Tacita‘s latest line of electrical bikes for 2024, notably the Enduro, Motard, and Motorally fashions from the T-Race line, had been developed utilizing what they picked up from their Dakar Rally effort in January.
The Italian bike producer entered the Dakar Rally within the Mission 1000 class as Tacita System Corsa, fielding two Tacita Discanto bikes for Oscar Polli and Silvayn Espinasse. Polli, the 2008 FIM FIM Cross-Nation Rallies World Champion (precursor to right this moment’s World Rally-Raid Championship) and 2012 Africa Eco Race winner, failed to start out the primary stage and fell into an early gap within the rankings, however managed to finish the race because the final finisher within the class. Espinasse was eighth of 9 ending Mission 1000 entries.
New for the 2024 race, Mission 1000 is designed for autos on various energy sources like electrical, hybrid, and hydrogen. Tacita, Arctic Leopard, and Inexperienced Energy Race raced on electrical bikes whereas the opposite groups had been in vehicles or vehicles.
The T-Race bikes are all designed utilizing classes that Tacita discovered from the hassle. Every bike, in addition to these within the T-Cruise collection (City and Turismo), has a five-speed gearbox, liquid cooling and a battery administration system to forestall overheating, and a 120-volt system for the controller. The Motorally, which is closest to the Dakar bike, additionally comes with a battery setup that permits for it to be swapped out inside three minutes.
All three T-Race fashions weigh roughly 196 kilograms and have 0.7 millimetres of fairing comprised of carbon and Kevlar. The Enduro and Motard bikes have 9 kWh of bettery whereas Motorally boasts 13.
The Discanto like what raced at Dakar shall be accessible for purchasers in 2025.
“We targeted on this leap ahead so as to obtain a better normal on all fashions,” mentioned Pierpaolo Rigo and Luca Oddo, respectively the corporate’s president and CEO, in a joint assertion. “Because of the introduction of cutting-edge technological improvements, such because the five-speed gearbox, Tacita will contribute to a novel driving expertise mixed with the electrical philosophy, profitable over even probably the most demanding fanatics.”
Tacita made their Dakar début in 2020 with the Diego Pederiva on a T-Race Rally, although he solely raced a twenty-kilometre route on the ultimate day. Nonetheless, the crew adopted the complete rally with their T-Station recharging station. The producer has dabbled in varied rallies since their founding in 2012.
