River Indie-based Yamaha electric scooter spied

The new Yamaha e-scooter is expected to go on sale later this year.

Yamaha is working on a new electric scooter based on a familiar model, the River Indie. Codenamed RY01, the new e-scooter was recently spotted testing in Bangalore.

While the underpinnings are the same, Yamaha’s version has a completely different design. It’s an unconventional-looking e-scooter with a large front apron that houses a rectangular LED headlamp. It has an exposed handlebar with a 6-inch LCD instrument console mounted on it. Yamaha has also redesigned the tail section. It has a different tail lamp and a more conventional rear grab rail.

Yamaha’s new e-scooter is likely to use the same suspension setup as the River Indie. The test mule has a telescopic fork in the front and dual shock absorbers in the rear. The design of the rear swingarm also looks familiar, and so do the 14-inch alloy wheels.

The new Yamaha e-scooter is expected to be powered by a 6.7 kW mid-mounted electric motor paired with a 4 kWh battery pack that is said to deliver a range of 161 km on a single charge.

Source: Autocar India