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This free feature helps make stolen Bosch e-bikes unsellable

Look at how confident Bosch’s anti-theft features make you. | Image: Bosch

Stolen electric bikes built around Bosch motors will be harder to sell, service, and ride at the end of January. That’s when Bosch is rolling a new digital theft feature that lets owners mark the bike as stolen in the Bosch Flow app – no subscription required. Bosch rolled out a similar feature for expensive Bosch batteries last year, but it stupidly required

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“If an e-bike or a battery is marked as stolen, it can be identified as such throughout the entire digital ecosystem of Bosch eBike Systems,” says the company in a press release. “This makes reselling the e-bike difficult and increases the chances of the o …

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