We’re firm believers that electric drivetrains work best for smaller motorcycles that blur the lines between bikes and scooters. One look at the hip new BMW CE 02, and it’s crystal clear that the Bavarian marque feels the same way.
The BMW CE 02 is the company’s second electric motorcycle release in as many years, following on from the CE 04. A smaller machine than its sibling, BMW is pitching it as neither a motorcycle nor a scooter, but something in between. They’re calling it an ‘eParkourer’—which, although it isn’t a real word, implies that its geared towards traversing urban environments.
To convey this message, BMW’s marketing material places the CE 02 smack bang in the middle of the urban jungle—surrounded by concrete, graffiti, skateboarders, and impossibly cool youths.…