Ducati presents electric motorcycle for the MotoE

electrive.com ^ | 7/4/22

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The motorbike manufacturer Ducati, which belongs to Audi, has presented the V21L, the prototype of the electric racing motorbike for the MotoE. In this context, the Italians have also published the first technical details of the machine.

As reported, Ducati will be the sole manufacturer of electric motorbikes for the MotoE from 2023 to 2026 as the successor to Energica. The Ducati MotoE has a total weight of 225 kilograms and is expected to deliver up to 110 kW of power, 140 Nm of torque and a top speed of 275 km/h.

Ducati’s declared goal is to achieve lap times that are between the level of the combustion engine racing series Moto3 and Moto2. Energica’s previous MotoE bikes are generally slower than the smallest internal combustion class, Moto3. Among other things, the lower weight should contribute to the increased lap time: the Energica bike weighs in at over 160 kilograms.

Improved, but still the heaviest component is the battery. In the electric Ducati, the battery pack weighs 110 kilograms and offers a capacity of 18 kWh. Inside are 1,152 cylindrical cells of the 21700 format. The battery with its carbon fibre housing is used as a supporting body part – similar to the petrol engine on the Ducati Panigale V4.

During development, the Ducati engineers worked closely with the parent company Audi. The Ingolstadt-based company is known to have developed several generations of Formula E drives up until its factory withdrawal. For example, Ducati mentions that the inverter weighs only five kilograms – and is “derived from a high-performance model from racing for electric vehicles”.

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[Paal Gulli]

As a YUGE fan of desmodromic 90-dregree v-twins it pains me to say this, you had to know this was coming because Alessandro Volta and Luigi Galvani were Eye-Ties.