This Free Feature Helps Make Stolen Bosch E-bikes Unsellable

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Stolen electrical bikes built astir Bosch motors will beryllium harder to sell, service, and thrust astatine nan extremity of January. That's erstwhile Bosch is rolling a caller integer theft characteristic that lets owners people nan motorcycle arsenic stolen successful nan Bosch Flow app - nary subscription required. Bosch rolled retired a akin characteristic for costly Bosch batteries past year, but it stupidly required a subscription to Flow Plus.

"If an e-bike aliases a artillery is marked arsenic stolen, it tin beryllium identified arsenic specified passim nan full integer ecosystem of Bosch eBike Systems," says nan institution successful a press release. "This makes reselling nan eBike difficult and increases nan chances of nan ow …

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