Rusting an E-scooter (In a Good Way)
Rusting An E-scooter (In A Good Way) No comments by: Al Williams September 13, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy It is a classic Hackaday situation. It has a screen that shows the usual dash stats, but that led to an annoyance. You could accidentally enter firmware update mode and, from there, enter operational mode without the security PIN. [Ben] couldn’t let that stand, so he reverse-engineered the protocol and rewrote the firmware in Rust.
- ▪Rusting An E-scooter (In A Good Way) No comments by: Al Williams September 13, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy It is a classic Hackaday situation.
- ▪It has a screen that shows the usual dash stats, but that led to an annoyance.
- ▪You could accidentally enter firmware update mode and, from there, enter operational mode without the security PIN. [Ben] couldn’t let that stand, so he reverse-engineered the protocol and rewrote the firmware in Rust.
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| Publication time | Sun, 13 Sep 2026 20:00:03 +0000 |
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Rusting An E-scooter (In A Good Way) No comments by: Al Williams September 13, 2026 Title: Copy Short Link: Copy It is a classic Hackaday situation. You have an Egret GT E-scooter. It has a screen that shows the usual dash stats, but that led to an annoyance. You could accidentally enter firmware update mode and, from there, enter operational mode without the security PIN. [Ben] couldn’t let that stand, so he reverse-engineered the protocol and rewrote the firmware in Rust. As he put it, “… because I have to break… everything I own…” We get it. The mobile app was useful for some basic info, since sniffing Bluetooth is fairly easy and analyzing mobile code is, more or less, straightforward.
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