Also, the micro-mobility startup Rivian launched has entered into a commercial agreement with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with thousands of new pedal-assist cargo vehicles that are large enough to carry more than 400 kg of packages and small enough to use a bike lane.
As part of the multi-year partnership, the two companies will work to adapt the pedal-assist vehicles to meet Amazon’s delivery needs in Europe and the United States. The TM-Q pedal-assist electric quads will go on sale in spring 2026, according to Also, which revealed Wednesday at an event in Oakland alongside the company’s new ebike called the TM-B.
While Also is a new company, its executives already have a long-standing relationship with Amazon. Rivian, the electric vehicle maker where Also was born, is backed by Amazon and has supplied the company with more than 25,000 electric delivery trucks.
“We really understand how to work together,” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe told TechCrunch ahead of the event, adding that everything they learned from the EDV van program carried over to this project. “It’s very helpful to have Rivian as a major shareholder because we can do all that tight coordination through a fleet management portal that manages your large vehicles like EDV trucks and Also products.”
The advantage is knowing exactly what Amazon needs, Scaringe added. “There’s no guesswork, and Also has benefited from a lot of input from the Rivian team that’s been involved because it’s so close to Amazon.
It also started as a skunkworks at Rivian and spun off the EV maker earlier this year with a new name and $105 million in funding from Eclipse Ventures. It is also a stand-alone company, but has close ties to Rivian, which holds a minority stake. Scaringe will serve on its board, and Also will use – and already has – the automotive industry’s technology, retail presence and economies of scale.
The TM-Q and Also’s TM-B ebike share much of the same DNA, including the drivetrain, a pedal-by-wire system developed by Also. Even some physical elements, notably the steering wheel and the integrated five-inch circular touchscreen that can be rotated to lock and unlock the vehicle, are the same. This touchscreen unit, which displays navigation, media controls, fitness stats and assistance levels, syncs with the Also app to let users check their battery charge, download software updates and manage security.
Techcrunch event
San Francisco
|
27-29 October 2025
The vehicles also share the same battery technology, although the quad cargo vehicles have a larger power capacity. Instead of building a large battery into the electric four-wheel drive vehicles, Also has kept them portable and removable. Also, President Chris Yu said the company is working on making battery docking stations so you can actually swap them out.
Unlike its two-wheeled consumer sibling, the TM-Q will be tailored for commercial use and include software that handles logistics, delivery and charging. According to Emily Barber, Amazon’s Global Fleet Manager, the TM-Q’s smaller stature and pedal-assist system make it ideal for delivering packages to customers living in dense urban areas.
There is already an operational micromobility business for four-cargo vehicles as well. Amazon has more than 70 micromobility hubs in cities across the U.S. and Europe, Barber said.
Amazon won’t be TM-Q’s only customers, though. Yu also said, noting how popular the quad design has been within the company, that it won’t completely limit its quad cargo vehicles to commercial customers. The company also revealed a consumer TM-Q that shares the same underlying quad platform but lacks the delivery van top. Instead, the vehicle has a bench system spacious enough to carry a few friends, kids, pets or groceries.
And there may be more iterations in the future, Yu and Scaringe hinted.
“It’s less about what’s on top here and more about the underlying quad platform,” Yu said.
That comes with a distinct advantage, Scaringe noted. “What I love about them, doing a new hat on a car is like a billion dollars; doing a new hat here, it’s a lot less,” he said with a laugh.
