BMW CONCEPT eSCOOTER

BMW AG

BMW Concept e electric scooter.

Car and motorcycle maker BMW says it is working on an electric scooter design called the Concept e. The scooter is part of a plan at BMW to bring electric and hybrid drive systems to premium vehicles and promote more efficient forms of urban mobility.
The company says the bike is designed in part to convey the idea of clean-running efficiency through its appearance, which is a departure from scooters on the market today. Its shape is surprisingly uncluttered. The protruding rear-view mirrors that characterize motorcycles and scooters are missing from the concept, which replaces them with video cameras and screens.
Digital displays also show speed and other vehicle information, so there is no cluster of gauges and switches. The company says later production scooters derived from the concept will combine the agility of a scooter with the more dynamic riding feel of a motorcycle.
BMW says it expects its production electric scooters to have a range of about 100 kilometers, or just over 60 miles. It will also have enough power to overtake other vehicles on urban highways even while carrying a passenger.
The bike is designed to recharge at the home or office from a standard outlet, so the rider won’t have to depend on public charging stations. Charge time: 3 hours or less.