CE 04 scooter, future model of an electric BMW Motorrad range
Three years after the Concept Link, BMW Motorrad returns to the charge – huhuhu – by unveiling the CE 04. In addition to the successor of the "successfull" C Evolution, it should be seen as the first link in a new chain of electric scooters and motorcycles. Explanations and presentation video.
France, homeland of human rights … and nuclear power! It is also in our beautiful country that the C Evolution records its highest – lowest – scores: 277 registrations the year – incomplete – of its launch (2014), 409 in 2015, 620 in 2016, 830 in 2017 , 846 in 2018, 687 in 2019 and 405 at the end of October of this year 2020 "coronavirus".
"A spark in an ocean of gasoline engines," notes the Journal moto du Net again and again. But this in no way prevents BMW Motorrad from continuing its efforts in this increasingly "connected" sector … in the bicycle or in the automobile, at the initiative of governments and with large reinforcements of subsidies…
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It is therefore no real surprise that BMW Motorrad has just unveiled a new electric scooter: the "Definition CE 04", and almost ready to take over from the C Evolution … which no longer appears on the BMW France site? Quick, a pair of mirrors and a license plate holder for the CE 04 !
"The new model is characterized by its clear lines, its generous surfaces and its distinctive design, which emphasize the modernity of its proportions", dissects the Munich firm which also emphasizes the presence of a 10.25-inch screen, ie exactly the same diagonal as that of the new R1250RT…
On this project in the final phase, BMW explains that it has "focused on the design of the powertrain and on the energy storage system in order to meet the requirements of urban users, who mainly cover short distances of around 12 km per day ".
In absolute terms, therefore, a weekly autonomy of 60 km would suffice for the future BMW scooter. An objective that the German manufacturer will have no difficulty in achieving: as a reminder, he estimated .
Similarly, BMW considers "comfort over long distances (…) less important than ergonomics and accessibility. This is how we created a" floating "bench, which allows you to slide comfortably on the vehicle. "and would thus adapt to all body types.
BMW electric scooter: no roof, but a parka…
Site observes that the C1 roof does not reappear,. BMW Motorrad may be reserving for a future model more road, less penalized than an urban scoot by the arch which raises the center of gravity and affects the handling ?
Excessively low, CE 04 encouraged BMW engineers – their employees and suppliers … – to develop a specific parka, equipped with a myriad of LEDs: "the user can activate this feature and choose the color of the lighting by means of sensors installed in the sleeve ", indicates the manufacturer.
Even more powerful, "so that the pilot is always connected, the inside pocket of the parka has an induction charging area for smartphones", BMW relegating USB sockets to the same rank as cigarette lighters…
In the end however, perhaps the most interesting thing about this scooter (and the presentation video relayed below) is its name: CE 04. "C" because it belongs – will belong very soon! – to the range of BMW scooters, "E" for electric … and the two digits behind ?
"Zero four gives a clue about the size of this two-wheeler (its rank in an upcoming range, editor’s note): there is room above 4 and of course, also space below, which allows us to predict what is on the horizon, names of models to come ", translates Ralf Rodepeter, Marketing and Product Management Director.
In the more or less distant future therefore, BMW Motorrad could therefore offer a small scooter (50 cc equivalent) called CE 03, or enrich its range – already well supplied – of electric scooters or bicycles – with TE 01 (for "tretroller") or FE 02 (for "fahrrad") ?
MNC readers – who, as everyone knows, like medium and large displacement more – would no doubt be curious to discover and try an RE 06 (or RE 32,?), A roadster which could be presented within two years and created. based on .
As a reminder, to our colleagues from Cycle World: "in an urban environment, it is possible that a BMW electric motorcycle will be released within five years", while "in the tourism, off-road and sporting segments, I am not sure. that we will see ".
It will be necessary to wait until the batteries reach better capacities, are produced from easily recyclable materials and that the electricity is produced in a clean way (one can dream) to see appearing a road KE 100, a trail GSE 80 or a .. . "Ach, warum nicht?"
BMW CE 04 electric scooter: official presentation
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