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Dakar
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00:00 I am a pilot and manager of the Arctic Leopard Electric team.
00:04 No, there's something there, isn't there?
00:05 Ah, it's the neighbor.
00:06 I'm going to tell him to stop.
00:07 I'm going to tell him.
00:08 I am a pilot and...
00:11 Oh, f***.
00:12 Hello, my name is Louis Jobard.
00:15 I am a pilot and manager of the Arctic Leopard Electric Motorcycle team.
00:19 We are committed to the next Dakar 2024 in the Mission Global category.
00:23 [Music]
00:39 I have done 16 Dakars on a motorcycle.
00:49 This will be my 17th.
00:51 I ride a motorcycle, I am eco-friendly, I am vegan.
00:54 Dakar gives me the opportunity to be able to race with an electric motorcycle.
00:57 The Arctic Leopard company, which is a motorcycle manufacturer in China,
01:01 gives me the opportunity to race.
01:02 So in 2024, we're going to come and race with an electric motorcycle.
01:05 We hope to finish this Dakar 2024.
01:08 It's really an incredible test to see how the batteries will hold up,
01:11 how the engine will hold up,
01:13 to develop, on our side, motorcycles that will be able to make a real Dakar in 2025.
01:18 That's what's interesting about the Mission 1000.
01:20 [Music]
01:22 Here, in fact, it's really the European part of the Arctic Leopard.
01:27 We have someone on Madrid who takes care of the work,
01:29 and then we have a mechanic who helps me prepare the motorcycles.
01:32 On the Dakar, there will be five people, three motorcycles,
01:36 there is a French pilot, myself, and two mechanics.
01:39 The advantage of the electric motorcycle is that there is nothing to do.
01:43 When you finish a race, you look at the chain, you turn the chain a little,
01:46 there is no drain, there is nothing to do on the engine.
01:49 You don't even look at the engine.
01:50 We bring two mechanics, but I don't think they're going to have a lot of work.
01:53 The technology is relatively simple.
02:00 We have an electric motor, we have a battery, we have an electric accelerator,
02:04 we accelerate, the battery runs the electric motor,
02:07 the electric motor drives the wheel, and we drive.
02:09 It's an electric motor where there is no contact at all.
02:11 Do you want me to do a comparison with a washing machine?
02:13 From you to me.
02:15 An electric motor of a drill or a washing machine will use what are called "coals"
02:20 that make contact.
02:21 There is an electric cable, there is coal that comes on the rotor that turns,
02:24 and then the coal is worn out.
02:25 And your washing machine doesn't work anymore.
02:27 That is, there is no contact.
02:29 That is, there is a rotor, a stator that does not move,
02:32 but in fact it turns in the void somewhere.
02:34 There is an axis that actually drives the wheel.
02:36 It's more or less magnets.
02:38 They attract, they push back, they attract, they push back.
02:40 This is what we call "brushless" in English, without contact.
02:42 [Music]
02:47 So it's a different way of driving.
02:49 We don't have a clutch because it's an electric motor.
02:51 We have a magnetic brake that allows us to brake the motor.
02:54 When I brake, we reverse the polarity,
02:56 which means that the motor tends to turn slightly backwards,
02:59 which makes the rear wheel brake,
03:00 and which also allows the battery to recharge.
03:02 Compared to a foot brake, we tend to block the wheel.
03:05 Here we brake without blocking the wheel.
03:08 It's interesting to brake, interesting to recharge the battery at the same time.
03:11 [Music]
03:14 For me, it's a rocket.
03:16 [Music]
03:19 The advantage of this type of electric motor is that we can adjust the power we want.
03:23 On my computer or on my portable phone,
03:25 I can adjust from 1 kW to 40 kW.
03:28 40 kW is a crazy thing, it's unconditional.
03:31 Knowing that 22 kW is already more powerful than the motor with petrol.
03:37 The difference, the performance, is day and night.
03:40 In terms of autonomy, we did some tests.
03:42 We are at 150-160 km.
03:45 I am very happy with the performance of the motor.
03:49 I can't wait to start and show what a motorbike worths to Artic Leopard.
03:54 [Music]
03:59 [Music]
04:03 [Music]
04:06 [BLANK_AUDIO]