Rivian's micromobility spinoff Also has apologized for shipping delays on the TM-B, its software-controlled electric bicycle, after customers grew visibly unhappy with the timeline. The company had originally committed to starting customer deliveries, but a cluster of technical features unique to the product has created supply-chain bottlenecks the team did not anticipate.
What's holding the TM-B up
The TM-B's spec sheet reads unlike anything else in the e-bike segment. A USB-C chargeable battery, a removable seat post, and a pedal-by-wire system controlled entirely through software are the headline differentiators. When Also unveiled the bike last year, the combination generated immediate attention across cycling and tech media. That same novelty is now the problem. Each of those features sits outside the standard component supply chains that most e-bike manufacturers draw from, and sourcing them at volume has proved harder than the product team projected.
Also has not publicly stated revised delivery dates, and the source supplies no price, production count, or financial figure attached to the delay. What the company has done is acknowledge the situation directly and apologize to waiting customers.
The TM-B case is a recurring pattern in the micromobility hardware space: a product earns pre-launch credibility by differentiating aggressively on features, then runs into the per-unit sourcing friction that conventional designs sidestep by using commodity parts. The more bespoke the bill of materials, the longer the lead times when any single component stalls.
Also is a spinoff of Rivian, the electric-vehicle manufacturer. The TM-B represents the spinoff's first major consumer product, which makes the delay a credibility moment for a brand that has not yet built a delivery track record with its customer base.