With an eye to outshine gasoline-powered mopeds market in Asia, Japan’s Yamaha Motor has introduced a zero-emission electric scooter EC-03 that can travel 26.6 miles on a single six-hour charge from a household power outlet. Sanyo Electric has developed a 50V lithium-ion battery for the e-moped. The electric scooter also features has a lightweight aluminum alloy frame.
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A Yamaha spokesperson says…
It emits no carbon dioxide and can be stored away inside the house as it would leak no gasoline.
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Yamaha assumes that the annual demand for electric motorcycles in Asian markets will balloon to 300,000 to 500,000 units by the mid-2010s. Accordingly, it hopes to release the EC-03 in Tokyo on September 1 this year. After a month or so, the moped will be available to the Japanese customers with a price tag of $2800. Later, in 2011, Yamaha will start exporting it to Taiwan, Europe and China.
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Via: PhysOrg
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