Yamaha starts sale e-Bike

In an area where Bosch is the master, Yamaha thinks of trying to break the delays, leaving the Asian market, and landing in the United States with a very varied e-bike proposal and designed for everyone.

The Japanese manufacturer based in Iwata, better known for its motorcycles, actually has a 25-year experience in the assisted pedaling sector, having already presented an embryonic e-bike prototype back in 1993: this technology was carried out up to the present day but with a greater interest for the Asian market only.

” Yamaha e-bikes are already in stores, and we receive excellent feedback from our first resellers and customers, from coast to coast, from California to Maryland. ” From casual commuters to regular cyclists, more and more people see the benefits of integrating an e-Bike in their daily lives, ” says Drew Engelmann, Sales and Marketing Manager for Yamaha’s Power Assist Bicycle Group ” We have been a world leader in the production of Power Assist Bicycle for more than two decades and it is exciting now to launch the first Yamaha e-Bike range in the United States. ”

The current range consists of four models: the CrossCore, entry-level bike for an efficient fitness, the CrossConnect designed for highly customizable and complete commuters, the UrbanRush an ” all-you-go ” but with setting from sport road bike, and the YDX-TORC model a mountain bike for trekking and off-road demanding.

Except this last version, all the other models share the same platform based on the Yamaha PWSeries SE engine, equipped with four levels of pedal assistance, ECO+, ECO, STANDARD and HIGH with performances able to provide a maximum of 70 Nm of torque and support up to a pedaling rate of 110 RPM, with management speed up to 32 km/h where the law allows it.

The YDX-TORC model, on the other hand, is a slightly more refined solution, equipped with a more powerful engine named Yamaha PW-X, with an extra power of up to 80 Nm of torque and support up to a pedaling rate of 120 RPM, in addition with a fifth mode of assistance to ride called EXPW designed for maximum performance possible.

All the models described above share the same lithium-ion battery pack characterized by a voltage of 36V and a capacity of 500 Wh, fully rechargeable in just 4 hours, and more or less the same accessories, that is, an LCD screen multifunction and LED indicators of the battery to check at a glance the remaining charge.

Yamaha has proposed these models on the US market with prices ranging between $2,399 and $3,499 and, unlike many other brands, the entire range of e-bikes offered is offered in sizes S, M and L, or Small, Medium and Large, so as to reach not only every type of user for use but also for stature; For more images, videos and details, please visit the YamahaBicycles.com page and the page dedicated to the individual components of the pedal assistance system made in Yamaha.