Ducati’s new electric motorcycle

We take a look at Ducati’s newest creation in the form of the MotoE bike that takes to the track for the first time on the Misano circuit.

This could very well be the foundation for Ducati’s next chapter in high-performance motorcycles as the Ducati MotoE bike took to the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli for its first tests. This also comes with the news that starting from the 2023 season, the Borgo Panigale-based motorcycle manufacturer will be the sole supplier of motorcycles for the FIM Enel MotoE World Cup, the electric class of the MotoGP World Championship.

The electric motorcycle prototype, code-named V21L, is the result of the joint work of the Ducati Corse team and the Ducati R&D engineers, led by Roberto Canè, Ducati eMobility Director, and was taken out on track by Michele Pirro, Ducati test rider since 2013, who evaluated the technical characteristics and potential of Ducati’s first electric motorcycle. The most important challenges in the development of an electric racing motorcycle remain related to the size, weight and range of the batteries. Ducati's goal is to make electric motorcycles that are high-performance and characterized by their lightness available to all FIM Enel MotoE World Cup participants. The focus of the project are, in addition to better performance, the containment of weight and the consistency of power delivery during the race, obtained thanks to the attention in the development of a cooling system suitable for the objective.