
The factory diagnostic software contains a field for 'cheat detected' and it's pretty sensitive (to the point that sometimes bikes that have not been modified get flagged). The Bosch system (which has substantial market share in that domain) can be hacked but only at the sensor level, and it's clever enough that it tries to detect such trickery and if it does it will brick itself. Regular e-bikes (the 25 kph version) are hacked with abandon but even then you are no longer legal (here, in NL and many other european countries). Time will tell if I will eventually manage to run my own firmware but right now I'm not hopeful that that will ever happen (I'd love to update the range computation algorithm).


The Bosch system is the one that I now have extensive experience with and the handshake between the controller, the motor and then battery is of a complexity level that I have not managed to crack it despite a serious effort in that direction. Believe me I tried and reverse engineering is not something that I have a moral block against or so.Įvery s-pedelec that I'm aware of is legal to buy and drive on the roads here is locked down. IMPORTANT: Installing a CDR version of 3.6 or later over an existing version of CDR software will cause the CDR program to operate as a CDR file reader only, unless the software can be activated using an Activation Certificate.Read again: the claim is that these bikes can be hacked. JanuBosch released CDR Tool Software Version 21.0.Refer to the CDR Software Help File for supported vehicles. Whether instructions for use for eBikes with Bosch drives or instructions for the correct handling of eBike batteries and information about pedelec: you can download everything easily here. The Bosch eBike Systems Dealer Portal is a platform with a variety of functions that can be accessed on the Internet via and which you, as a user, can use to download diagnostic software as well as operating instructions and technical documents, monitor service tickets, manage completed online training courses, download/use.
