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improvement of the product.
What better way than the races
to continue this development
and improve the product? You
see how much Ducati is at the
forefront for the new solution in
the MotoGP and in Superbike,
and how much of this we move
in the product. The bikes that
we are riding these days are the
best example. The technology
of MotoGP is not only on the
Panigale or the Superbike, but
the engineers that started the
aerodynamics for the MotoGP
are the same that improved the
aerodynamics, the comfort in
terms of wind protection, noise,
cooling of the rider's legs in the
Multistrada we rode in Iceland.
This is fantastic. This is also the
reason why, for example, we are
in Moto-E from 2023. We are
sure there is no better gym for the
brains of our engineers than to
develop the best bike in Moto-E.
Will this project spawn a
Ducati electric bike for the
public?
Francesco:
The technology
is still too early to have a mo-
torcycle that can guarantee the
pleasure of riding, the perfor-
mance, the range, the weight,
that the Ducatisti expect. So, of
course, we decided to invest in
the Moto-E championship also
in order to get some experience
and improve also the product
that we will sell on the roads.
But, this will not come tomor-
row. I think we are talking at least
five years from now. We are very
open and we look for even dif-
ferent kinds of energy or power.
We've investigated about the
e-fuel. It's very interesting. There
is an issue on the availability, the
quantity available.
When you produce e-fuels,
you remove from the atmosphere
the same amount of CO2. This
seems that will become reality
in the motorsports because you
have less problem of quantity. But
it's very interesting to provide the
performance and so on. Also,
hydrogen is interesting for us.
What do you see as the main
problem for electric motor-
cycles?
Francesco:
The problem is
the energy density. You have
to increase how many watts
you have available per kilo. At
the moment, still the situation
doesn't look to have a motorcy-
cling line with the handling and
the range we want. 80 kilograms
(176 pounds) of battery weight on
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