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Honda and Yamaha Announce Electric Scooters

 
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After months and years of offerings from start-up electric bike, scooter and motorcycle companies like Vectrix, Zero Motorcycles, Brammo, etc., Honda and Yamaha have finally yielded to the marketplace and are now offering their own electric scooters. 

Honda chose to bring back their iconic scooter from times past and will offer the Honda EV-Cub.  It has two motors (one for each wheel), offering improved safety and handling on loose terrain and wet pavement.  Production is expected to start in the next few months to support a 2010 roll-out.

Yamaha displayed three new electric scooters.  The Yamaha EC-f and EC-fs are "high concept" (stylish but impractical to manufacture) scooters and the Yamaha EC03 is a more conventional single motor scooter.  No production time-frame was available.

[Honda Source: EVworldwire]

[Yamaha Source:EVworldwire]





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  1. By Noel Park Posted: 10/26/2009 12:27pm PDT

    Oh man, Honda's gonna sell a zillion of these things.
    "You meet the nicest people on a Honda"
     
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  2. By N Riley Posted: 10/26/2009 1:08pm PDT

    "Oh man, Honda's gonna sell a zillion of these things."
    On this we can certainly agree. I love the looks of it. I wonder what kind of pricing it will have?
     
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  3. By  yamaha tour custom Posted: 2/13/2010 3:40pm PST

    Cool, about time Yamaha joined the party and offered up an electro scooter. I've seen a ton of them in London and they seem pretty zippy!
     
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