Michelin Motorsport has become the official tyre supplier and technical partner of Segway’s planned electric Dakar Rally factory team.
The two companies intend to develop tyres alongside Segway’s all-new battery-electric racing motorcycle before a targeted 2028 Dakar entry. Michelin says its work will begin during the motorcycle development phase rather than at the point of race supply.
The programme is positioned as a joint development project covering tyre behaviour, performance and durability in rally-raid conditions. Michelin and Segway describe Dakar as a test environment for electric-motorcycle technology, but they have not published the motorcycle’s power, battery capacity, range, mass, charging system or tyre specification.
The partners said the collaboration would be formally signed at EICMA in Milan on 4 November, with the public release dated 9 November. The announcement does not disclose the agreement’s value, duration, testing calendar, competition class, rider line-up or whether the project has completed the required sporting and technical approvals.
Segway’s 2028 target leaves a multi-season development window for validation in heat, impact and long-distance off-road use. No intermediate race programme was confirmed, so MRI has not inferred competitive appearances before Dakar.
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