At a glance
- Company
- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd.
- Ticker
- Tokyo: 7272
- Announcement
- Product
- Location
- Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan
Key figures
- Target year for MXEP entry
- 2026
- Carbon-neutrality goal year
- 2050
People
- Philippe ArestenCEO of Electric Motion SAS
Products and programs
Iwata, Shizuoka, Japan, November 6, 2025 -- Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. (Tokyo: 7272) announced that it will exhibit the YE-01 electric motocross concept model at EICMA 2025 (The International Two-Wheeler Exhibition) that began on November 4 in Milan, Italy. The YE-01 takes a fun-based approach toward achieving carbon neutrality and was jointly developed with French electric motorcycle manufacturer, Electric Motion SAS (CEO: Philippe Aresten).
Yamaha Motor has previously competed in the FIM Trial World Championship with its TY-E electric trials bike and is currently supplying the powertrain for the Lola Yamaha ABT Formula E Team racing in the ABB FIA Formula E World Championship. The Company will leverage the electric control technologies, thermal energy management know-how, and other expertise gained through these demanding racing environments with the YE-01 toward the goal of entering the new MXEP electric motocross racing series in 2026. By taking on this new challenge in the world of motocross, the Company aims to further advance its EV technologies.
Yamaha Motor has set a companywide Yamaha Motor Group Environmental Plan 2050 for achieving carbon neutrality throughout all of its business activities-including across the life cycles of its products-by 2050.*¹The Company will continue to conduct R&D into a variety of technologies, including electrification, that contribute to sustainability, pursuing a multi-pathway approach toward achieving carbon neutrality.

The YE-01 is part of Yamaha Motor's initiatives to achieve its Environmental Plan and is one symbolic model representing the Company's commitment to electrification. As the Kando*²Creating Company, Yamaha Motor will continue delivering greater fun and excitement to customers through products that harness the unique appeals of electric power.
*1 Other emissions outside of business activities that include offices, factories, and energy purchases (Scope 1 and 2) that include product use and raw material procurement (Scope 3).
*2 Kando is a Japanese word for the simultaneous feelings of deep satisfaction and intense excitement that we experience when we encounter something of exceptional value.
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In brief
Yamaha Motor Co., Ltd. says it will display its YE-01 electric motocross concept at EICMA 2025, an exhibition underway in Milan. The model was developed with French electric motorcycle maker Electric Motion SAS. Yamaha says it plans to apply expertise from racing, including electric controls and thermal management, as it works toward entering the MXEP electric motocross series in 2026. The company describes the concept as part of its wider electrification efforts and its environmental plan, which sets a 2050 carbon-neutrality goal across business activities and product life cycles. Yamaha says it will continue researching several technologies, including electrification, as part of a multi-pathway approach to sustainability.
Key takeaways
- Yamaha plans to exhibit the YE-01 electric motocross concept at EICMA 2025 in Milan.
- The concept was jointly developed with French electric motorcycle manufacturer Electric Motion SAS.
- Yamaha aims to enter the MXEP electric motocross racing series in 2026.
- The company’s environmental plan sets a carbon-neutrality goal for 2050 across business activities and product life cycles.
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