Range is also a critical factor for e-bike riders. In future, artificial intelligence at Bosch will adjust the assistance so that it reaches the destination.
"Range Control" facilitates tour planning with e-bikes.
Bosch eBike Systems
Artificial intelligence made in Baden-Württemberg is set to support e-bike owners in the future. At the Eurobike bicycle trade fair in Frankfurt, the technology group Bosch presented its AI solution "Range Control", which makes it easier to plan e-bike tours. The navigation software from Reutlingen calculates the battery level with which you will arrive at your destination.
The system also takes into account various parameters such as the system weight, the altitude profile of the route and individual riding behavior. As the AI learns from the live data, the forecasts become increasingly precise over time. At the start of the tour, drivers can also specify the minimum battery level with which they want to arrive at their destination. In this case, the system dynamically regulates the electric motor and adjusts the motor assistance as required.
Reaching Your Destination with AI
AI should also help with route planning. The system learns over time, for example, which types of road, which surface or which inclines are preferred and at what speed, and suggests an appropriate route.
At the trade fair in Frankfurt, Bosch also presented new types of electric gear shifting developed together with specialists from TRP and Shimano. In future, e-bikes will be able to shift gears fully automatically if desired. Inexperienced e-bikers in particular are sometimes unsure about selecting the right gear and can focus fully on riding and the traffic environment with automatic shifting.
"This makes e-bike riding more comfortable, more individual and also safer", said Claus Fleischer, CEO at Bosch eBike Systems. The Bosch subsidiary is one of the largest suppliers of e-bike components such as motors, batteries and software for connected bicycles and supplies bicycle manufacturers such as Centurion, Cresta, Flyer, Gazelle, Kalkhoff, Kettler, KTM, Riese & Müller and Velo de Ville.
Impetus from Politics
Fleischer told the German Press Agency that the demand for e-bikes is "still good". "But it has also been better in the past." The industry is experiencing a "headwind from politics". Among other things, this relates to the "lack of courage when it comes to cycling infrastructure and the expansion of cycle paths". Fleischer emphasized that politicians need to recognize that the bicycle and the e-bike are a "great alternative for mobility in the city, but also for people's leisure activities". "Everyone who rides a bike is actively moving."
This is a partly automated translation of this German article by dpa.
