STILL A WAY TO GO

Amongst European automotive manufacturers BMW is a clear leader in embracing electricity, with more than 150,000 examples of its battery-powered i3 E-car sold to date since its 2013 debut as the German firm’s entry into the EV sector. One year later came the first such E-product from BMW Motorrad, the C Evolution electric scooter via which it became the first major non-Asian manufacturer to market an electric two-wheeler. So far, BMW has sold 6985 examples of the C Evolution up to the end of November 2019, with annual sales increasing each year as interest in EV solutions ramps up.

Since that 2014 debut of its 11kW/15bhp C-Evo scooter, BMW Motorrad has continued to work on producing a much higher performance electric motorcycle, with several different projects underway. The most striking of those disclosed so far has been the Vision DC Roadster show bike unveiled last June as a design study visually evoking the company’s trademark Boxer motor, but with electric propulsion – though it’s not so far run in public.

But now BMW has revealed