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title: "How Honda, Yamaha, and other Japanese leaders are racing towards electric motorcycles"
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locale: "en"
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description: "Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, including Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki, are preparing for a significant shift towards electric motorcycles. While they haven't yet released high-performance electric superbikes, they are developing portfolios and factories focused on electrification. Yamaha's President, Motofumi Shitara, emphasized the industry's goal of achieving carbon neutrality through electrification. The company has launched several electric scooter models and aims for electric motorcycles to make up about 30% of its new model lineup in the coming years."
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# How Honda, Yamaha, and other Japanese leaders are racing towards electric motorcycles

For years, much of the electric motorcycle spotlight has focused on startups and legacy spinoffs. But quietly – and increasingly not so quietly – Japan’s motorcycle giants have been laying the groundwork for a major shift of their own.

Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki, and Suzuki may not be flooding showrooms with high-performance electric superbikes just yet, but they are steadily building portfolios, factories, and long-term strategies that point clearly in one direction: electrification.

“There’s no doubt in my mind that electrification would become mainstream in the industry’s final goal for achieving carbon neutrality,” Yamaha Motor President Motofumi Shitara said recently, according to the _Japan Times_.

Yamaha has already rolled out multiple electric scooter models in Asia and Europe, and the company has been actively developing electric dirt bikes and off-road concepts. While most of its production EVs so far sit in the small-displacement equivalent category, Yamaha has publicly stated ambitions to make electric motorcycles account for roughly 30% of its new model lineup in the coming years.

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