{"id":706,"date":"2025-11-17T03:59:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/rivian-spinoff-reveals-a-3500-starting-price-for-its-first-e-bike\/"},"modified":"2025-11-17T03:59:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T19:59:50","slug":"rivian-spinoff-reveals-a-3500-starting-price-for-its-first-e-bike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/rivian-spinoff-reveals-a-3500-starting-price-for-its-first-e-bike\/","title":{"rendered":"Rivian spinoff reveals a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:1;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/evs\/rivian-unveils-a-new-quad-motor-r1-variant-180333764.html\">Rivian<\/a>&#8216;s electric mobility spinoff Also announced a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike called the TM-B. The startup unveiled the <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:2;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/the-first-e-bike-from-rivian-spinoff-also-has-a-virtual-drivetrain-173000250.html\">shapeshifting e-bike<\/a> last month, with options for a limited Launch edition, a Performance version or a base model. During the reveal, Also said both the Launch and Performance TM-B models would start at $4,500, but only hinted at the base model&#8217;s price tag being less than $4,000.<\/p>\n<p>While the base model TM-B is more than $1,000 cheaper than the other choices, it comes with several compromises, like a lower max range of 60 miles, a weaker 5x power assist, coil fork suspension and only a standard ride mode. In comparison, the higher-end TM-B options have up to a 100-mile range, a 10x power assist, air fork suspension and the choice between sport and standard ride modes. Also is only offering the base model TM-B in all gray, meaning you won&#8217;t get the transparent shell that highlights the virtual drivetrain called DreamRide.<\/p>\n<p><span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>While the TM-B&#8217;s starting price is more affordable than we first thought, it&#8217;s still a premium price tag for an e-bike. The TM-B base model is <a data-i13n=\"elm:context_link;elmt:doNotAffiliate;cpos:3;pos:1\" class=\"no-affiliate-link\" href=\"https:\/\/ridealso.com\/products\/tm-b-reservation\">available for preorder<\/a> with a $50 refundable deposit and will start shipping in late 2026, according to Also.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/transportation\/rivian-spinoff-reveals-a-3500-starting-price-for-its-first-e-bike-195949124.html?src=rss<\/p><p>Please credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\">OBA Blog<\/a> &raquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/2025\/11\/17\/rivian-spinoff-reveals-a-3500-starting-price-for-its-first-e-bike\/\">Rivian spinoff reveals a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rivian&#8216;s electric mobility spinoff Also announced a $3,500 starting price for its first e-bike called the TM-B. The startup unveiled the shapeshifting e-bike last month, with options for a limited Launch edition, a Performance version or a base model. During the reveal, Also said both the Launch and Performance TM-B models would start at $4,500, but only hinted at the base model&#8217;s price tag being less than $4,000. While the base model TM-B is more than $1,000 cheaper than the other choices, it comes with several compromises, like a lower max range of 60 miles, a weaker 5x power assist, coil fork suspension and only a standard ride mode. In comparison, the higher-end TM-B options have up to a 100-mile range, a 10x power assist, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-share"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/706\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/obagg.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}