---
title: "Ducati Is Working on a Futuristic Electric Motorcycle"
description: "Iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati says that it's not only working on an electric motorcycle, but that the bike is close to production."
date: "2019-01-20"
modified: "2019-01-20"
authors:
  - name: "Jon Christian"
    job_title: "Executive Editor"
    link: "https://futurism.com/authors/jonc"
url: "https://futurism.com/the-byte/ducati-futuristic-electric-motorcycle"
categories:
  - "Advanced Transport"
tags:
  - "ducati"
  - "electric motorcycle"
  - "electric vehicles"
  - "the digest"
---

# Ducati Is Working on a Futuristic Electric Motorcycle

![Iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati says that it's not only working on an electric motorcycle, but that the bike is close to production.](<https://futurism.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/ducati-futuristic-electric-motorcycle.png>)
*\<em\>Image: Ducati\</em\>*

## Electric Motorcycle

Iconic Italian motorcycle manufacturer Ducati says that it's not only working on an electric motorcycle, but that the [bike is close to production](<https://electrek.co/2019/01/19/electric-ducati-motorcycle/>).

That makes Ducati the latest motorcycle brand to jump on board the EV movement — Harley-Davidson [plans to start selling](<https://futurism.com/harley-davidsons-electric-motorcycle-august>) its first electric bike this August, and an upstart manufacturer called Zero Motorcycles [impressed reviewers](<https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/02/09/zero-sr-all-electric-u-s-made-motorcycle-quick-and-quiet/971926001/>) with its electric debut.

## "The Future is Electric"

Ducati has dabbled with two-wheeled electric transportation in the past. It's produced [several electric bicycles](<https://electrek.co/2018/11/06/ducati-electric-mountain-bike/>) in collaboration with partners, and in 2016 it released a [stylish concept video](<https://motorbikewriter.com/ducati-zero-electric-concept/>) for a motorcycle called the Ducati Zero, developed with a Milan polytechnic school.

"The future is electric," Ducati CEO Claudio Domenicali said during an event in Spain, according to *Electrek*'s translation, and that the company is "not far from starting series production."

**READ MORE:** [Ducati CEO confirms ‘The future is electric’, says electric Ducati is coming](<https://electrek.co/2019/01/19/electric-ducati-motorcycle/>) \[*Electrek*\]

***More on the bike: [BMW’s Self-Driving Motorcycle Could Help Keep Bikers Safe](<https://futurism.com/the-byte/self-driving-motorcycle-bmw>)***

## Author
I'm responsible for editing, assigning, and scouting at Futurism, as well as occasionally writing for the site. That work involves keeping an eye on a wide range of narratives and issues, but over the past few years I've become increasingly interested in how AI is shaping the future of media, the web, and information itself. My day-to-day often involves collaborating on reporting and commentary projects bylined by my colleagues, but I try to find time to do my own reporting as well; stories I've broken for Futurism have been cited by publications including the New York Times, the Washington Post, the New Yorker, Wired, Ars Technica, New York Magazine, the Columbia Journalism Review, Bloomberg, and more. I grew up in Southern Vermont and attended Vanderbilt University. Prior to Futurism, I contributed to outlets including the Boston Globe, Vice, Wired, Slate, the Atlantic, the Outline, Ars Technica and more, and did stints in farming and food service. I currently live in Brooklyn, New York, and in my free time I enjoy pinball, word games, cycling, running, and music production.

### Author social links  
[Bluesky](<https://bsky.app/profile/jonchristian.net>)