The new BMW E-Scooter Concept has been revealed at the BMW Innovation Day as the company takes its next urban motoring vehicle electric.
The BMW Motorrad electric scooter has been designed as a commuter scooter and not just a city run-about.
BMW has therefore been working on providing a more powerful scooter with improved range and recharge times.
Another focus for the BMW E-Scooter Concept is also a comfortable ride for surburban commuting, rather than zippy electric agility for inner-city traffic negotiations.
The E-Scooter currently has a daily range of 100 km and a recharge time from flat to full of three hours.
The recharge can be completed from a standard household socket, and this provides a possible option if owners want to recharge in office block carparks as no dedicated power station is required.
The scooter uses an innovative frame concept, removing the main frame and substituting it with the aluminium battery casing.
Other components such as the rear frame and single swing arm are mounted on the casing as well.
Other technical features include a motor mounted directly behind the battery casing which has no direct drive or planetary gearbox.
The secondary drive uses a toothed belt and a roller chain transfers power to the rear wheel.
Energy recuperation is included and the external battery electronics collect and monitor the motor information, such as temperature, voltage and charging.
Other components are an ISO insulation monitor, high-voltage indicator and high-voltage distributor with DC converter.
The E-Scooter will go on show at the 2011 EICMA show.