Trade Insider: Yamaha’s Not Biting the Hydrogen Bullet…But

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  • Yamaha doesn’t have hydrogen bikes of their short-term objectives
  • HySE Consortium stays a wonderful possibility for pooling information
  • …till the business is prepared, de Seynes says inside combustion is our greatest possibility

Eric de Seynes has simply sat down with MCN to speak about hydrogen tech and it’s feasibility in right this moment’s markets.

It’s been underneath every week since Yamaha EU’s earlier President stepped down from his function as CEO to hitch the corporate’s supervisory board; regardless of this, de Seynes stays as keen about Yamaha as ever… which makes him the right candidate for chats on hydrogen tech.

 Eric de Seynes, earlier President and now the Chairman of the Supervisory Board. Media offered by Yamaha Racing.

Yamaha and Hydrogen

For these of you who don’t know, Yamaha is a part of a partnership known as the “HySE Consortium.” “HySE” (or “Hydrogen Small Mobility & Engine Know-how”) is devoted to hydrogen-powered bikes, drones, mini vehicles, and watercraft.

In response to the HySE press launch, Yamaha’s dedication to HySE included the next:

  • “Palms-on analysis utilizing actual hydrogen-powered engines” (performance, efficiency, and reliability) with Kawasaki.

  • The event of “refueling techniques and hydrogen tanks.”

The Ninja H2 HySE, the world's first hydrogen motorcycle.
 The Ninja H2 HySE, the world’s first hydrogen motorbike. Media offered by Webike Japan.

Does Yamaha have any Hydrogen bikes within the works?

Kawasaki – one other member of HySE – has simply gone and punted out the world’s first hydrogen sports activities bike, resulting in the inevitable question: What’s Yammie received cooking within the lab?

In response to de Seynes, not a lot… no less than, not for the motorbike neighborhood. If we would like that reply to vary, we’ll apparently have to attend for our good business to return alongside:

Hydrogen is clearly a next-generation expertise, but it surely requires a number of vitality [to produce]… so, till the world is producing extra vitality, cleaner vitality, inexperienced vitality, hydrogen is a dream.”

“We all know the way to make a scooter run with hydrogen, the way it works and might handle it. However to make it actual for our prospects is one other story. And we aren’t alone.”

– Eric de Seynes, Chairman of Supervisory Board (MCN)
A man bowing to a stripped motorcycle .
 A person bowing to an ICE bike. Media offered by SUPERMOTO8

Why Yamaha joined HySE

Yamaha might not see themselves cooking up a hydrogen-powered bike within the subsequent 12 months, however de Seynes reminds us to not underestimate power in numbers – actually, power is strictly why they sigmed on as a member of the HySE Consortium within the first place:

“[We participated] with [HySE] as a result of it’s superior expertise, and it’s higher that we share. It is smart to have a consortium and work collectively till the market is prepared. However within the brief time period, the inner combustion engine is the perfect expertise you may get.”

“That’s a truth.”

– Eric de Seynes, Chairman of Supervisory Board (MCN)

Are you excited to see what 2024 brings for the members of the HySE Consortium?

*Media offered by SUPERMOTO8, in addition to Webike and Yamaha Racing*

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