Also, the Rivian spinoff focused on electric micromobility, will begin shipping its first e-bikes to customers next week after facing months of postponements tied to supply chain troubles, according to a report from TechCrunch published Friday. The company confirmed that its Launch Edition TM-B e-bike, priced at $4,500, has left the manufacturer and is now en route to its U.S. warehouse. All Launch Edition bikes are expected to reach customers between next week and September, the company said.
The startup, which launched as an internal skunkworks effort at Rivian in 2022, was spun out as its own entity in March 2025 with $105 million in funding from Eclipse. Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe initially explored creating an e-bike to round out his lineup of outdoor-oriented electric vehicles, and the project spent several years in development, even bringing in Jony Ive's design firm LoveFrom for early design work. The TM-B e-bike was unveiled in October 2025 with an original spring 2026 delivery target, but that window shifted to July and has now stretched into late summer due to what the company described as unspecified supply chain pressures.
In June, Also explained on a support page that "a rapid, industry-wide spike in demand for raw materials and electronic components has impacted key parts required for the TM-B," pushing first deliveries beyond the spring window. The company wrote that its engineering and production teams were "working around the clock to minimize these constraints without cutting a single corner on safety or quality." Also declined to identify which specific components caused the holdup.
The repeated delays have tested customer patience, according to the report. On the last day of July, frustrated buyers vented in a Reddit thread about the lack of updates, with one customer writing, "I'm really frustrated by the lack of communication and the actual miscommunication/lies from Also regarding shipment timelines." Another customer had already canceled their reservation, unwilling to wait any longer. The company now faces the challenge of managing customer service while scaling up deliveries for the first time.
Also's ambitions reach far beyond the TM-B e-bike. The startup refers to itself primarily as a "vehicle" company and has plans to produce four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon, as well as an autonomous delivery vehicle for DoorDash. But for now, the company's immediate task is getting its inaugural product into customers' hands while navigating the operational headaches that come with launching a consumer hardware business at scale.