The BMW C1-e Scooter Concept Is BMW Motorrad’s First Electric Vehicle!

BMW C1-E Electric Scooter Concept

A perfect urban commuter solution that combined the ease of parking and zip of a scooter with the all weather protection and safety offered by a car, the BMW C1 was a scooter too ahead for it’s day and age that eventually led to it’s demise. 

Keeping with the growing trend of electric vehicles, BMW has taken a C1, fitted an electric motor to it and in the process has created BMW’s first electric two wheeler. Called the BMW C1-E, the electric version of the C1 is an experimental vehicle currently.

But, given the huge practicality, zero emission numbers and very low running costs, something very similar to the BMW C1-E,  could become a production reality in the near future as the C1-E also offers a high amount of safety in addition to all weather protection.

The BMW C1-E features a seatbelt and a roll over bar along with the crumple zone up front to take frontal impacts. Even as there is talk of motorcycle airbags being developed, the BMW C1-E could very well be the ideal urban commuting machine for crowded cities.

The Scooter is powered by an electric motor that BMW has borrowed from electric vehicle and component specialist Vectrix and runs on rechargeable lithium ion batteries. The C1-E can carry a single rider and has luggage space in lace of a conventional pillion seat.

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