Rivian spinoff Also starts shipping its first e-bikes

Also, the e-bike company Rivian spun out in 2025, will finally start delivering its first e-bikes to customers next week, after months of delays tied to unspecified supply-chain issues. The company told TechCrunch on Friday that the Launch Edition of its TM-B e-bike, which retails for $4,500, has started shipping from its manufacturer to its warehouse in the U.S. Also said it expects to deliver all Launch Edition bikes between next week and September.

Also began as a skunkworks project inside Rivian in 2022, after Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe started looking into making an e-bike to complement his portfolio of electric vehicles for the outdoorsy set. The company spent a few years tinkering with the idea, and even hired Jony Ive’s design firm LoveFrom to help with an early design. In March 2025, Rivian spun out Also as its own company, with $105 million in backing from Eclipse. The startup revealed its first e-bike, the TM-B, in October of last year.

Also originally targeted a spring 2026 ship date, but supply-chain headaches got in the way, and the company pushed the delivery window to July. “The primary factor driving our updated summer timeline is current stress on global supply chains,” the company wrote in June on a support page, adding that a rapid, industry-wide spike in demand for raw materials and electronic components had impacted key parts required for the TM-B and temporarily delayed its planned manufacturing ramp-up. Also declined to say what components, specifically, caused the delay.

Also has bigger plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly describes itself as a vehicle company and plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon; it is also working on an autonomous delivery vehicle for DoorDash. For now, though, Also has to focus on delivering its first e-bikes while navigating the next set of headaches that come with shipping a physical product: customer service. On Friday, the last day of July, a number of customers vented in a thread on the r/ALSOmicromobility subreddit about the repeated delays — one accused the company of miscommunication and, in the same post, called out what they described as lies about shipment timelines, while another wrote that they had canceled their reservation after running out of patience.

Why it matters

The launch tests whether a young hardware spinoff can convert design buzz and high-profile backing into reliable deliveries — a challenge that will only grow as Also tries to scale into cargo and autonomous-delivery vehicles for partners like Amazon and DoorDash.