Spring 2025
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It was first unveiled in Miami this year at the International Boat Show; however, Yamaha was also requested to display their H2 Hydrogen Outboard for the auto industry at the 2024 Specialty Equipment and Market Association (SEMA) show in Las Vegas in November in the Future Tech section of the event. As part of the Yamama crew, I was able to assist in the Yamaha presentation it to the automotive crowd.
EMISSION-FREE PROPULSION
Yamaha and Yamaha Rightwaters work diligently to improve the environment. We have a long-term goal of
being carbon-neutral operations by 2035 and products by 2050, without sacrificing performance and reliability. That is why we have been working towards alternative propulsion methods, other than gasoline.
Photo: Jody Only
When we look at gasoline or diesel motors, we know it is a goal to find alternatives, and while we aren’t saying that we have to go all hydrogen, the goal of Yamaha is to be ready with other motor choices that run on alternative fuels.
Electricity is increasing its popularity in the automotive industry, especially with rising costs of gasoline, Tesla’s offerings and the increasing infrastructure for charging; but will that overtake gasoline?
It is our theory, even when looking ahead to future decades, gasoline could remain at 50 percent of the fuel market, electric 25 percent, and hydrogen another 25 percent. We don’t have to go all one type or another, but what we do want to do is show that we have technology for propulsion in all methods.
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