TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — A Gogoro electric scooter rider on Saturday (June 4) found himself stranded near the summit of a 3,000-meter mountain pass after his batteries ran out of power.
The rider, surnamed Wu (吳), set out to ride his Gogoro from Taichung to Hualien. He managed to make his way through the 3,275-meter-high Wuling Pass, the highest point of Provincial Highway 14A, reported CNA.
However, after passing through the Guanyuan section a few kilometers away, he found that the road was closed. Wu then began to turn back, but just after passing the 38.6 kilometer mark at the Luoying Lodge, his batteries died, and he found himself trapped on the mountain road.
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