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General Category => Electric Motorcycle News => Topic started by: Richard230 on April 24, 2014, 03:10:31 AM

Title: Yamaha to produce their PES1 and PED1 electric motorcycles
Post by: Richard230 on April 24, 2014, 03:10:31 AM

I never thought I would see the day (well at least not this soon), but this report says that Yamaha will be producing their PES1 and PED1 electric motorcycles - in 2016.  They look great, but will be down on performance compared with the latest Brammo and Zero models by the time they are introduced:  http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/23/yamaha-pes1-ped1-electric-motorcycles-production/ (http://www.autoblog.com/2014/04/23/yamaha-pes1-ped1-electric-motorcycles-production/)

Title: Re: Yamaha to produce their PES1 and PED1 electric motorcycles
Post by: WindRider on April 24, 2014, 07:58:36 AM

Wow. 

Very nice looking bikes.  Extremely light!

No range, performance, or prices given. 

Title: Re: Yamaha to produce their PES1 and PED1 electric motorcycles
Post by: Justin Andrews on April 24, 2014, 02:56:11 PM

Thats good news. The more compatition the better.

The weight of the PES1 is about 100kg, and the battery is supposidly swappable (and common with the PED1).
This strikes me as therefore having a fairly small battery, I throw my chips in that its in the 3-5kWh range.

I think they'll be a compititor to the Zero-FX but might struggle specs wise against the Zero-S and the Empulse (Let alone the Zero-SR and Empulse-R).

Some more pictures, some showing what appears to be the battery sitting in the PED1
 
http://insideevs.com/see-all-of-yamahas-electric-two-wheelers-at-tokyo-motor-show-photos-and-videos/ (http://insideevs.com/see-all-of-yamahas-electric-two-wheelers-at-tokyo-motor-show-photos-and-videos/)