If VanMoof goes bankrupt, what will happen to its connected bikes and their owners? His competitor Cowboy, who doesn’t want to wait for this scenario to come up with an answer, preferred to take the lead.
Given the more than worrying financial situation of the Dutch company, the Belgian manufacturer has developed an application called Bikey that allows VanMoof bicycle owners to obtain the digital key for their two-wheeled vehicle and unlock it thanks to Bluetooth technology. To do this, they simply need to log into their VanMoof account by going to the app.
With this tool, owners of VanMoof bicycles can thus control them without going through the brand’s servers, as they point out. numeral.
An app is required to unlock
Because the VanMoof application is usually essential to use the bicycles of the Dutch brand. It is through this tool that users can unlock them. It also includes a number of settings such as speed limiting and gear shift scheduling. This application also allows you to configure the light or horn of the motorcycle.
It is not known, however, whether VanMoof’s bankruptcy would lead to a ban on two-wheelers or whether the brand has already planned a solution that would allow owners of its connected bikes to continue using them.
In any case, some of them can already calm down thanks to the Bikey application. Currently, only the S3 and X3 models can be unlocked through the Cowboy software. But the S5 and A5 should soon join them, according to the media.
Source: BFM TV
