Yamaha's New Electric Bikes are Coming Soon | RideApart

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Still lacking, and mostly focused on Japan (and cities) for now, but the only way to progress the tech is to keep building/testing to see what works.

What I like about this specific Yamaha plan / design is the swappable battery pack. Obviously easier to pull off in Saitama City than all of New England, but still a good test of the tech for swapping batteries, see the + / - in real world situations. Without universal battery design between MFGs probably more likely fast charge tech is a more realistic answer to the charging issues.

As usual, the cost & range is still MEH, if I lived in the city i'd opt for a high performance mid-drive electric bike with my own swappable battery packs.