Additionally, the Rivian-spun micromobility startup struck a commercial deal with Amazon to supply the e-commerce company with thousands of its new pedal-assist cargo quad vehicles, large enough to carry more than 400 pounds of packages and small enough to use a bike lane.
As part of this multi-year collaboration, the two companies will work to customize pedal-assist vehicles to meet Amazon’s delivery needs in Europe and the United States. The TM-Q pedal-assist electric quads will launch in spring 2026, according to Also, which was revealed Wednesday at an event in Oakland alongside the company’s new electric bike called the TM-B.
Although 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 of its electric delivery vans.
“We really understand how to work with each other,” Rivian founder and CEO RJ Scaringe told TechCrunch ahead of the event, adding that everything they learned from the EDV van program was incorporated into this project. “This is where having Rivian as a significant shareholder comes in very handy because we can do all this close coordination through a fleet management portal that manages your larger vehicles, like EDV vans, and Also products.”
The advantage is knowing exactly what Amazon needs, Scaringe added. “There’s no guesswork and we also had a lot of input from the Rivian team, who were involved because they’re so close to Amazon.”
Also started as skunkworks within Rivian and spun off from the electric vehicle maker earlier this year with a new name and $105 million in funding from Eclipse. It is also a standalone company, but has close ties to Rivian, which has a minority stake. Scaringe will sit on its board and also use – and has already done so – the automaker’s technology, retail presence and economies of scale.
The TM-Q and Also TM-B electric bike share much of the same DNA, including the drivetrain, a pedal-by-wire system developed by Also. Even some physical elements, including the handlebars and an 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 allow users to check their battery charge, download software updates and manage security.
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The vehicles also share the same battery technology, although quad cargo vehicles have a greater power capacity. Instead of incorporating a large battery into electric quad vehicles, Also kept them portable and removable. President Chris Yu also said the company is working on building battery docks so you can actually swap them out.
Unlike its two-wheeled mainstream sibling, the TM-Q will be adapted for commercial use and will include software managing logistics, delivery and loading. The TM-Q’s small size and pedal-assist system make it ideal for delivering packages to customers who live in dense urban areas, according to Emily Barber, Amazon’s global fleet director.
There is already an operational micromobility operation for cargo vehicles, also quads. Amazon has more than 70 micromobility centers in cities across the United States and Europe, Barber said.
Amazon will not, however, be TM-Q’s only client. Yu added that, noting how popular the quad design was within the company, it would not completely limit its quad cargo vehicles to commercial customers. The company also revealed a mainstream TM-Q with the same underlying quad platform, but without the delivery van topper. Instead, the vehicle has a bench seat system that’s roomy enough to carry a few friends, kids, pets, or groceries.
And there could be other 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.
This has a definite advantage, Scaringe noted. “What I like about them is that making a new top hat on a car is like a billion dollars; making a new top hat here is a lot less,” he said with a laugh.
