order to improve our overall customer experience and to extend battery life, we plan to continue upgrading a substantial quantity of our battery packs which are already in circulation and will improve designs of our battery packs to make them even more rugged, safer and long-lasting.

As a result of costs associated with investing in our battery upgrade initiatives, realigning our business, and many one-time events, our gross margin decreased for both the fourth quarter of 2024 and the full year 2024. For the full year 2024, gross margin was 2.4%, down from 14.6% last year whereas non-IFRS gross margin was 14.8%, down from 16.0% last year.

Net Loss

For the fourth quarter, net loss was $71.8 million, representing an increase of $45.1 million from a net loss of $26.7 million in the same quarter last year. The increase in net loss was due to a $29.9 million increase in other operating expenses mainly associated with loss from impairment and, to a lesser extent, with loss from disposal of property and equipment compared to the same quarter last year, and the decrease of $16.5 million in gross profit. The increase in net loss was partially offset by the decrease of $4.7 million in operating expenses, excluding other operating expense, that primarily consists of a decrease in variable marketing promotion expenses due to lower sales volume this year.

For the full year 2024, net loss was $123.2 million, representing an increase of $47.2 million from a net loss of $76.0 million last year. The increase in net loss was primarily due to a $43.5 million decrease in gross profit, driven by costs related to our battery upgrade initiatives, an increase of impairment loss of $32.6 million, $3.3 million of exit activities and $1.6 million of customer care package. This was partially offset by a favorable change of $12.1 million in the fair value of financial liabilities and a $25.1 million reduction in operating expenses excluding other operating expense.

Adjusted EBITDA

For the fourth quarter, adjusted EBITDA¹ was $8.8 million, representing a decrease of $0.2 million from $9.0 million in the same quarter last year. The decrease was primarily due to a $3.2 million decrease in non-IFRS gross profit (excluding share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, battery upgrade initiatives and exit activities) and increase in share of loss of equity investments compared to the same quarter last year. The decrease was partially offset by a $3.9 million reduction in operating expenses (excluding share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and exit activities) from various cost-saving initiatives compared to the same quarter last year.

For the full year 2024, adjusted EBITDA¹ was $46.5 million, representing an increase of $1.0 million from $45.5 million last year. The increase was primarily due to a $11.8 million reduction in operating expenses (excluding share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization and exit activities) from various cost-saving initiatives compared to last year. The increase was partially offset by a $9.9 million decrease in non-IFRS gross profit (excluding share-based compensation, depreciation and amortization, battery upgrade initiatives and exit activities).

Liquidity

We generated $12.1 million of operating cash inflow in 2024 compared to 2023 where we generated $59.1 million of cash in operations. With a $117.1 million cash balance at the end of 2024 and the additional credit facilities that are available to us, we believe we have sufficient sources of funding to meet our near-term business growth objectives.

2024-2025 Cost Reduction/Efficiency Plans

In the fourth quarter, we focused on cost optimization and aligning our operations accordingly. The plan aims to drive operational efficiency, reduce costs, accelerate our path to profitability and reinforce our primary focus as an energy and subscription-based business based on our energy platform leadership.  These initiatives include structural and operating realignment across the Company, consolidation and exit of facilities, alongside reductions in headcount and operating expenses. As a result of these actions, we recognized $34.0 million non-cash impairment charges for certain manufacturing assets in China, India and Taiwan and decline in value of our equity investments in the Philippines, $4.8 million of exit activities including idle facilities and $3.3 million of customer care package programs in 2024. Gogoro's fourth quarter and full year 2024 results of operations were materially impacted by these charges while the exit activities, impairments of assets, and one-time customer care package had no impact on non-IFRS net loss and adjusted EBITDA. Further, Gogoro is expected to create approximately $25 million savings in 2025 compared to 2024 as a result of the cost efficiency plans. We expect our Gogoro Network Battery Swapping business to reach profitability on non-IFRS basis and deliver non-IFRS Net Income in 2026 and our hardware sales business to reach profitability on non-IFRS basis in 2028.

2025 Guidance

We believe the Taiwan two-wheeler market in 2025 will remain at 2024 level. For the full year 2025, we expect our revenue to be between $295 million to $315 million on a constant currency basis which would reflect 2025 Taiwan market condition and the conversion rate. We estimate that approximately 95% of such full-year revenue will be generated from the Taiwan market. Our IFRS gross margin will be continuously negatively impacted in the short-term because of our ongoing and accelerated battery upgrade initiatives which is expected to be completed by the end of 2025. With the combination of ASP pressure from entry-level models and delays in realizing anticipated international sales, we expect our non-IFRS gross margin to remain at the current level in 2025.

Conference Call Information

Gogoro's management team will hold an earnings webcast on February 13th, 2025, at 7:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Company's fourth quarter and full year 2024 results of operations and outlook.

Investors may access the webcast, supplemental financial information and investor presentation at Gogoro's investor relations website (https://investor.gogoro.com) under the "Events" section. A replay of the investor presentation and the earnings call script will be available 24 hours after the conclusion of the webcast and archived for one year.

About Gogoro

Founded in 2011 to rethink urban energy and inspire the world to move through cities in smarter and more sustainable ways, Gogoro leverages the power of innovation to change the way urban energy is distributed and consumed. Recognized by Fortune as a "Change the World 2024" company; Fast Company as "Asia-Pacific's Most Innovative Company of 2024"; Frost & Sullivan as the "2024 Global Company of the Year for battery swapping for electric two-wheel vehicles"; and, MIT Technology Review as one of "15 Climate Tech Companies to Watch" in 2024, Gogoro's battery swapping and vehicle platforms offer a smart, proven, and sustainable long-term ecosystem for delivering a new approach to urban mobility. Gogoro has quickly become an innovation leader in vehicle design and electric propulsion, smart battery design, battery swapping, and advanced cloud services that utilize artificial intelligence to manage battery charging and availability. The challenge is massive, but the opportunity to disrupt the status quo, establish new standards, and achieve new levels of sustainable transportation growth in densely populated cities is even greater. For more information, visit www.gogoro.com/news and follow Gogoro on Twitter: @wearegogoro.

Forward-Looking Statements

This communication contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or Gogoro's future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because they contain words such as "may," "will," "should," "expects," "plans," "anticipates," "going to," "could," "intends," "target," "projects," "contemplates," "believes," "estimates," "predicts," "potential" or "continue" or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern Gogoro's expectations, strategy, priorities, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements in this communication include, but are not limited to, statements in the section entitled, "2025 Guidance," such as estimates regarding revenue and gross margin; statements in the section entitled, "2024-2025 Cost Reduction/Efficiency Plans," such as estimated savings as a result of the cost efficiency plans and future profitability of Gogoro's business; statements by Gogoro's interim chief executive officer and chief financial officer, such as Gogoro's future business plan and growth strategies; Gogoro's battery pack upgrade plan (and its expected costs and benefits), customer experience enhancement programs, cost reduction/efficiency plans (and the potential impact on Gogoro's financials) and plan to improve internal control.

Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The condensed consolidated financial statements are unaudited and have been prepared in accordance with the International Financial Reporting Standards (collectively, "IFRS") issued by the International Accounting Standards Board and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") for interim financial reporting. The Company's condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all normal adjustments that are, in our opinion, necessary to provide a fair statement of results for the interim periods presented, including the accounts of the Company and entities controlled by Gogoro Inc. The audited consolidated financial statements may differ materially from the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. Our audited financial statements for the full year ending December 31, 2024 will be included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F for the year ending December 31, 2024. Accordingly, these condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and related notes for the year ended December 31, 2023 included in the Company's Annual Report on Form 20-F filed with the SEC on March 29, 2024, which provides a more complete discussion of the Company's accounting policies and certain other information. The condensed consolidated financial statements may include selected updates, notes and disclosures if there are significant changes since the date of the most recent annual report on Form 20-F which included the audited financial statements of the Company.

Use of Non-IFRS Financial Measures

This press release and accompanying tables contain certain non-IFRS financial measures including foreign exchange effect on operating revenues, non-IFRS gross profit, non-IFRS gross margin, non-IFRS net loss, EBITDA and adjusted EBITDA.

Foreign exchange ("FX") effect on operating revenues. We compare the dollar amount and the percent change in the operating revenues from the current period to the same period last year using constant currency disclosure. We present constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying revenues performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current period operating revenues for entities reporting in currencies other than USD are converted into USD at the average exchange rates from the equivalent periods last year.

Non-IFRS Gross Profit and Gross Margin. Gogoro defines non-IFRS gross profit and gross margin as gross profit and gross margin excluding share-based compensation, exit activities, battery upgrade initiatives and battery swapping service rebate.

Share-based Compensation. Share-based compensation consists of non-cash charges related to the fair value of restricted stock units awarded to employees and stock options granted to certain directors, executives, employees and others providing similar services. We believe that the exclusion of these non-cash charges provides for more accurate comparisons of our operating results to our peer companies due to the varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types. In addition, we believe it is useful to investors to understand the specific impact of share-based compensation on our operating results.

Non-IFRS Net Loss. Gogoro defines non-IFRS net loss as net loss excluding share-based compensation, the change in fair value of financial liabilities including revaluation of change in fair value of earnout, earn-in and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, battery upgrade initiatives, and battery swapping service rebate. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.

EBITDA. Gogoro defines EBITDA as net loss excluding interest expense, net, provision for income tax, depreciation, and amortization. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.

Adjusted EBITDA. Gogoro defines Adjusted EBITDA as EBITDA excluding share-based compensation, the change in fair value of financial liabilities including revaluation of change in fair value of earnout, earn-in and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, battery upgrade initiatives, and battery swapping service rebate. These amounts do not reflect the impact of any related tax effects.

Battery Upgrade Initiatives. As we perform certain voluntary upgrades to our battery packs, this charge represents the (i) derecognition expense on components removed from the battery pack, which we do not expect to generate any future benefits from its disposal and (ii) battery pack retrieval and other directly attributable costs incurred during the battery upgrades. We will only upgrade battery packs in instances where the value created exceeds the cost of the upgrade. The program will improve batteries' capacity and extend the remaining useful life of certain battery packs. The derecognition expense and the retrieval and other costs are recorded under Cost of Revenues in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss. We exclude such expenditures for purposes of calculating certain non-IFRS measures because these charges do not reflect how management evaluates our operating performance. The adjustments facilitate a useful evaluation of our operating performance and comparisons to past operating results and provide investors with additional means to evaluate our profitability trends. We expect the derecognition expense and retrieval and other costs to recur in future periods as incurred during the implementation phase of the battery upgrade program.

Battery Swapping Service Rebate. We voluntarily offered one-time subscription fee discounts to certain subscribers of Gogoro Network who experienced unusual and infrequent service inconveniences associated with a minor voluntary vehicle recall and battery upgrade, and such battery swapping service rebates are recorded as contra-revenue. We have excluded the impacts of such rebates from our non-IFRS metrics to allow investors to better understand the underlying operation results of the business and to facilitate comparison of current financial results with historical financial results and our peer group companies' financial results.

Customer Care Package. Gogoro voluntarily initiated a one-time customer benefit package to enrich certain customers' user experiences which includes specific vehicle extended warranty programs, software upgrades and certain hardware upgrades. We classified the relevant costs to other operating expenses as it does not relate to existing contracts with the customers, and these beneficial customers do not need to exchange consideration for this package. The package was intended to enhance satisfaction of existing customers rather than boosting future sales.

Impairment charges. Non-cash impairment charges, primarily associated with adjustments to the carrying values of certain machinery equipment which is currently underutilized and the decline in value of equity investments below the carrying value other than temporary. The process of evaluating the potential impairment of long-lived assets under the accounting guidance on property, plant and equipment is subjective and requires judgment. We exclude impairment charges for purposes of calculating certain non-IFRS measures because the charges do not reflect our core operating performance. These adjustments facilitate a useful evaluation of our core operating performance and comparisons to past operating results and provide investors with additional means to evaluate expense trends.

Exit Activities. We have incurred charges including the exit of certain product lines, markets and facilities as well as severance as a result of headcount reduction associated with organizational restructuring. These charges are not representative of ongoing costs to the business and are not expected to recur. As a result, these charges are being excluded to provide investors with a more comparable measure of costs associated with ongoing operations.

These non-IFRS financial measures exclude share-based compensation, interest expense, income tax, depreciation and amortization, change in fair value of financial liabilities associated with outstanding earnout shares, earn-in shares and warrants associated with the merger of Poema, impairment charges, exit activities, battery upgrade initiative, battery swapping service rebate and customer care package. The Company uses these non-IFRS financial measures internally in analyzing its financial results and believes that these non-IFRS financial measures are useful to investors as an additional tool to evaluate ongoing operating results and trends. In addition, these measures are the primary indicators management uses as a basis for its planning and forecasting for future periods.

Non-IFRS financial measures are not meant to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for comparable IFRS financial measures. Non-IFRS financial measures are subject to limitations and should be read only in conjunction with the Company's condensed consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. Non-IFRS financial measures do not have any standardized meaning and are therefore unlikely to be comparable to similarly titled measures presented by other companies. A description of these non-IFRS financial measures has been provided above and a reconciliation of the Company's non-IFRS financial measures to their most directly comparable IFRS measures have been provided in the financial statement tables included in this press release, and investors are encouraged to review these reconciliations.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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