Yamaha To Supply Hyper-EV Motors To Subaru Tecnica For Motorsport

Subaru Tecnica is developing the STI E-RA EV which will be used in future motorsport, and Yamaha's high-output, compact EV motors will be used in the electric vehicle.

By Carandbike Team

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Published on January 14, 2022

Highlights

Yamaha's hyper-EV motor will be used in Subaru's E-RA EV
Yamaha announced the compact motor last year
Subaru intends to go all-electric by the mid 2030s

Yamaha motor has announced it will supply Subaru Tecnica International (STI) with electric motors for future motorsport. Yamaha is developing Hyper-EV motors to be mounted on STI E-RA EV which is aiming for a record at Nurburgring. The STI E-RA EV is being developed by STI with the aim of gaining experience and practice in new technologies in the world of motorsport, which is making its way toward a carbon-neurtral era. The STI E-RA EV Concept will be on display at the Subaru/STI booth at the Tokyo Auto Salon 2022, which kicks off today, January 14, 2022, at the Makuhari Messe exhibition complex in Chiba, Japan. Also Read: Subaru Unveils First All-Electric Car Solterra Subaru's first all-electric car is the Solterra, developed with Toyota The electric motor for Hyper EVs focusses on the development of a brand-new electric motor with the highest class in output density. According to Yamaha Motor, the units the electric vehicle will use were developed as "emotional electric engines" that leverage the technologies and engineering sense that Yamaha has accumulated through engine development over the years. Yamaha's casting and machining technologies, as well as adoption of high-efficiency segment conductors have led to the high output of these motors, while being compact in size. Also Read: Subaru Sets Mid-2030s Target To Sell Only EVs Last year, Yamaha announced that it has developed an electric motor that reaches the industry's highest class in output density. The company had announced in April 2021 that it had developed a unit boasting a maximum output in the 350 kW class which is intended for installation and use in hyper-EVs and other high output applications. The main feature of this electric motor is its compact construction that treats the mechanical and electrical components as a single entity, integrating the gear and inverter into one unit. It was also developed in anticipation of installation and use of multiple units on a single vehicle, Yamaha announced.