Originally Posted by
Kapusta
Yamaha is not leaving the US market. They are just not selling eBikes. Yamaha still has a ton of dealers in the US (the powersport dealers they were selling many of these through are not going anywhere). Plus, they are still making and selling these bikes elsewhere (Europe and Canada), so there will be no shortage of warranty parts. Plus, keep in mid that they also make motors for many other eBikes. And this is a pretty well establish company with a good reputation.
I would not be too worried about this.
True, I had forgotten about Giant but is Giant using Yamaha or are they basically Giant motors they designed with Yamaha and they are the ones handling their own warranty issues like say Specialized (which is fine for a Specialized bike they have excellent support) If the Giant is a Giant eco-system it might make it tougher.
They do have powersports and pianos and such but there are a lot of companies that will support certain things in certain countries but not in the U.S. or elsewhere. Maybe I have a Fox fork but Fox Argentina only does truck parts, type of deal. A lot of departments are separate like Bosch for instance the E-bike stuff is completely separate from their power tools which is separate from their automotive which is separate from their home division and the e-bike reps cannot get access to any of that stuff.
They do have a decent reputation and are unlikely going anywhere as a company but that division leaving could still potentially make it tough support wise. I hope it doesn't but I would worry a little.