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Bosch Purion 200 and Range ExtenderExtension for the Smart System

Adrian Kaether

 · 22.06.2023

Like the LED remote, the Purion 200 display is wired, but its small colour display provides important basic information and also shows the battery status as a percentage.
Photo: Bosch
A long-awaited Bosch range extender, a larger Kiox display and a Purion display with an accurate battery percentage display: The SX light drive may be the highlight of Bosch's new product offensive at Eurobike, but the new accessories for Bosch's Smart System are also worth a second look.

Bosch Kiox 500 and Purion 200: The new displays

With the new Kiox 500 display, Bosch is adding a 40 percent larger display to the familiar Kiox 300 colour display for better readability. It is designed to show data in a larger format and, not least, make navigation via the Kiox display more user-friendly. Acoustic signals should also help with this. As usual with Bosch, the 2.8-inch display is not operated by touch but via the remote on the handlebars and the app.

The new Kiox 500 display is 40 per cent larger than the familiar Kiox 300 and can also send acoustic signals, e.g. for turn-by-turn directions during navigation.Photo: HerstellerThe new Kiox 500 display is 40 per cent larger than the familiar Kiox 300 and can also send acoustic signals, e.g. for turn-by-turn directions during navigation.

The new Bosch Purion 200 display, on the other hand, is limited to the essentials. As a small colour display, it offers the most important basic information such as speed, range and speedometer functions. Nice: Despite the minimalist approach, the battery level can also be read as a percentage. This could make the new Purion 200 display an attractive alternative to the previous LED remote. The new displays should be available from summer 2023, prices are not yet available.

Bosch Framepack 400 and Powermore 250: Dual battery and range extender in the Smart System

Fans of the dual-battery system can finally breathe a sigh of relief: the small add-on battery for the Bosch Smart System is coming and will be called Power Pack 400 Frame. Manufacturers can also use it as the main battery, but for eMTBs it is particularly interesting as a second battery. The battery offers 400 watt hours and will be available from autumn.

The new Power Pack 400 can be used as a single battery, but is also suitable for a dual-battery system.Photo: Adrian KaetherThe new Power Pack 400 can be used as a single battery, but is also suitable for a dual-battery system.

If an additional 250 watt hours is enough for you, you can fall back on the handy Bosch PowerMore 250, which was introduced with the Performance Line SX e-bike motor. It fits in the bottle cage and is simply connected to the bike's charging port. Incidentally, this also works with older bikes with Smart System and CX if the charging socket has been replaced beforehand.

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The Bosch Powermore 250 range extender fits into the bottle cage and is also compatible with the normal CX. We do not yet have a picture of the Framepack 400, which could be used as a double battery. Both batteries should be available from autumn.Photo: BoschThe Bosch Powermore 250 range extender fits into the bottle cage and is also compatible with the normal CX. We do not yet have a picture of the Framepack 400, which could be used as a double battery. Both batteries should be available from autumn.

The Compacttube, also presented with the SX drive, could make particularly lightweight bikes possible in the future, even with a conventional CX drive; on the other hand, e-bikes with the new SX drive and large batteries are also conceivable. From the drives to the batteries to the displays, all Smart System components should be able to be combined with each other in the future.

Adrian Kaether

Adrian Kaether's favourite thing to do is ride mountain bikes on bumpy enduro trails. The tech expert and bike tester knows all about Newton metres and watt hours, high and low-speed damping. As test manager at MYBIKE, Adrian also likes to think outside the box and tests cargo bikes and step-through bikes as well as the latest (e-)MTBs.

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