Central News Agency (CNA) - The Consumers' Foundation has recently received multiple complaints regarding battery exchange service fees for electric motorcycles. The primary issue is that upon contract expiration, service providers cancel existing low-price plans and significantly increase battery fees, leading consumers to believe their rights have been affected. The Consumers' Foundation urges the government to quickly establish standardized contracts. The Consumers' Foundation held a press conference today, stating that its central Taiwan branch has successively received multiple complaints concerning Gogoro Inc. (Ionex). Complainants pointed out that after their initial battery exchange fee plans expired, the company no longer offered the original low-fee plans and substantially raised the renewal threshold. This forces consumers to pay significantly increased monthly rental fees or battery usage fees, otherwise they cannot continue to use their purchased electric motorcycles normally. The Consumers' Foundation provided an example: when a consumer purchased an electric motorcycle, they evaluated the purchase cost based on the battery exchange fee system provided by the company and signed the relevant Ionex contract. For models with two batteries, original fee plans such as NT$299 and NT$499 were available, with battery exchange service rates ranging from approximately NT$1.7 to NT$2.3 per Ampere-hour. However, consumers complained to the Consumers' Foundation that after their original contracts expired, the company announced a new fee plan with a completely new pricing model, canceling the original low monthly rental plans. The minimum monthly rental threshold for two-battery models has been raised to NT$518 and above. Furthermore, the battery exchange service rate has been changed to "NT$100 per kWh" (the original NT$1.7 per Ampere-hour was approximately NT$34 per kWh), which is a de facto price increase. The Consumers' Foundation also inquired about the situat