Yamaha have just announced they?re having a big ?switch on?, and that in the next year or so, we can look forward to some new, and interesting models.

Yamaha are not unfamiliar with electric motors, they?ve been dabbling with them for more than 30 years. As well as electric golf buggies, electric out-board motors and things of that ilk, they?ve produced about 7 million electric drive units for e-bikes. No, that?s not a typo, 7 million. If you?re to look at the drive motors on many of the top-of-the-range e-bikes, there?s a good chance you?d see the word Yamaha, or at least a set of tuning forks printed on there somewhere.

As part of the big switch on, Yamaha are launching three new e-bikes of their own, which should be available before the end of the year.
Neo?s

But that?s not all. Yamaha are about to launch (or switch on) the all new NEO?s. It?s an electric scooter, roughly equivalent to a 50cc moped. We don?t have many details about it just yet, but we expect to have some soon.

You?d have to say though, that it?s likely to be amongst the best ?electric mopeds? about. Not many of the other companies producing similar offerings have got as much experience in producing either electric motors, or motorcycles; and there certainly aren?t any that have as much experience in both. I know an electric moped isn?t going to put hairs on anyone?s chest, but if you live and work in a city and you need something for commuting (and you?ve got somewhere to store and cha...