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Tokyo 2009: Yamaha EC-f channels Xbox, blurs definitions

It's certainly not a motorcycle, and we'd have a tough time convincing ourselves that it's a scooter, too. Regardless, we think the Yamaha EC-f, which is currently on display at the Tokyo Motor Show, sports a distinctive look and plenty of cool features. According to Yamaha, the lack of "exhaust parts" is what inspired its "bold" and "sculptural" design. Sadly, there isn't much in the way of actual hard data about the conceptual electric scooter, other than the fact that it sports some sort of lithium ion battery pack and .6 kW (just ... Read more →

EICMA to feature green motorcycle showcase, but not Honda or Yamaha Jeremy Korzeniewski

- Many motorcycle and scooter manufacturers like to tout the fuel saving nature of their two-wheeled vehicles. Looking ahead a bit further, it's also becoming obvious that electric motors are ...

Yamaha files patents for hybrid motorcycle based on Gen-Ryu, LUXAIR concepts Jeremy Korzeniewski

Yamaha is reportedly developing a hybrid motorcycle based on the Gen-Ryu concept that first debuted at the Tokyo Motor Show way back in 2005 and the LUXAIR followup two years later. That first ...

Yamaha France advises against using E10 Jeremy Korzeniewski

- Here in the United States, the use of E10 (10 percent ethanol, 90 percent gasoline) is already widespread, and, generally speaking, all cars, trucks and motorcycles currently sold in the U.S. ...

Yamaha tests golf cart powered with cow dung Xavier Navarro

What can you do with cow dung? We can think of at least one green car option: transform it into biomethane and use the gas to power a golf cart. This is what the engineers at Yamaha in Katori, in ...

Yamaha Japan introduces three electric bikes: $1,200 for a 42 mile range 10 months ago on Autoblog Green

Yamaha. I hear the name and hope the news is about zippy electric scooters. The truth is, though, that the Japanese manufacturer also builds bicycles, and some of these bicycles have electric motors to assist the person pushing the pedals. This month, the company is releasing three new models, each ...

Yamaha patents flex-fuel motorcycle 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/autos/Yamaha_patents_flex_fuel_motorcycle'; Flex-fuel automobiles are nothing new. In fact, there are over 7-million flexible-fuel vehicles already on the roads in America, and it's not at all uncommon to see gas stations that offer E85. All vehicles sold in the ...

Honda and Yamaha to make electric motorcycles 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

"Make hay while the sun shines 'cuz we're on our way and we're bringing some serious rain," is the message Honda and Yamaha are sending to the new electric motorcycle companies that have been springing up like daisies. Only one of the two long-established Japanese brands has shown off ...

Yamaha gets in on the eBike phenomenon 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yamaha certainly has plenty of experience making sporty two-wheeled vehicles, as riders of the firm's R6 and R1 sportbikes can certainly attest. Now, though, it seems that the Tuning Fork company has decided to branch out into human power, specifically with a new hybrid bicycle. What makes this ...

Yamaha files patent for Enduro bike with CVT transmission 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Yamaha recently filed a patent in the United States for an enduro motorcycle with a continuously variable transmission. The CVT, as it's better known, is one of the most efficient means of transferring power in an automobile application. Yamaha, as well as nearly every other manufacturer of modern ...

Yamaha F350 5.3 liter V8 outboard motors save fuel 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

It's not often that consumers choose a V8 engine for its low fuel consumption, but that seems to be exactly what is happening with the Yamaha F350 outboard motor. This sixty-degree engine is a rather high-tech design, featuring 32 valves and double overhead cams to produce some 350 horsepower at the ...

Deus Ex Machina, an electric Yamaha-branded exoskeleton 1 year ago on Autoblog Green

Click on the image for more shots of the Deus Ex Machina concept Bumsuk Lim, a professor at Art Center Pasadena in California, has started a new program which aims to push the boundaries of future motorcycle design. Lim projects two-wheeling as a possible green revolution of sorts, saying, "There ...

Tesseract on film: the leaning, four-wheeled, hybrid bullet bike comes to video 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The video above is of Yamaha's very unusual Tesseract concept bike. The Tesseract has four wheels but the appearance is much more like a bullet bike than a traditional four-wheeler. The Tesseract is powered by a liquid cooled, V-twin, 2-cylinder gasoline engine and an electric motor. The clip ...

Tokyo 2007 Preview: Yamaha on two-wheels - FC-AQEL - Part 6 of 6 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

The last, and extremely belated, two-wheeled prototype displayed in Tokyo this year by Yamaha is the FC-AQEL concept. Using a hydrogen fuel cell and batteries, the machine uses what appears to be the same super-thin YIPU (Yamaha Integrated Power Unit) that the LUXAIR uses. The on-board 35MPa tank ...

Yamaha's $2,000 electric bike 2 years ago on Autoblog Green

If you like the Enertia but not the price tag, consider Yamaha's Electric Commuter EC-02. It's just $2,000. It looks a lot like the Enertia electric bike, just smaller and much slower. The Enertia's top speed is 50 MPH while the EC-02 can only go 18 MPH. Enertia says their "bikes are not associated ...

Yamaha to unveil hydrogen fuel-cell scooter at EVS-22 3 years ago on Autoblog Green

At last year's Tokyo Motor Show, Yamaha introduced a fuel cell scooter called the FC-me. It ran on a liquid methanol-water solution and its size and performance would have fit nicely in the 50cc gas-fueled class. This year, Yamaha is upping the ante with the FC-AQEL, a 125cc comparable two-wheel ...

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