Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e-bikes after months of delays

Rivian spinoff Also volition yet commencement delivering its archetypal e-bikes to customers adjacent week, aft months of delays related to unspecified proviso concatenation issues.

The institution told TechCrunch connected Friday that the Launch Edition of its TM-B e-bike, which retails for $4,500, has started shipping from its shaper to its warehouse successful the U.S. Also said it expects to present each Launch Edition bikes betwixt adjacent week and September.

Also began arsenic a skunkworks project wrong Rivian successful 2022, aft CEO RJ Scaringe started looking into making an e-bike to complement his portfolio of electrical vehicles for the outdoorsy set. The institution spent a fewer years tinkering with the idea, and adjacent hired Jony Ive’s plan steadfast LoveFrom to assistance with an aboriginal design, arsenic TechCrunch archetypal reported successful 2025.

In March 2025, Rivian spun retired Also arsenic its ain company, with $105 cardinal successful backing from Eclipse. The startup revealed its archetypal e-bike, the TM-B, successful October of past year. It primitively targeted a “Spring” 2026 vessel date, but proviso concatenation headaches got successful the way, and the institution pushed the transportation model to July.

“The superior origin driving our updated summertime timeline is existent accent connected planetary proviso chains. A rapid, industry-wide spike successful request for earthy materials and physics components has impacted cardinal parts required for the TM-B. This has temporarily delayed our planned manufacturing ramp-up and pushed our archetypal transportation dates past our archetypal outpouring window,” the institution wrote successful June connected a support page. “Our engineering and accumulation teams are moving astir the timepiece to minimize these constraints without cutting a azygous country connected information oregon quality.”

Also declined to accidental what components, specifically, caused the delay.

Also has large plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself arsenic a “vehicle” company, and has plans to marque four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon. The institution is working connected an autonomous transportation conveyance for DoorDash, too.

But for now, Also needs to absorption connected delivering its archetypal e-bikes portion navigating the adjacent acceptable of headaches for a institution shipping products similar these: lawsuit service. On Friday, the past time of July, a fig of customers were venting successful a thread successful the r/ALSOmicromobility subreddit astir the repeated delays.

“I’m truly frustrated by the deficiency of connection and the existent miscommunication/lies from Also regarding shipment timelines,” the archetypal poster wrote. “Why bash they support making these promises astir shipping timelines conscionable to stroke close past them without immoderate connection oregon existent updates? It truly makes nary sense.”

“Hey we’ve inactive got a fewer concern hours near successful July. Maybe we’ll get an email aboriginal this greeting ☺️,” a antithetic idiosyncratic responded.

Not everyone was truthful patient.

“Couldn’t hold immoderate longer and canceled my reservation,” different wrote.