BMW doesn’t just make four-wheeled vehicles. It makes plenty with just two as well, from bicycles to motorbikes. And now it’s making this stand-up electric scooter for urban commuting, too.
The new BMW Motorrad X2City is for commuters who want to get where they need to go “regardless of traffic back-ups, shortage of parking space and public transport timetables.”
Built and distributed in collaboration with bicycle manufacturer ZEG, the X2City packs a 408-Wh lithium-ion battery pack and a brushless hub motor for motivation that will send it traveling at speeds of up to 15 miles per hour, will travel a good 18 miles between charges, and takes about two and a half hours to charge from an ordinary household socket (by which we assume they mean the common 220-volt standard across Europe).
It has disc brakes and pneumatic tires at both ends to make it easy and comfortable to use, and even has a micro-USB charging port for keeping your cellphone topped up on the go. The removable battery is shielded from puddles, as is the rider (thanks to the fenders) – so there’s no need for special gear (as long as the rain’s stopped). And while a helmet’s always a good thing, the scooter’s classified under European Pedelec25 rules, so anyone over 14 needs neither license nor helmet to operate.
The X2City weighs 44 pounds, and folds up into a small form so it can be taken on public transport or kept in the trunk of a car to make that final stretch from the depot or parking lot to the office or school and back again. It will be sold and serviced by ZEG (not by BMW dealers), and is earmarked to come in below €2,500 ($2,855).
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