Back in October, 2021, Dorna officially announced that the era of Energica as the sole motorcycle supplier in the all-electric MotoE racing series would come to a close at the end of 2022. It didn’t immediately announce what would happen next. Luckily, we didn’t have long to wait, because just two days later, Dorna CEO Carmelo Ezpeleta took to the stage with Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali to officially throw Ducati’s hat into this all-electric ring.
Ducati’s official status as the future sole supplier for MotoE may have come as a surprise to many, simply because Ducati doesn’t currently make or sell any production electric motorcycles. Still, it’s an OEM with its eye on the future—and that of course means those of us who aren’t part of the team don’t necessarily know what goes on behind closed doors. Just because Ducati hasn’t released an electric bike yet doesn’t mean that there’s been no quiet, early-stage development underway.
