Also TM-B Ebike: Specs, Release Date, Price, and Features

It’s hard Now remember that people were skeptical Electric bike. Cyclists do not want unlicensed motor vehicles in cycle lanes; people who did not The bike was found by them dangerous. Even more people adopt them to combat carbon emissions or traffic, ebikes still There are many problems. Cheap ones are impossible to repair. There are excellent ones Gut-punch pricesEspecially if it’s your second or third visit. They have a learning curve when it comes to riding.

I’ve been reviewing electric bikes for years and, like many reviewers, tend to rate them as a collection of different specs. High quality proprietary frame, Bosch motor, safety certification? more expensive. Direct to consumer, cheap brakes, no safety certification? less expensive In my defense, this is how all bikes—not just electric ones—are marketed and sold. While Chris Yu, President Also Rivian Micromobility spinoffAsked me to estimate how much the company’s new ebike would cost, given its capabilities, I exclaimed, “Uh, $25,000!” As I happily hit the road on a two-wheeler.

Yu—riding an electric bike next to me—laughed. Also its base model TM-B, which is available for pre-order today, costs less than $4,000. My own Turn GSD ebike. The company is announcing two additional models, TM-B Performance and TM-B Limited Launch Edition, in addition to two quad vehicles for cargo delivery. I’m generally skeptical about car makers’ launches Electric bicycle lineBut I don’t think it’s a stunt. I really like this bike.

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Can also partially pull off this feat because The company is a Rivian spinoff. That’s not to say that the two companies are the same—you were careful that there were companies Totally different; Rivian holds a minority stake, as well as raising its own funds. Rivian is not in good health as a company directly Also impressive, but it makes some of the bike company benefits, like being able to purchase a bike at a Rivian dealership, a little more difficult to realize. Rivian should struggle.

Like Rivian, also chose to redesign the electric bike from the ground up. “We took this vertically integrated approach that Rivian Automotive took and re-optimized it, and reshaped it for smaller modes than a car,” Yu said. The heart of this system is a drivetrain called DreamRide. Yu refers to DreamRide as “pedal by wire.” No gears, no derailleurs, no internal hubs for shifting. Instead, a computer with a removable battery sits at the base of the aluminum alloy frame.

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