Yamaha
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Lola Cars will partner with Yamaha to form a team in time for Season 11 of Formula E.
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Toyota and Yamaha test V-8 that runs on hydrogenHydrogen is a potential solution for keeping internal-combustion engines alive in a world of zero emissions, and Toyota is backing it.
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Yamaha buys patent for tilting 3-wheeler
Yamaha clearly sees the market for 3-wheeled vehicles gaining traction. Last month Norwegian company Brudeli announced Yamaha had purchased patents for its 3-wheel tilting vehicle suspension. Brudeli, a lesser known company, actually invented a novel setup for 3-wheeled vehicles. Instead of two...
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Yamaha to show robot rider at CES that will challenge Valentino Rossi
Yamaha plans to pit man against machine with its latest self-riding motorcycle concept. And it has an appropriate name: Motobot. The Japanese motorcycle company announced last Tuesday that it will bring its Motobot concept to the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where it will detail the...
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Yamaha Cross Hub is a pint-sized pickup truck concept
Yamaha might not be a brand you associate with trucks, but the motorcycle builder that brought us the Gordon Murray-designed Sports Ride and T25 Style Motiv concepts has brought a new show car to this year's Tokyo motor show. On Wednesday in Tokyo, the company took the wraps off of its Yamaha Cross...
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Yamaha Sports Ride Concept First With Gordon Murray-Designed iStream Carbon
Yamaha has been hinting at a move into car manufacturing in recent years, with the firm recently teaming up with McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray to develop a city car concept called the Motiv. Now Yamaha is back with a new sports car concept unveiled today at the 2015 Tokyo Motor Show, and like...
Viknesh Vijayenthiran -
Gordon Murray is best-known for his work on the McLaren F1 supercar more than two decades ago, and as a top Formula One designer before that, but he's spent the last few years showing he can turn his attention to more realistic--if less exciting--projects too. The first fruits of that labor were shown at the Tokyo Motor Show back in November, in the shape of the Yamaha Motiv city car. MUST SEE: Watch This 1,029-Horsepower Honda Odyssey Minivan Roast Its Tires It's now been announced the Motiv--still a concept vehicle at this stage--features electric power provided by engineering firm Zytek...
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Gordon Murray Teams With Yamaha On T25-Style Motiv City Car: Video
Yamaha has announced it is the first company to adopt McLaren F1 designer Gordon Murray's innovative iStream production process--said to slash the cost of producing cars. The Japanese motorcycle manufacturer--and soon-to-be automaker--revealed its Motiv city car at the 2013 Tokyo Motor Show today...
Antony Ingram
