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Playing Even on An Uneven Field
The Yamaha TY-E is set to compete against ICE trial bikes – it needed to step up its game. Mission accomplished. If a field exists where ICE and electric motorcycles can compete at the same level it is in competition and of these segments it is in Trials where an electric bike can surpass the…
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Grab and Go Batteries
Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki and Suzuki had previously announced the intention of working together to standardize battery technology to create a one size fits all scenario for future electric motorcycles. The four companies have now cemented that commitment by creating a new company “Gechaco” to provide the actual “battery as service” infrastructure for motorcycle battery swapping.…
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Getting Together on Batteries
Remember when charging various portable devices required a tangle of different charge cords and AC adapters? It was inconvenient and inefficient. In an unusually cooperative play, Yamaha, Honda, Suzuki, and Yamaha have agreed to design and build their future electric motorcycles with standardized interchangeable battery packs. With a universal design motorcyclists, regardless of brand, could…
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Race Proven Electric
Yamaha, often at the forefront of engine development both traditional and electric, will be providing electric motors to Subaru STI. What is STI? It is the skunkworks at Subaru. The Subarubian version of Mercedes’ AMG, BMW’s M, Mini’s JCW, you get the idea. It is the place things with wheels go to get faster. Yamaha…
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Ford and BMW Work Together on Batteries
BMW and Ford have teamed up to invest in a Colorado-based company called Solid Power. The intent is to secure solid state batteries for future electric vehicles. Both companies apparently believe that less expensive, more energy-dense, solid state batteries are among the keys to the success of future electric vehicles while also improving safety and…