This is the first glimpse of the all-new British-designed and built Saietta NGS electric superbike, which promises blistering performance from its radical engineering and design. Beneath the futuristic looks is an electric-powered superbike with a load-bearing carbon fibre battery compartment, powerful electric motor and double-wishbone front suspension. Saietta may not be instantly familiar, but the company have been building electric bikes since 2008, and are a leading developer of electric motors and battery technology used by other manufacturers around the world. This Saietta NGS – the name stands for Next Generation Saietta – is still a prototype, and huge amounts of development still need to be conducted on the bike before it can make it into production, but it’s expected to go on sale within the next 12 months. Saietta means Thunderbolt in the Italian dialect from the area of Italy where co-founder and CEO Laurence Marazzi’s family came from. Marazzi and fellow co-founder