Living Electric: An open-minded look at the BMW CE 04 | EP1 | INFO MOTO

[@moreboost]

Reverse button? why not use?

[@INFO_MOTO]

The lane was on a steep slope so it wouldn't have helped.

[@chrisfifield8583]

What is the battery chemistry for this scooter ? I haven't found anything definatively . People have told me it's nmc .

[@Flip01]

With the price of petrol would make a good alternative for a daily/work commuter. Looks very modern.👍

[@Fernando90054]

Just listening at you I started to laugh 😂 it’s so funny when people make fun of themselves like you ended doing here, and it’s more than alright! It’s very healthy to watch ! Good review of the electric bike in deed. I can’t agree more with your opinion about this futuristic look and meaning. It was really a smart idea from BMW. But for the price, I think that it is a little too short in battery autonomy. When you went on the highway the speed sucked up too much energy, and that kills practicality for the user. It limits too much. It includes a mentality change of the way we use personal transportation. And that’s a lot to change at the same time. I think, for the price, I’d go for the Yamaha TMAX Tech MAX. Uses petrol I know. It’s not torquy as the CE-04. But is a bike for the present day. I think that we aren’t prepared yet to go totally electric on private vehicles, although that day is so far ahead like we could preview, but it still isn’t the Now moment I think. Thanks for the video . Was enlightening and fun!👌🏻

[@MartinCast]

"FFS!" :) I was thinking as you rode up that skinny path... "I hope he knows where he's going - that's a loooong way up one way..." and, sure enough... :) PS. I also agree about the brown shoes with no socks and skinny leg jeans. I'll add "People who wear their RMs with the tag sticking out the back of the trouser leg" so we can all tell how cool and 'innovative' they are. Phhht. PPS. Nice scooter. Looks like it shoots outta da gate when you let the battery have its way. Very nice.

[@stevesane800]

Great stuff Spencer! Uber cool dude & adventurer! Will be interesting to see your charging experience on slow AC & fast DC charging systems. Hanging around South Yarra?

[@elimalyshev4735]

Electric future is not for countries, experiencing electricity shortage on constant base. Like England, where people living in fuel misery. Electricity isn’t coming from socket, it is generated at power plants. To move on electricity all the people , the production of electricity must be raised up to 200%. Are you seeing new power plants being built recently? Don’t say wind mills. They are very weak and unable produce enough energy to cover all needs including heat, transport and heavy industry. So electric transport is luxury and only for successful countries like China.

[@MrCravenhaven]

Fuel Misery in Uk is for petrol and gas, not electricity. BTW UK is currently building a new Nuclear power station, final stages of planning for another and have plans to start building something like 18 nuclear plants in the next decade. Electricity WILL be the future fuel for UK, guaranteed.

[@elimalyshev4735]

@@MrCravenhaven Just read how much electricity will cost for England this winter. Up to 3364, Cornwall Insight. So electricity isn’t affordable, guaranteed. As I mentioned, you still thinking that electricity comes from a socket. Electricity is the most complex and difficult way of energy. If you can’t afford carbon fuel, how you will get the most serious one? Nuclear power plant is not a source of electricity. The fuel is. Building a nuclear plant must include full cycle of service. From enrichment of uranium to utilisation of radioactive waste. Also includes training of personnel and all safety. So you can not answer my question. WHERE you are going to get fuel for nuclear plant? 46% of enrichment is controlled by Russia. The rest is not enough even for current power plants. All together to this, no enrichment plants exist in US, and France is going to loose the rest, cause of very bad, old technologies. As well as that reason I could tell bunch of stories how they lost technology of building reactors. South Korea, China and Russia can build them. Nobody else can. Good luck with electricity. How many people got frozen this winter in London? I heard about ten thousand? Good luck again (no)

[@MrCravenhaven]

@@elimalyshev4735 Petrol/Diesel is £2/L, Electricity is approx 19p/KwH. Most EV's return around 3.5-4.5m/KwH, so approx 4m/19p=4.75p/m. ICE avg 10m/L=10m/£2, so approx 20p/m. So an EV costs about a quarter of an ICE to run. Never mind the maintenance savings. There are frequently days when the UK runs wholly on renewables, those useless wind generators you decried. Germany has recently reported running exclusively on renewables for a few days. Petrol and Diesel dont magically appear on a fuel tank, coal doesn't magically appear in a power station. But wind and sunshine magically appear for free everyday, and if they don't we'll be in a lot more trouble than running our cars.

[@MrCravenhaven]

I dont know where you got your info regarding Uranium enrichment, but as far as I could find The Netherlands, France, Germany export more enriched Uranium than the rest of the world. BTW electricity can be generated in many ways, mostly in the past by burning something, but now there's chemical, radiation, and more direct methods. How many ways are there to create petrol/diesel. Also, how much energy is used to create ( ie refine) petrol and diesel, transport it around the world, the country and get it into exceptionally inefficient vehicles where most of its energy is wasted as heat.