The German car maker has had a pretty good month in February, with sales on the rise across the range of products, bikes included.

BMW Motorrad said the second month in 2014 has presented itself with an overall increase in sales of 18,3%, with a total number of units delivered reaching 8.098.

With this ascending trend BMW has got going, they decided it is about time to introduce their first e-scooter, the C-Evlution. Release date for the new scooter is set in May, and BMW is quite optimistic about its evolution. Just like the i3 found its way among the more traditional 3 or 5 series, so will the C-Evolution among other bikes like the R1200GS.

And in a similar way to the i3, just because it is a bit late to the party, with a plethora of other electric bikes already on the market, doesn’t mean it will struggle. Actually BMW is sure their scooter will not just sell, but become a iconic model for the industry.

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As you might know, BMW invested a lot of money researching technology for their “born electric” city car, the i3.

And with grand promises to change the industry forever, what we have seen so far, chances are it might just do that.

But with so much invested into R&D, using the results on just one product would seem wasteful, and Germans are anything but wasteful. So why not build a scooter that can benefit from what they learned engineering the i3?

It is called the BMW C Evolution E-Scooter, and we caught wind of it at the Frankfurt Motor Show. The drive train makes full use of i3’s innovations, from the batteries to the permanent magnet motor able to produce 47 Hp and 72 Nm of torque.

Since the C Evolution is an electric scooter, you get full torque the minute you start to accelerate. Reaching 100 km/h (yes, it does) takes just 6.2 seconds, and at 120 km/h it’s topped. After a full recharge cycle of just 4 hours, you can get somewhere around 100 km of range on the C Evolution.

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