Yamaha Motor India has not too long ago showcased a pair of electric scooters within the type of the brand new Neo’s and the E01 to its vendor companions.
Yamaha Motor India has not too long ago showcased a pair of electric scooters within the type of the brand new Neo’s and the E01 to its vendor companions. While this does not essentially assure the launch of any of the scooters within the nation, it hints that the corporate is exploring prospects of battery-powered two-wheelers within the Indian market.
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The Neo’s scooter comes out as an preliminary installment in Yamaha’s long run plan of launching a protracted ranged battery-powered two-wheeler. It would be the firm’s one of many first e-scooters to hit the manufacturing line and later launched in choose nations.
The Neo’s is an EV equal of the ICE-powered 50cc scooter which retails within the worldwide markets by the identical identify. It incorporates a hub motor whose output is across the 2kW mark. Like the not too long ago launched Bounce Infinity E1, it options swappable battery and comes based mostly on the E02 idea which was showcased on the 2019 Tokyo Motor Show.
Yamaha has additionally beforehand signed a cope with a number of different two-wheeler giants equivalent to KTM, Piaggio and Honda, and it may also be engaged on organising its personal battery-swapping infrastructure, however the particulars aren’t confirmed in the meanwhile.
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Neo’s electric scooter is slated to attain the dealerships in choose nations this summer time. Although, the probabilities of it getting launched within the Indian market are slim.
That mentioned, the opposite scooter displayed to the dealers is the E01 with efficiency ranges equal to a 125cc ICE-powered scooter.
First Published Date: 15 Apr 2022, 11:02 AM IST