The patents also show the generator and e-turbo connected to a high-voltage electrical system. This is a common practice today in cars with e-turbos, but it uses a higher 48V architecture.

Yamaha is one such name, and it has recently revealed a new ‘Turbo’ scooter, loaded with modern-day technologies. Some of these are even missing from the YZF-R7!

Yamaha has filed a patent application for the use of an electric turbo on what appears to be one of its CP3 three-cylinder engine motorcycles. If it comes into production, this could result in an ...

The Yamaha Nmax Turbo is powered by a single-cylinder liquid-cooled 155cc engine that makes 15.3PS at 8000rpm and 14.2Nm at 6500rpm. Now this motor is borrowed from Yamaha R15 V4, but unlike the ...

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Yamaha has built turbocharged engines before. In the 80s, the company had the XJ650 Turbo (pictured above). It was only made for a couple of years. I’d suspect that if Yamaha goes the Turbo route this ...

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