Rivian Spinoff Also to Begin E-Bike Deliveries After Months of Supply Chain Delays

Also, the company that began as a secret project inside Rivian, will finally start delivering its first electric bicycles to customers next week. The startup told TechCrunch that Launch Edition units of the TM-B, priced at $4,500, are now moving from the manufacturer to its U.S. warehouse, with all those pre-orders expected to reach buyers between next week and September.

The launch follows months of delays that Also attributed to unspecified supply chain disruptions. In June, the company posted a support page update citing “rapid, industry-wide spike in demand for raw materials and electronic components” that temporarily held back its manufacturing scale-up. It did not disclose which specific parts were affected.

The TM-B was first shown in October 2025, and Also originally aimed for a spring 2026 ship date. That window was later pushed to July. With July now ended, customers on a Reddit forum dedicated to the brand voiced irritation over what they described as poor communication and repeated timeline misses. Some said they had canceled their reservations.

Also’s origins trace back to 2022, when Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe explored building an e-bike to complement the automaker’s electric SUV and truck lineup. The effort operated as a skunkworks team for several years. It engaged Jony Ive’s design firm LoveFrom for an early design, as TechCrunch previously reported. In March 2025, Rivian spun out the unit as an independent company with $105 million in funding from Eclipse.

Beyond the TM-B, Also bills itself more broadly as a vehicle company. It has outlined plans to produce four-wheel, pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon and is developing an autonomous delivery robot for DoorDash, according to its public statements.

For now, however, the focus is on getting the first batch of e-bikes into customers’ hands and managing the customer support challenges that come with selling direct to consumers. The company’s ability to deliver on its subsequent product ambitions may depend on how it handles this initial rollout.

Also declined to comment on the specific components behind the delay when contacted by TechCrunch.