VanMoof: Competitor creates app to save e-bikes

Already in 2022 Dutch company Vanmoof can Avoid bankruptcy briefly. As a result, the price was increased, but in May 2023 the manufacturer presented surprisingly cheap S4 and X4 models. The joy should be short-lived only for fans of the brand, because A few days ago sale closedProduction and delivery of new bikes has stopped.

At the end of the vanmoof, the wheel must continue

one Reported by The Verge According to the company Requested legal protectionTo give him more time to pay his bills. To that end, VanMoof is considering all options, including a Potential sales.

Owners of popular e-bikes are now worried about the long-term support of their bikes, after all, their performance differs in many ways. Binds to the VanMoof app. Without a display, owners of the new S4 and X4 models are reliant on apps to see speed and battery status, for example. A Bluetooth connection between the bike and the app is required for support mode control or automatic unlocking. For this connection, a Digital key generated by VanMoof server become

So that the e-bikes don’t become useless if these servers go offline, jump from everything now the cowboy A competing company has a app as a temporary solution With which the vanmuff bike can still be used. This is free „Bikey“-App Available for iOS and soon for Android, Vanmoof creates digital keys to access basic app features on the bike. The information should be there stored on the user’s smartphone, not on the server So far, the Bikey app has only worked with the S3 and X3 models; In the future, their successors, the S5 and X5, will also be supported.

This move could definitely be a first sign Possible capture of VanMoof by cowboys Explained, but rescuers from the official side only say that they decided on this project because “Every bicycle is roadworthy”.

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