Sanyo will be officially supplying lithium-ion batteries to the Yamaha electric motorcycle, EC-03. The Yamaha electric motorcycle is set to debut in September where the battery combines a number of 18650 sized cylindrical lithium-ion batteries typically used for consumer equipment such as laptops.

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Yamaha is all set to double its India-based showrooms which will help aid in the company’s intent to tap the rural market. India Yamaha aims to increase their number of showrooms to 2,000, majority of which will be situated at small towns and rural hubs.

The company is refurbishing some of the existing outlets in small towns and rural hubs and adding new ones called Yamaha Bike Corners, organizing free motorcycle service camps and test rides. Sales of scooters rose 27 percent to 1.46 million units in the year ended March 31.

The prototypes of Yamaha’s EC-03 were shown last year and now it looks like they are going to invade the Asian regions as well. In fact, they are scheduled to invade Japan this coming Summer to kick off what you can safely call the Asian Invasion.

Yamaha is joining the fray over at India as it plans to launch new scooter lines. At the moment, they are doing their homework and studying market trends. The product line has not yet been named but they will definitely launch a scooter line over at India as bared by India Yamaha Motor National Business Head Pankaj Dubey.

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I don’t know if this scooter concept ever moved from being a concept to a reality but the 2010 Yamaha T-Max 750 scooter was really something made to answer the Gilera GP800. It features an engine capacity of 750 sm.kub. backed with 3 cylinders to power its 500 cubic power unit model.

The Tokyo Motor Show has been underway all week and we’ve seen several enticing vehicles come from it but we haven’t seen many scooters. Today, Yamaha has taken the time to show us their EC-f concept, pictured above.

This scooter is designed for use by commuters who need an easy way to get from their car to the office. There was no word on availability but we’ll keep you posted as it comes out off of the drawing board and into production.

Yamaha unveils a couple of new scooters made of new rigid frames, increased storage capacity and luxury dashboard designs with the X-Max 250 and the X-Max 125. Armed with 250cc and 125cc engines, these new scooters are said to be more flexible owing to their new footboard position.

A week after announcing that they will be unveiling gearless scooters for women, Yamaha makes another bold announcement that should rock the scooter world.

Here is a stylish and protective accessory to add to your Yamaha scooters. The add-on is the Genuine Yamaha TMAX acc.