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Posted on 07/05/2022 2:24:30 PM PDT by martin_fierro
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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Pretty neat but we will miss the 2,000 lb. bumble bee sound of a gas-powered Ducati.
They just want to know what websites you visit and sell your personal info to other nameless entities with unknown purposes. You wouldn’t begrudge them that, would you?
Electrical vehicle racing is a lot like watching slot cars.
Ugly. I love the exposed frame on my gasoline powered Ducati. I also love filling it up with gasoline and driving 150 miles without having a recharge. But I suppose this concept will work on a race track with equally equipped bikes.
When I go for a ride on my Tiger I don’t want to have to worry about how my battery is doing and then say, “Well, I can’t explore that new road now. Battery’s almost 50%.”
please give me a normal ducati
The chickification of automobiles continues.
Are the going to dub the broadcasts with fake moto noise as they whip past the camera?
will it do paris to dakar??
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Cop at notorious biker bar: “What are you lowlifes doing sitting around here? We were in here and we told you to get out hours ago.”
Biker in vest: “Uh, geez, we all have four more hours to wait until the EV charges on our bikes are done.”
I clicked the “refuse” option and It still let me read the article.
I guess this is supposed to be “progress”. Actually the main progress from Ducati in the last few years is that we don’t have to call them “Ducati Time Bombs” any more.
A lucky man!
Better styling than I expected.
I wonder how it feels swinging those batteries back and forth.
You can import them from Canada again as an Antique, but it will cost you a pretty penny for just One.
The Isle of Man TT has had an electric bike race category for several years now, for what it’s worth.
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