Yamaha has been on an electric scooter roll these days, unveiling new fashions and teaming up with swappable battery business leaders. Now we’re seeing new indicators that time towards one other electric scooter launch from Yamaha.
A teaser video (seen beneath) referred to as “Yamaha Switch ON” reveals an announcement coming in two days, and the stylized electric energy button icon mixed with the “switch on” language all however guarantee us that the new mannequin or fashions will probably be electric.
The description of the video additionally factors to “a new era,” additional implying an electric mannequin is headed our approach.
The “O” in “Switch ON” even matches the font of a trademark for the model “Neo’s” that was filed with the US Patent and Trademark Office late final yr to be used with “electric two-wheeled vehicles, scooters and their parts and fittings.”
The closest idea electric scooter that Yamaha has revealed to this point that may match the invoice for a Neo’s electric scooter unveil is probably going the Yamaha E02, in accordance to Motorcycle.com.
That electric scooter idea was initially unveiled all the best way again in 2019 on the Tokyo Motor Show.
Since then, Yamaha has confirmed that it’ll unveil two new electric scooters for the European and Asian markets in 2022. The firm’s bigger E01 electric scooter has been noticed on take a look at rides in Japan, however to this point we haven’t seen a lot of the E02.
The Yamaha E02 electric scooter is a smaller format automobile that’s anticipated to fall into the 50cc class equal.
That means it may probably have a decrease energy motor of up to 4 kW (5.3 hp) and a slower high pace of round 45 km/h (28 mph).
The scooter could also be smaller, nevertheless it nonetheless affords seating for 2 riders and attention-grabbing design selections like a single-sided rear swingarm.
The E02 can also be probably to function detachable batteries, because the smaller packs can be lighter weight and still have much less capability, thus requiring extra handy charging options.
While Yamaha had been gradual to the electric recreation prior to now, we have seen earlier electric scooter makes an attempt from the bike big.
The firm additionally affords the 50cc class Yamaha e-Vino, although that scooter is a bit disappointing within the specs division.
Despite (or maybe due to) its small and cute design, the e-Vino contains a puny 500Wh battery pack providing simply 29 km (18 miles) of vary.
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Yamaha additionally has a extra properly spec’d electric scooter, the Yamaha EC05, that it unveiled in mid-2019. That scooter was developed in a partnership with well-liked Taiwanese electric scooter maker Gogoro although, and thus principally sports activities Gogoro’s licensed proprietary know-how.
At the identical time that Yamaha unveiled the E01 idea again in 2019, the corporate additionally confirmed off quite a lot of different attention-grabbing electric two-wheelers together with an electric trials bike.
More just lately, Yamaha teamed up with Gogoro to unveil the Yamaha EMF electric scooter that makes use of Gogoro’s swappable batteries.
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