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Ducati V21L Solid-State Demonstrator: What We Know

The Ducati V21L shown with QuantumScape solid-state cells in 2025 was a technology demonstrator—not a production road bike. Here is what its reported figures do and do not establish.
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The Ducati V21L shown at IAA Mobility in September 2025 was a modified electric-race-bike demonstrator powered by QuantumScape solid-state lithium-metal cells. It was an early technology demonstration, not a production motorcycle announcement: Ducati called it a first development step toward a possible future electric road bike.

What Ducati and QuantumScape demonstrated

Ducati presented the prototype at IAA Mobility in Munich on 8 September 2025. QuantumScape described the appearance as its first live demonstration of solid-state lithium-metal batteries powering an electric vehicle. The modified V21L rode across the stage during a Volkswagen Group press conference.

The prototype used QuantumScape QSE-5 cells made with the company’s Cobra process. Audi specialists designed a battery system specifically for those cells, according to QuantumScape’s announcement. Ducati said the project was developed with Audi and PowerCo as part of work across Volkswagen Group companies. “First live demonstration” is QuantumScape’s characterization of the event.

Which battery is in the Ducati V21L?

That depends on which V21L configuration you mean. The MotoE racing motorcycle and the September solid-state demonstrator are distinct configurations; specifications for one should not be assigned to the other.

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2025 MotoE racing V21L Ducati reported 960 cells rated at 5 Ah, compared with 1,152 cells rated at 4.2 Ah in the previous configuration. The update saved 8.2 kg while maintaining power and autonomy. Ducati’s April 2025 update concerns the race-season bike, not the solid-state demonstrator. Ducati’s 2025 MotoE update.
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Ducati’s V21L technical page lists the conventional battery baseline as 110 kg and 18 kWh, with 1,152 cylindrical 21700 cells. It also lists maximum motor output of 110 kW and torque of 140 Nm. Those are not established specifications for the solid-state bike.

What QuantumScape’s battery figures mean

QuantumScape reported three technology figures in its 8 September 2025 announcement. They describe claimed battery-technology capabilities, not a complete, independently verified motorcycle test report.

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The announcement does not establish full-bike range, a measured whole-pack charge session, race pace or independent validation of these figures. They should therefore be read as company-reported technology claims, not as demonstrated performance figures for the complete motorcycle.

Is Ducati making a solid-state electric road bike?

Ducati said the MotoE program and related research help build internal expertise for the possibility of a future electric road motorcycle, if battery technology can meet Ducati’s aims. That is not a production commitment, launch announcement or timetable. Ducati described the demonstrator as “a first step in development.”

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Ducati also said MotoE was on hiatus at the end of the 2025 season, while research with Volkswagen Group companies continues. QuantumScape’s shareholder update identified field testing as the next step for the Ducati program; the sources cited here do not establish whether those tests have since been completed or what they showed. QuantumScape’s shareholder update.

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What remains unknown about the demonstrator

The cited announcements do not state the solid-state V21L’s cell count, total battery mass, pack capacity, range, full motorcycle weight, lap time, production date or consumer price. Nor do they provide a completed field-test report. The conventional V21L’s published figures cannot fill those gaps because the solid-state bike uses a purpose-designed battery system and is a separate configuration.

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