Yamaha Y-01W AWD, the two-wheel drive bicycle
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- 23/10/2023 16:39
The Japanese manufacturer Yamaha has unveiled a Gravel-style bike equipped with two electric assist drive wheels, the Y-01W AWD.
Gravel is currently the trendy style of two-wheeled vehicles, a kind of SUV in the cycling world. In one sense, it was to be expected since you ask drivers to give up their cars daily to switch to an independent, individual mode of transport that is also practical. Comfort, performance, and safety are increasingly emphasized in the specifications.
Yamaha has incorporated these elements into a new, innovative product in the cycling scene: a city bike with two batteries and two electric motors. The device is likely to be extremely heavy and hard to maneuver or park, but its dynamism once in motion should be astonishing. One motor is housed in the front wheel hub, and the other in the crankset. And thus, the first all-wheel-drive bicycle.
Technical data points are still in the concept stage, but the idea is not foolish. Especially if you enjoy long seaside rides on sandy roads or through woods with slippery leaves, electronically controlled dual-wheel drive will ensure stability and impressive off-road capability.
On the other hand, the price is expected to be quite steep. Yamaha may also have invented the corporate bike. A possibility for the government to create new taxes on income…
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