New BMW CE 02 Electric vehicle | Yes Or No?
Welcome to Bike World welcome to Portugal this is Lisbon and this is BMW’s new CE O2 electric propelled vehicle it’s not a motorbike it’s not a scooter it’s a mode of Transport that’s 125 equivalent it’s kind of looks like a a BMX has ran into a skateboard has ran
Into the BMW design department and in terms of looks I like it but we’ve got a full day uh around Lisbon today testing this bike it can be restricted to moped equivalent which in some countries you can ride when you’re 14 years old imagine riding that when you’re 14 yes
It is expensive but I’ll come on to that a little bit later because if you get this bike on PCP it’s just over1 a month and bear it in mind if you travel around London you’re paying around £150 a month for a01 and two Che pass in London so
What would you rather have a chew pass for a month 15 £50 one of these for just over 100 well we’ll tell you at the end of the day quick brew and we’ll get riding so let me switch it on so now it’s live and then I press the
Red button with a brake on says it’s ready and that’s it and then I got a couple of modes so let me find the mode button which is there got flow surf and Flash so we’ll start off with flow and see where we end up oh least so I’m going to start off
In floor I think what Moree am I in there’s a mod button floor let’s see if we can feel the differences I think it’s more on the regen and how it slows itself down but we’ll give it a go lb’s quite a cool City this is quite a cool bike there is
Obviously the big discussion of do electric bikes work for me electric sports bikes not really electric turs not really cuz we don’t have the range we don’t have the power yet electric trials bikes definitely cuz you don’t need the range electric scooters mopeds call them what you want definitely cuz
You don’t need the range this has got a range of 90 to 100 km depending on how you ride and if you’re traveling more than that then you’re not after a 125 equivalent kind of scooter are you Dart around town what you going to do 20 km maximum maybe
30 keep an eye out don’t know where I’m going oh I’m going down here so yeah if I had the choice even before I’ve ridden this bike and I lived in the city then I go electric of a petrol it’s just so much easier quiet simplistic silent no heat no fumes no Nothing oh this is like being a proper tourist the more I ride this bike the more I’m starting to enjoy it and even when I look at my reflection well I wouldn’t say I look cool but the B looks cool so I just stopped for lunch in Lisbon and the
Weather is beautiful it’s um yeah pretty rare CU I’ve been here it a few times before and it’s usually a bit dire but perfect kind of bike to just play around on in Lisbon let me give you a quick tour so this is the restaurant that we’re in and then outside sun is
Shining we got the bikes are just hidden away down there cool rooftop bar now before I get on to why I love this bike so much let me just give you the bad news that’s the price sit down you ready for this 8450 for the base 125 equivalent
Scooter this has got the Highline package which takes it to 9330 it’s also got the Comfort seat which takes it to about £95,000 in the UK now that in anybody’s language is a lot of money for a 125 equivalent scooter this is the first time that BMW
Have produced a learn illegal bike in well I think forever and you got to think about who it’s appealing to this is fashion conscious BMW branded people who are spending 70 80,000 on their X5 X7 whatever it is yes it is expensive yes it’s probably twice or three times
The price of a petrol equivalent but you’re never going to have to pay for petrol it’s going to be well cheap or near enough free to run depending on where you charge it uh Insurance should be less the chance of it being stolen is less cuz it’s less appealing for bike
Thieves um it’s a really high-end premium scooter we got the connectivity cuz this is The High Line accessories model so this has got all the gizmos and gadgets on it even got heated grips so today we’ve had the opportunity to ride this bike around Lisbon and it’s kind of
Been the perfect habitat I think electric scooters work I just really love riding in the city in perfect silence you feel more involved in the city you can have conversations with other people’s on the scoo if you’ve got a Pon you can have a conversation you
Can ride in an open face helmet and you can feel and smell and hear what’s happening in the city BMW qu 90 km on the Range we got about 70 75 km is the estimated range when I was riding it fairly hand fisted and we got 73% battery left and 45k
Left but we have been riding these like using a throttle like a switch we was doing over 100 km an hour in places which is what is that 56 60 MPH but there’s no lag there’s no noise no emissions there’s no liquid there’s no heat there’s so many advantages for
Example I can see people in The Paddock loving these there’s three different Rider modes to choose from I preferred the surf mode yes they did call it surf mode which is like riding a two-stroke scooter so when you close the throttle it just runs on forward it’s all about
The kind of delivery and the region or engine braking depending on your terminology so if I go into the mod so I’m in floor which has got kind of like the least respons but it’s still full and some engine brake and then if I
Go to Surf that’s got a bit more zip but no engine brake so I just let go of the front and it just keeps rolling like that and then the optional flash mode is more responsive as in full and engine brake it’s got lots of engine brake
So I don’t know when you close the throttle like I’m not touching the brakes that’s the region slowing the bike down so if I which you really kind of feel especially at low speeds like when you get below 10 km an hour it feels like somebody’s almost pulling a handbrake on
You’ve got abs but ABS is only on the front so immature people like me and Chris can pull big skids that make screechy noises that send people a little bit crazy you can lock the back up at will because there’s no ABS on the roof
And the back break is on your left hand so it’s just like being 12 years old on my BMX again pulling skids for no apparent reason I’ve thoroughly enjoyed riding this bike I’ve ridden lots of other twist Ando electric scooters and some of them are not so bad to be honest
But this is way above this is double or triple the quality it is so premium but that is reflected in the price there is very little I dislike about this bike and if I lived in any major city in the UK or in Europe I I’d love to get around
The city on this bike if you live in Monaco and you’ve got a super yacht and you need to get to the shops to buy your champagne then you wheel this off your super yacht you’re going to be fine this is a lovely bike that’s just over £1 a
Month it’s not even going to worry about it but the big elephant in the room is that price is over 9,000 too much money to ask for only time will tell and I’m looking forward to reading your comments below some will agree some will disagree I guess it all depends on your income
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Chad’s been to Lisbon to have a go on BMW’s new electric vehicle, the CE 02.
It might not be for all of us, but could make sense if you live in a city centre, if you have the money!
