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Title: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: zap mc on May 19, 2015, 12:33:26 AM: An interesting article here.

http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/18/ducati-ceo-really-ride-electric-conversion/#image-3 (http://www.autoblog.com/2015/05/18/ducati-ceo-really-ride-electric-conversion/#image-3)

We were debating whether a buyer would be found for Zero in the same way as Brammo was bought out, this may be a major manufacturer dipping their toe in the market.
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: Cortezdtv on May 19, 2015, 12:39:31 AM: Article has some flaws that is clearly a monolith battery not a fx setup
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: zap mc on May 19, 2015, 12:46:27 AM: Quote from: Cortezdtv on May 19, 2015, 12:39:31 AM
Article has some flaws that is clearly a monolith battery not a fx setup
The cells could have be removed from the battery pack and reconfigured in shape to fit in. That wasn't really the point of the article though, it was the interest that both parties had showed in a possible joint venture.
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: Cortezdtv on May 19, 2015, 02:41:41 AM: A few people from zero have already went to Ducati; that could get interesting.
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: DynoMutt on May 19, 2015, 03:09:17 AM: A buyout would be interesting.

Unrelated, my current dealer/service place is also a Ducati dealer.
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: zap mc on May 19, 2015, 04:21:19 AM: Quote from: Cortezdtv on May 19, 2015, 02:41:41 AM
A few people from zero have already went to Ducati; that could get interesting.
Can you say who? And in what capacity?
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: Mike Werner on May 19, 2015, 11:37:08 AM: I actually spoke with the former CEO of Ducati about the possibility to go electric and more specifically buy Zero or Brammo. All he did was smile and say "not in the immediate future". This was some 14 months ago...
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: clockfort on May 19, 2015, 12:28:02 PM: Apparently Zero is entering the Italian market...
http://insideevs.com/zero-announces-busting-italian-market/ (http://insideevs.com/zero-announces-busting-italian-market/)
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: Richard230 on May 19, 2015, 08:27:16 PM: Motorbiker has picked up the Ducati story:

http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/ducati-zero-electric-hypermotard-and-the-ceo---nice-story.htm (http://news.motorbiker.org/blogs.nsf/dx/ducati-zero-electric-hypermotard-and-the-ceo---nice-story.htm)
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: domingo3 on May 23, 2015, 02:24:45 AM: I'm curious what others' opinions on this are. I'd prefer if Ducati did not partner with or buy out Zero. I like Zero's products, and if they continue to improve pricing, reliability, and dealer support I'd like them even better. While I think Ducati makes some beautiful bikes, I wouldn't choose to own one, for precisely the reasons mentioned in the previous sentence.
Title: Re: Will Zero team up with Ducati?
Post by: MotoRyder on May 23, 2015, 10:57:12 PM: Quote
I like Zero's products, and if they continue to improve pricing, reliability, and dealer support I'd like them even better.

Reliability, Pricing, and Dealer Support, in that order, would go a long ways towards gaining greater ridership in the places where Zero already sells into.

Reliability is supposed to be one of the strongest benefits of going electric, but with all of the technical problems mentioned in forum posts, in my opinion there is a need for more improvement in this area.

Pricing, along with range, I think is the big factor in the hesitancy of more people not embracing electric vehicles (electric motorcycles included).

And the Dealer Network for Zero discussed in this forum...it's "like a box of chocolates â€” you never know what you're going to get !!"