Rivian Spinout Also Inc. Is Building Autonomous Delivery Bikes. DoorDash Is Already In.

Also Inc. spun out of Rivian just over a year ago with a focus on small-form-factor EVs for urban and commercial use. Their consumer ebike, the TMB, starts at $3,500 and uses a pedal-by-wire system called DreamRide that simulates traditional bike feel through a generator-based force feedback setup. The bigger play is autonomous last-mile delivery: a partnership with DoorDash aims to deploy self-driving delivery vehicles in bike lanes and road-adjacent spaces where vans and cars cannot operate. The company sees congestion and cost-per-mile as the driving forces behind a shift to smaller autonomous EVs for delivery at scale.