Looking for a stylish and practical electric scooter? Check out our review of the BMW CE02! We'll dive into its range, performance, features, and overall riding experience. Is the CE02 the perfect urban commuter? Find out in this video!
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00:00BMW, a brand known for making versatile machines and a brand known for having a keen eye for
00:10design. Well, this is the BMW CEO2. A much anticipated electric scooter that now we finally
00:24have got a chance to test. Welcome back to DriveSpark, I'm Vedant Johari and in this
00:32video, I'm going to take you guys through everything you need to know about this electric
00:37scooter. Well, first off, is this a scooter or a motorcycle? Well, you could call it a
00:48motorcycle scooter, a scooter motorcycle or something in between, because it has design
00:54elements of a scooter, it has design elements of a motorcycle, but it just looks like something
01:01else. It looks like something unique, something we haven't seen. So let me take you guys around
01:05the whole design, the whole exterior of this, starting off with the front. Well, we get
01:09an LED headlamp in a rectangular shape and the front windshield that we get is also in
01:14a sort of rectangular shape, but has a slight indent in the middle. Now, these two already
01:20create such a futuristic look on this. Then we get 37mm gold-plated USD forks on this,
01:25all linked to 14-inch Michelin tyres. Now the front wheel and rear wheel that we get
01:30are 14 inches and they both have disc brakes. The front tyre that we get is a 120 x 80 14-inch
01:37tyre. However, the rear one that we get is a 150 x 70 section 14-inch tyre. Now moving
01:43on from that, looking at the design, now the side view of this, I mean, why don't you guys
01:48tell me what it looks like? Well, it's something extremely unique, extremely different, right
01:53from the whole front area from here, spanning all the way till here, everything stands out.
01:59We get 745mm of seat height, we get a 180 odd mm of ground clearance and we get a small
02:06gap also in the front, something as I said, extremely unique. Now moving on, we get some
02:12aluminium grab rails at the rear and the rear section, the rear lights, well, they look
02:17like a few other from the BMW segment. Now, all of this put together comes in at 148kgs
02:25of dry weight. Now moving on to the seat, well, we get this elongated seat with a slight
02:43bump up in the front with the BMW logo embossed right in the centre. Now the seat comes in
02:48this tricolour pattern which is only seen in the Highline variant. There are a few more
02:53features on this which are seen on the Highline variant, I'm going to come to that in some
02:56time, so stay tuned for the whole video. On my side of the bike, we have an offset rear
03:01monoshock and the offset monoshock again is not just for performance, it also adds to
03:08the design element of this. Now we get the CE02 badging located on the rear mudguard,
03:14we get the BMW logo located right in the centre of our seat and we get BMW located on our
03:19front wheel as well. Also, we have the BMW logo located on either side of the scooter
03:25over here. Now that's more or less the design, let's jump to the features of this scooter.
03:35Now coming to the feature front of things on the CE02, well, first off, it comes with
03:40a TFT display with Bluetooth connectivity, however, the Bluetooth connectivity is limited
03:46to only SMS and call alerts. Apart from that, on the Highline variant, we get heated grips,
03:51yes, we get heated grips on this and that can be controlled through the toggles on the
03:56handlebar. Now apart from that, we get a lower stance on this, now, the lower stance may
04:02resemble a few of the international motorcycles, the ICE motorcycles, however, this coming
04:06to India is huge because we have barely seen anything like this. Now we get a 180 odd mm
04:12ground clearance and the weight is also relatively light in the segment, it comes in at 148 kgs.
04:20Now the CE and 02, what is that? Well, CE is Concept Electric and 02 is because this is placed
04:27in the 200cc segment of two wheelers. So now coming to braking, well, the CE02 comes with a
04:35combi braking system and with hydraulic brakes, also the brake levers that we get are adjustable.
04:41Now all of this adds to the whole sporty thing, adds to the whole element of the CE02. Now let's
04:48jump to the other CE02 and I'll tell you guys about the specifications and how it is to ride.
05:03So now coming to how this rides and coming to the specification front of things,
05:07well, this is powered by a 3.98 kilowatt of battery that produces 15 horsepower and 55
05:13Newton meters of torque. On top of that, that battery can push the CE02 for a total of 108
05:20kilometers on a single charge as per the ICAT, however, real world figures may vary and you may
05:27see this do around 90 to 95 kilometers on a single charge. Now the top speed of this lies at 95
05:33kilometers per hour, so it's not meant to go aggressively fast, but it's meant to have fun on.
05:39Now coming to how it rides, well, let me start off with the suspension setup, brilliant. It eats up
05:45the pumps really well, front and rear. Rear might feel a little stiff, however, you will get used to
05:50it, but it eats up bumps really well, even if you find yourself not seeing a speed breaker and you
05:56end up going over it relatively fast and getting your front wheel in the air, it still drops down
06:01and it doesn't rebound, it drops down and holds you right there. Same for the rear suspension. So
06:07now this gets three riding modes, flow, surf and flash. Now flash is only seen on the Highline
06:15variant and the base variant only gets flow and surf. Now as the name suggests, flash is sports
06:22mode. It's when you're using all of the motor, all of the battery to get the maximum potential
06:28of the scooter. Now in flash mode, as my colleague very rightly said, the moment you gun it, the
06:34scooter goes in front and leaves you back. So that also could be a role in the whole seating position
06:40of things, however, you will get used to it as you keep riding. Now on flash, the throttle response is
06:45extremely crisp, the motor is running rich and the scooter or the motorcycle just wants to go.
06:52On flash also, the regen that we get is strong. The moment you shut off throttle, it feels like
06:57you're braking, it feels like the vehicle is braking for you. So now coming to flow, the regen
07:04levels on flow, well, it's not as strong as flash, but it still is quite evident. It's quite visible,
07:11you really feel it, but as I said, it's just not as strong as your flash regen. Now coming to surf,
07:18well, the moment you shut off while you're still surfing, there's no regen, there's nothing holding
07:22the scooter back, it just lets you coast, it lets you go in a free flow motion. Flow is the one which
07:29gives you the most range, which gives you the most battery potential. Surf comes in the middle, so
07:34let's say you have eco city and sport, flow is like your eco mode, surf is like your city mode
07:40and flash is like your sports mode. So that was pretty much how it is. So now coming to tyres and
07:45to how it is to corner, how it feels to ride, well, it gives you a very smooth ride and while
07:50cornering, you do have enough corner grip as you can see on the tyre and we have put it to use,
07:55we have cornered it, we have pushed it to its limit and this vehicle just stayed, it didn't
08:00slide out, it didn't wobble, it didn't dance, it behaved well, it behaved properly just like how
08:07we needed it to. Now coming to braking, well, this has a combi braking system and front disc brake
08:13and rear disc brake, however, single channel ABS, we only get ABS on the front wheel.
08:18Now, when we're braking hard on this, we do feel a little drag on the brake before we feel that
08:23height, however, that's only when you're carrying speed, when we're doing our city speeds, when
08:27you're riding in city traffic, when you're riding in an everyday setting, it's more than okay, we can
08:32feel the brakes, we can feel the bite, we can feel the vehicle want to stop and with the regen,
08:37that's just another plus point for your slowing down. So all in all, the braking was good, however,
08:43there could be a little improvement with that drag on higher speeds because on higher speeds is
08:47where you need your brakes to really grip you. Now coming to the final thing, the seating comfort of
08:52this, well, I'm 6 foot 1, for example, so let me take it off the stand, I'm 6 foot 1 and as you can
09:01see, if I'm seated in my regular seating position, I can place my legs completely flat on the ground
09:08with my legs bent as well and even on the front foot pegs, I'm in this sort of cruiser position, I
09:14feel, I feel like I'm in command of the road, I feel like I'm in command of the scooter and the
09:18moment I take it back to this, well, this is when the sporty side comes out, this is when I really
09:23want to lean, when I want to push the scooter to its limits, however, like this, I just want to
09:27cruise, I want to enjoy my ride, I want to enjoy the view around me. We get two charging options
09:32on this, we get a 0.9 kilowatt charger and a 1.5 kilowatt charger, so now we get two charging
09:38options on this, a 0.9 kilowatt charger and a 1.5 kilowatt charger. The 0.9 kilowatt charger
09:45for a 0-100% takes around 5 hours, in fact, a little more than 5 hours and for 20-80%,
09:55this takes 2 hours and 48 minutes, around 2 hours and 48 minutes in fact. Now coming to the 1.5
10:03kilowatt charger, well, a 0-100% takes only three and a half hours and a 20-80% takes just about
10:11one hour 40 minutes, that is pretty quick. So, all in all, that was a quick review of the BMW
10:21CEO2, I hope you guys enjoyed this video, don't forget to like, comment and subscribe and let us
10:27know your thoughts of this scooter in the comment section down below. Thank you for watching,
10:32I'm Vedant Johari, signing out.