Bosch has today announced a handful of developments within its eBike Flow software, inclusive of enabling third-party e-bike manufacturers to host their own ‘content cards’ with the mobile app, narrowing the need for more than one app for your bike.
Opening up the chance to host their own apps or even subscription services within the eBike Flow app, the Bosch software will also allow apps and service providers to connect via the Connected Biking Platform, expanding the reach of both communities.
In short, an app like wayfinder software Komoot is already connected, which means you can get seamless access to this software via the eBike Flow dashboard. Bosch says, ‘This creates a consistent experience for shared users and a valuable basis for the further development of our own services.’
‘Our Connected Biking platform is becoming a central component of the digital ecosystem around the eBike. We are creating opportunities for industry players to develop their own digital offerings. The first partners are already connected and are shaping connected eBike mobility together with us,’ says Claus Fleischer, CEO of Bosch eBike Systems.
For secure integration, Bosch eBike Systems provides a modular toolbox of standardised interfaces and digital modules. For example, partners can use this information for their own applications via Cloud APIs for the ConnectModule and the eBike Flow app.
There are back-end benefits for bike manufacturers and shops too and with the new app update, specialist bike shops will be able to better manage fleets, gaining an overview of the location and availability of each eBike in real time, thus enhancing trackability to professionals if bikes go missing.
That works for the manufacturer too, which will now be able to access anonymised insights into the usage of their e-bikes down the line. An upshot of this that is particularly useful, given the bike industry’s stock level crisis since Covid is that there will now be a knowledge functionality revealing stock levels, the functions used most commonly on an e-bike, plus operational processes can be simplified in that test fleets can be managed efficiently and transport to retailers can be secured with the tracking option.
The Connected Biking platform also opens new options for professional mobility service providers. Fleet operators can manage their e-bikes more efficiently and minimise breakdowns, leasing providers can transparently track the value retention of their models, and insurance companies can minimise damage risks. The result is more reliable sharing services, transparent leasing conditions and comprehensible insurance rates.
Where leasing is more common, providers benefit thanks to transparent access to a log book of the e-bike’s condition and service history, professionalising the consumer journey, whether they are leasing or buying at the end of a lease term.
This ensures value retention, facilitates the technical appraisal during return and makes the evaluation of returns faster and more objective – the ideal basis for profitable remarketing. Leasing partners can also offer additional digital services by integrating them into the eBike Flow app. This creates a seamless experience for customers in that they benefit from digital theft protection and can view their contract data directly in the eBike Flow app. Leasing providers are therefore given the opportunity to optimise customer lifecycle management and initiate follow-up leasing.
These enhancements build upon further developments in 2026, including the addition of an in-app ‘marked stolen’ functionality.