Yamaha EC-05

The Yamaha EC-05 is an Electric Scooter from the famous Japanese brand Yamaha. Yamaha is one of the largest manufacturers of motorcycles in the world.

The EC-05 is created in a partnership with the Taiwanese e-scooter startup Gogoro and the scooter shares many features of the Gogoro 2, including the power-train and batteries.

The scooter has a 6,400 watt electric motor. The scooter has a top speed of 45 km/h and accelerates from 0 to 50 km/h in 3.9 seconds.

The speed of the scooter can be restricted to be officially registered as 45 km/h scooter in Europe.

The scooter has two removable Gogoro-compatible Lithium batteries for a range of 110 km. Yamaha has entered a partnership with Honda, Kawasaki and Suzuki to design a standardized swap-able battery that can be shared by many electric vehicles, including cars and boats.

The batteries can be swapped at existing Gogoro GoStation battery-swap facilities and Gogoro provides a home-charger named GoCharger.

The dashboard is similar to that of the Gogoro 2. The scooter has a wireless RFID key and connects to a smart phone for access to scooter apps.

The scooter is available in 4 colors:

Islate Blue, Diamond Black, Deep Blue and Sugar White.