This free feature helps make stolen Bosch e-bikes unsellable
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Bosch is introducing a free anti-theft feature in its Flow app that allows owners to mark stolen e-bikes, making them difficult to resell or service within Bosch's digital ecosystem.
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 a subscription to Flow Plus.
"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 …