{"id":53969,"date":"2021-08-03T15:59:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/?p=53969"},"modified":"2021-08-03T15:59:16","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T10:29:16","slug":"bmw-motorrad-brings-a-folding-e-scooter-and-new-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/bmw-motorrad-brings-a-folding-e-scooter-and-new-e-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"BMW Motorrad brings a folding e-scooter and a new e-bike"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The market for electric scooters is small at the moment, but it’s growing by leaps and bounds.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Most people tend to opt for conventional motorbikes whenever possible,<\/strong><\/a> which means a ton of room for growth in this segment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As such, it wasn’t too surprising when we learned that BMW had developed two new electric scooters.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The new BMW bikes are entirely powered by an electric battery and have no direct connection to the motor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The energy is stored in batteries and recovered when braking, making driving a lot easier and more relaxing.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The humble battery had come a long way since the mid-1800s when Alessandro Volta of Italy first penned research that eventually led to batteries used in everyday life.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

While there’s no time frame for the bike’s release<\/strong><\/a>, expect it to be in stores well before 2020. Let us know what you think of the concept in the comments below!<\/span><\/p>\n

BMW unveiled the other product is the Urban e-Bike. A fully electric scooter that will appeal to those who have a longer commute to work and have limited storage in their apartments.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Urban e-Bike, like the Dynamic Cargo.Features a three-wheel design and comes with a battery pack that can be charged via both wired and wireless methods.<\/span><\/p>\n

“Our goal was to develop a concept that retains the agility. And driving feel of a normal bicycle<\/strong><\/a> while adding innovative, safe transport options,”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jochen Karg, head of vehicle concepts in BMW’s new technologies and China division, said in a\u00a0<\/span>statement<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

via BMW Motorrad<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":53973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[123],"tags":[17828,17543,17307],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53969"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53974,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53969\/revisions\/53974"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/53973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/livingwithgravity.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}