Electric Bicycle produced by Yamaha was claimed more durable new battery

Tokyo - Yamaha Motor was not only good at producing motorcycles, but also experts in producing electric bicycles. Japanese manufacturer that intends to market the latest generation of electric bikes.

"The first generation was launched nine years ago,"said the Nikkei was quoted as saying tradingmarket.com, Wednesday (12 / 1).

Now, Yamaha did to redesign the battery power so it has the durability two times longer than previous generations of batteries. New battery was also claimed more durable, so that the owner simply replace it once every nine years.


In fact, energy storage battery is rechargeable stun up to 900 times throughout its working life. The amount is two times more than previous generations.

The battery was manufactured by Sanyo Electric Company. The device is made of lithium ion.

Manufacturers set a sales target that most brand-generation bike was 40 thousand units this year bringing the total sales target with the previous generation bike to reach 107 thousand units. "That number increased 15 percent compared to sales of 2010," writes the Nikkei.

Only, unfortunately this new bike is available in the local market with a tag of 99,800 Japanese yen or approximately Rp 11.15 million.