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08-06-2020, 09:10 AM | #1 | |
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Yamaha shows off ‘extremely compact’ electric motors
Yamaha shows off ‘extremely compact’ electric motors developed for electric motorcycles, cars
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If they sell these independently and at a reasonable price, I can see a lot of retrofits.
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08-06-2020, 09:18 AM | #2 |
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Yamaha builds quality stuff so I can see this doing exponentially well.
EV powered UTV's would be money. Get rid of the belt driven garbage (except for yamaha and Honda's here driven.) If you could get a UTV with 200 miles per charge and all that fun torque, it would absolutely crush and be so damn fun. |
08-06-2020, 10:20 AM | #3 |
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08-06-2020, 10:33 AM | #4 |
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The world is gradually shifting and I agree with retrofitting. In about 20 years I can dump my 4.0 litter in my little Ranger and shift to a Solid State battery with a light weight motor. I can see me upgrading my mower to electric in about 5 years.. Darn honda motor is a beast.
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08-06-2020, 12:33 PM | #5 | |
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08-06-2020, 01:43 PM | #6 |
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08-06-2020, 01:45 PM | #7 |
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08-06-2020, 01:47 PM | #8 |
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The new sport UTV’s are also getting pretty large so there could possibly be plenty of room for batteries. Battery size will also decrease over time so it’s not exactly a far stretch.
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08-06-2020, 04:33 PM | #9 | |
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But farmers and people with land? Oh yeah. My Grandmother would probably have loved one around the farm since the closest gas station was a 45 min drive We’ll get there eventually, but it’s additional cost and complexity for a “new” drivetrain. 50 miles doesn’t seem like much, but when you’re riding under 10 miles a day... |
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08-06-2020, 06:33 PM | #10 |
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range kills an electric motorcycle for me.
maybe a city-going scooter... hell, an electric grom with 50 mile range would probably be a blast... but it'd be so expensive that I'd never be interested. But I'm all for companies pushing the boundaries. Yami is a great manufacturer and I wouldn't hesitate to buy an EV that was powered by one of their motors. |
08-06-2020, 07:58 PM | #11 | |
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08-06-2020, 08:14 PM | #12 | |
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Is the UTV crowd small in comparison to cars? Sure. But UTV's have almost entirely replaced 4 wheelers and most of the dealerships are out or near out on inventory. Go look at the price for a RZR turbo or Teryx Kawasaki. Starting at $20k. That my friend is a damn car and high margin. EV would do wonders for those people. |
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08-06-2020, 08:21 PM | #13 |
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Electric motors can operate at lower wattage output just as ice engines can, the easier you drive, the more range you can squeeze out. There is a limit of course, but most people push them to their limits and you're not getting a lot of range doing 3 second 0-60 from every stop light, lol. Having a 150kw capacity doesn't mean you have to use it all. There is also regen if you have the peripherals to support it. The trick is to use the lightest and most efficient materials for the motors, which is pricey. I'm wondering if Panasonic is making moves in this market, they are extremely proficient in the field of efficient electric motors. Or maybe Panasonic/Matsu****a is actually making the Yamaha motors....
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08-07-2020, 12:44 PM | #14 | |
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Zero has much more capable motorcycles, but still, range and recharge time just don't work for me... too many miles for me to get to fun to drive roads. |
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08-07-2020, 01:46 PM | #15 |
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I love Yamaha stuff.
OT: looks like a Lotus they're testing in.........that could be fun. |
08-07-2020, 02:19 PM | #16 | |
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08-07-2020, 02:39 PM | #17 | |
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A 200 mile range would have lasted me until lunch on Saturdays. Maybe a bit longer if I stayed off the dirt roads. I rode my bike a lot, my only entertainment options were the Dirtbike, Nintendo, or wandering around the woods blasting random **** with my .22. |
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08-07-2020, 03:51 PM | #19 | |
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08-09-2020, 01:05 AM | #20 |
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Y'all are some rich mother****ers
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08-09-2020, 02:49 PM | #21 |
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No it won't. And driving an EV everyday for 6.5 years, you quickly realize, if you hammer on the throttle, you aren't going to get the quoted range either, not by a long shot I've ridden every EV bike made by Zero so far, an my dealer always wants feedback. I told him it'd get me out to my twisties, and the first section, then it'd be DOA and have to be towed some where. I rode one of my sportbikes yesterday and hit the reserve fuel indication at 105.2 miles.
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08-09-2020, 03:05 PM | #22 |
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Yamaha should also use their tuning expertise to make this thing sound good (instead of dead silence or overgrown RC car gear/motor whine) while they're at it IMO. There must be a way.
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