Rivian Spinoff Also Reveals A High-end Modular E-bike For $4,500

Several years ago, arsenic a skunkworks squad of engineers wrong Rivian group retired to create a micromobility vehicle, 1 mobility loomed. “What do we build in-house?” Rivian laminitis and CEO RJ Scaringe said successful an question and reply recounting nan early days of Also, which spun retired of Rivian earlier this year.

“We realized nan only measurement to do this good is to build everything,” said Scaringe, who sits connected Also’s board.

The result, which was revealed Wednesday astatine an arena successful Oakland, is simply a pedal-assist electrical motorcycle called nan TM-B that is much than conscionable a bike, according to Scaringe and Also President Chris Yu. “This is simply a full level of products we’re going to build successful nan microspace,” Scaringe said.

At a passing glance, this “more than a bike” looks for illustration a bike, albeit a sleekly designed 1 that has a fewer hidden-in-plain show features. But Yu contends that what lies beneath nan aboveground is what makes nan TM-B typical and compelling capable to break into a crowded e-bike market.

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The TM-B will travel successful respective trims, including a motorboat edition, performance, and guidelines versions. The motorboat version has identical specs pinch nan capacity trim, including a artillery that has an estimated 100-mile range, 10 assistive levels, aerial shocks and aerial fork for nan suspension, and 2 thrust modes including sport. The motorboat edition, which costs $4,500, is radiated pinch typical “launch” colors of a purple ube and blue, and will travel to marketplace this spring.

The capacity trim, which besides retails astatine $4,500, is expected to travel to marketplace successful nan first half of 2026. The guidelines version, which has a artillery pinch up to 60 miles of range, 5 assistive levels, an aerial daze and coil fork for nan suspension, and 1 modular thrust mode, is expected to costs little than $4,000 erstwhile it hits nan marketplace successful nan 2nd half of adjacent year, according to Yu.

All of nan bikes are equipped pinch beforehand and rear LED lighting pinch integrated move signals. Biomotion creation illuminates rider’s legs arsenic they pedal connected nan TM-B, which has 24-inch wheels. The TM-B tin besides beryllium outfitted pinch all-terrain tires, pedals, and a way thrust mode that gives riders much manual power complete nan ride.

The artillery is removable and comes pinch USB-C accelerated charging up to 240 watts that lets users powerfulness up devices. There is an integrated information characteristic to support nan artillery and nan motorcycle safe arsenic well. The information strategy is engaged erstwhile nan rider walks distant from nan motorcycle automatically locks nan battery, wheels, and frame. If it is tampered with, nan rider will person an alert via nan Also app and nan motorcycle itself will emit a large honking sound. As a broadside note: that honking sound tin beryllium deployed by nan rider arsenic they navigate metropolis streets.

The tech wrong nan TM-B

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Everything was developed by nan Also and Rivian team, including nan removable artillery pack, powerfulness electronics, software, firmware, and a pedal-by-wire propulsion strategy that has nary mechanical relationship betwixt a rider’s pedaling and nan activity of nan bike.

Even nan devices to build these elements were designed here, according to Also CTO Jonathan Hall, who said to TechCrunch up of nan event.

All of nan trims person respective standout creation and functional features, including a cardinal touchscreen show that is integrated betwixt nan handlebars, and a modular apical framework that allows nan personification to alteration from a solo, bench, aliases inferior cargo setup wrong a fewer seconds.

The modular solo spot comes pinch 2 h2o vessel cages. The inferior setup has an integrated rear rack, 1 h2o vessel cage mount, and tin transportation astir further 77 pounds of cargo. Also is offering a 3rd chair action arsenic well. And each of these tin beryllium swapped retired successful a fewer seconds and without tools.

Notably, nan package of each setup is aligned pinch that personification and syncs pinch nan cardinal touchscreen.

The helmet

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The institution besides developed a helmet in-house called nan Alpha Wave Helmet that uses a recently developed exertion to amended rotational effect protection and a redesigned strap truthful nan personification tin tighten it — nary snapping — pinch 1 hand.

The helmet has galore tech features beyond protecting your brain, including integrated lights and an audio strategy pinch 4 wind-shielded speakers and 2 noise-canceling microphones. The helmet syncs pinch nan bike’s cardinal “portal” touchscreen aliases nan rider’s telephone truthful they tin perceive to music, return calls, and person turn-by-turn navigation.