With the toughest rally in the world coming to Saudi Arabia in January 2020, TACITA determined this would be the ideal venue to prove the capabilities of their rally edition eMotorcycle. “The Dakar Rally opens up to the future of mobility and TACITA has taken the challenge offered by A.S.O, the organizer of the epic Dakar Rally, to promote electric rally racing motorcycles,” says company co-founder Pierpaolo Rigo.
So, on January 4th, the TACITA Rally Program for the upcoming 2021, 2022 and 2023 Dakar Rally will be officially presented at the Jeddah Dakar Village at the “New Energy” Podium. During the final stage on January 17th, the TACITA T-Race Rally 2020 will also join the full field of competitors at the Qiddiyah Grand Prix to make its Dakar debut.
“ASO is encouraging the participation of hybrid and full electric vehicles on the Dakar and we took the challenge,” says Rigo. “We are working on the T-Race Rally Dakar 2020 that will be able to tackle the toughest rally in the world.” Back in 2012 TACITA was the first electric motorcycle to race an African rally at the Merzouga Rally. “After these years of continuous research and development, we are ready for the Dakar. We invite all rally enthusiasts to visit us at the Jeddah Dakar Village, on every Bivouac or at the final Qiddiyah Grand Prix to come test our TACITA T-Race Rally 2020 and see our mobile solar-powered trailer, the TACITA T-Station.”
“We are happy about the future Rally Raid events, and we know that Alternative Energies will be part of it. The TACITA project and its full electric rally bike is a main development axis. And we are glad to welcome and promote this bike and this team at the start of our first Saudi Dakar in January 2020,” added Dakar Race Director David Castera.
