6mo ago

Stolen e-bike batteries could soon be worthless, if only Bosch were less greedy

A subscription anti-theft feature that should be free.

6mo ago

Stolen e-bike batteries could soon be worthless, if only Bosch were less greedy

6mo ago

Stolen e-bike batteries could soon be worthless, if only Bosch were less greedy

9 comments

This crap goes against right to repair. Serialization of parts is bullshit.
- Yeah, this feels more like preventing third party batteries from working. An average shady shop can definitely hotwire this.
This doesn't seem like it would make them worthless. It would just make it that you can't power a bike off a stolen battery.
It doesn't destroy the actual cells and there's definitely a market for used EV cells for DIY or refurbished power storage solutions.
- So after the battery is no longer attached to the orginial bike it no longer works. The government isn't going to properly regulate this practice if it starts and battery waste will increase.
  
  Cut it open, remove the cells, sell on ebay as "reclaimed, good" cells.
  This DRM just moves the goal post like 5 feet. It does not actually remove the value of the battery.
Does this also mean all of their ebikes will become unusable if their servers go offline?
I think they should have a system that will make these things explode if stolen. Would be nice karma

9 comments