The modern BMW started life making motorbikes, and then it made cars and now its Motorrad operation has launched two-wheeled electric machine it claims is neither.
The CE 02 is an electric scooter with an 11kW version that needs a bike licence and a 4kW version that doesn’t, and can be ridden by unlicensed 16 year olds in many countries.
BMW Motorrad insists it’s neither an e-scooter nor an e-motorbike, but more of a short wheelbase “e-parkourer” city machine weighing 132kg.
The less-powerful version of the CE 02 has a top speed of 45km/h and a 45km range, and is incapable of accelerating from zero
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