The BMW CE 02 is a cool little electric scooter from BMW Motorrad

BMW Motorrad is celebrating its 100th birthday in 2023, but despite being an old timer it has its sights firmly set on convincing young people to buy its latest creation.

Known as the BMW CE 02, it’s a funkier-styled follow-up to the CE 02 electric scooter. Rather than labelling this an e-scooter or e-motorcycle though, BMW wants you to refer to it as an eParkourer. Eugh.

Still, the actual thing is very cool indeed. It’s designed with urban areas in mind so comes with a 15bhp motor and a 3.92kWh battery that allows for a range of over 55 miles and a top speed of almost 60mph. Although if you’re younger/only have a car licence, you may be able to ride the less powerful 4bhp version. That can do 28mph and gets 28 miles of range to match.

There’s a double-loop frame chassis made from tubular steel, wide tyres, hydraulically damped telescopic forks at the front and a single-sided swingarm with a directly pivoted shock absorber at the rear. The disc wheels are cast alloy and there’s disc brakes with ABS at the front. 

The more powerful version weighs 132kg and BMW says it has ‘playful handling characteristics’. We’re also told the drive modes are called ‘Flow’ and ‘Surf’, with the former designed for cruising in traffic and the latter for more open roads. If you spec the posh HIGHLINE trim though you also unlock a ‘Flash’ mode that is apparently ‘sporty and dynamic’. Oh, and you get gold forks and fun graphics. That’s the one we would spec then.

Charging is at 0.9kW thanks to a standard wall socket and the bigger battery takes five hours 12 minutes for a full 0-100 per cent top-up. However you can spec an optional 1.5kW quick charger to cut that to three-and-a-half hours.

The cockpit comprises a 3.5-inch TFT screen and – again with the HIGHLINE trim – a phone mount with a USB-C socket.

BMW reckons the CE 02 has been “reduced to the essentials in terms of design.” So, what do we think folks?