Piaggio and Zongshen know that small displacement scooters have become a vital market in territories such as Asia or Europe, where the rules for moving around urban centers have become increasingly restrictive. As a news from the Mega Chinamotor website reports, it is therefore not surprising that the Italian manufacturer has set to work to improve its mechanics and offer increasingly cleaner and more environmentally friendly engines. In fact we now know that Piaggio is working together with the Chinese giant Zongshen to create a new 150cc engine to be installed in his future scooters.
G150S, the Piaggio Zongshen engine challenges Honda and Yamaha
According to what has been published in the Chinese magazine Mega Chinamotor, both companies are jointly developing a new low-displacement engine which will soon be sold in both the Asian and European markets.
The new engine, called G150S, has an internal structure very similar to the latest engines developed by Yamaha and Honda for their models. NMax e PCX. According to Asian media, this 150 cubic centimeter engine would develop an output of 15.6 hp (11 kW) and a torque of 14.5 Nm. It would also have electronic fuel injection and lateral liquid cooling.
credits photo Mega ChinaMotors
But that is not all. Developed to have the latest, this G150S engine would be prepared to be compatible with different technologies such as the Smart Key, silent start or automatic shutdown at traffic lights or in heavy city traffic.
Even mechanically it would be at the top of current technology, using state-of-the-art elements as one integral cylinder head, an eccentric crankshaft, lighter pistons of those proposed so far and an infinity of news that will be unveiled later, when the two companies will officially present it.
As usual, this engine would not be intended for a single model of the Italian company, but we should see it mounted in different models belonging to the Piaggio Group such as Aprilia, Vespa, etc. Its arrival date on the market is scheduled for 2022, so it would be surprising that the next Piaggio scooter was equipped with the new G150S.