Ducati to take over MotoE World Cup races

[Richard230]

Ducati has announced that they have entered into an agreement with Dorna to produce electric racing motorcycles (replacing the Energica brand) and to race them in the MotoE World Cup series.  You can read about it here:  https://www.motorcycle.com/mini-features/ducati-will-power-the-all-electric-motoe-world-cup-starting-in-2023.html

[ttxgpfan]

  My first reaction was, "they can't figure out valve springs and carbon frames. And what elmotos do they make? None. How are THEY going to make a lighter elmoto than Energica?" But, they do belong to the VW family so they will have access to EV tech at not a bad price. No other manufacturer I can think of has that advantage . . . oh wait, BMW. Also, they have that line of e-Bikes for Mountain biking and city commuting. So not as far out there as I originally thought.

[Richard230]

Ducati is testing their MotoE electric racing motorcycle. You can read about it here:  https://www.motorcycle.com/features/ducati-motoe-prototype-electric-racebike-makes-public-testing-debut.html