July 30, 2019―At the 42nd “Coca-Cola” Suzuka 8 Hours, Katsuyuki Nakasuga, Alex Lowes and Michael van der Mark of the Yamaha Factory Racing Team took the #21 YZF-R1 to 2nd place, securing the fifth consecutive podium finish at Suzuka for Yamaha since the return of the factory team in 2015.
With 2019 marking the 21st year since the YZF-R1 was launched, the Yamaha Factory Racing Team entered
IWATA, July 30, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced today that it will participate in the Japan Fair “Japan-Africa Business Forum & Expo,” to be held from August 28 to 30 at the Pacifico Yokohama in Yokohama City, Kanagawa, Japan. Hosted by the Japan External Trade Organization (JETRO), the Fair will be held alongside the Seventh Tokyo International Conference on African De
At the Tokyo Motor Show in the autumn of 2017, there were three Yamaha concept models in particular that drew significant attention.
One was the MOTOROiD, a self-balancing motorcycle with the ability to stand up on its own and slowly come to its owner autonomously when beckoned, and another was MOTOBOT Ver. 2, an advancement of Yamaha’s robot capable of autonomously riding an unmodified YZ
IWATA, July 23, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that an operational trial of Agricultural UGVs (Unmanned Ground Vehicles) will begin from August 2019 in the orchards of the Hamamatsu Fruit Park Tokinosumika experiential theme park in Hamamatsu City, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan.
Conducted in partnership with the Hamamatsu City Council and Tokinosumika Co.,Ltd., this
IWATA, July 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that the YNF (Yamaha Next Field)-01 low-speed mobility concept model has received the world-renowned “Red Dot Award: Design Concept 2019” award. This honor represents Yamaha Motor’s third Design Concept category award in a row since 2017.
The
YNF-01 is a low-speed mobility vehicle featuring outdoor-influenced st
IWATA, July 17, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) today announced that the updated supersport YZF-R1 and premium YZF-R1M models will be released from September 2019 for Europe. Both models are powered by liquid-cooled, 4-stroke, 4-valve, in-line 4-cylinder 998cm3 engines featuring a crossplane crankshaft.
Launch of the
YZF-R1, and the YZF-R1M in Japan is planned from the fall of
IWATA, July 12, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. announces the following personnel changes, effective July 15, 2019.
1. Change in duties of General Manager
Name
New Position
Current Position
Toshinari
Maegawa
General Manager of Finance &
Accounting Division, Corporate
Planning & Finance Center
Manager
IWATA, July 4, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) today announced its decision to make additional investment in Tier IV, Inc., which is engaged in the development of Autoware autonomous driving OS software. Through this investment, Yamaha Motor aims to strengthen development capabilities and acquire knowledge regarding low-speed autonomous driving technology.
Through this additional
July 1, 2019 – The final round of the FIM Trial-E Cup took place from June 29 to 30 alongside the TrialGP Belgium, Round 4 of the FIM Trial World Championship in Comblain-au-Pont, Belgium. The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Kenichi Kuroyama rode the TY-E electric trials bike to 2nd place as he had in the first round in the Netherlands to finish the Cup as vice-champion for the second consecutive
IWATA, June 27, 2019 - Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo:7272) today announced that it will launch the EC-05 electric scooter in Taiwan on August 1 , 2019.
In September 2018, Yamaha Motor began a study with Gogoro Inc. (Headquarters: Taoyuan City, Taiwan, CEO: Horace Luke) working towards collaboration in the EV business in the Taiwan market. The
EC-05 electric scooter has been developed a
Yamaha Motor and the Iwata City Council today announced the beginning of an evaluation trial on public roads of low-speed autonomous driving vehicles.
This trial is based on the “Partnership Agreement for Low-Speed Autonomous Driving Technology Evaluation Trials within Iwata City” concluded in October last year, and has two objectives: firstly, functional evaluation of and ascertaining i
June 24, 2019 – Round 1 of the FIM Trial-E Cup was held from June 22 to 23 in Zelhem in the Netherlands alongside Round 3 of the FIM Trial World Championship. The Yamaha Factory Racing Team’s Kenichi Kuroyama guided the TY-E electric trials bike through two laps of 15 sections each and finished with 4 marks and 27 cleans in all, resulting in a narrow miss for the win but a strong 2nd place podi
