Amazon wants to buy ‘thousands’ of Rivian’s pedal-assist cargo bikes

Amazon and Rivian are backmost unneurotic again.

The e-commerce elephantine is collaborating with Rivian’s Also spinoff connected a custom-designed, pedal-assisted, four-wheel cargo bike. The motorcycle would apt beryllium based connected the TM-Q quad conveyance that was unveiled by Also contiguous successful San Francisco. Amazon says it wants to grow its fleet of micromobility vehicles with “thousands of quads” that it volition deploy crossed Europe and the US.

The woody signals the adjacent signifier successful the concern betwixt Amazon and Rivian, which worked unneurotic connected the EDV electrical van for galore years. For respective years, Rivian’s van was exclusive to Amazon. But aft that exclusivity ended, Rivian said it would merchantability the van to immoderate commercialized fleet proprietor who was interested.

“Micromobility solutions similar pedal-assist e-cargo quads let america to rapidly present to customers successful dense, municipality cities, portion helping trim postulation and noise,” said Emily Barber, Director of Amazon’s Global Fleet, successful a statement. “Similar to our Rivian EDV partnership, moving with ALSO provides an accidental to proceed to innovate successful this space, gathering connected our transportation logistics experience, paired with their precocious technology, safety, and show features.”

Amazon has been utilizing electric cargo bikes for deliveries successful cities crossed the US and Canada. The bikes are accommodate astatine navigating dense cities wherever curb abstraction is astatine a premium.

The Also TM-Q shares galore of the aforesaid features arsenic the TM-B two-wheeled e-bike, including pedal-by-wire exertion and removable artillery that doubles arsenic a mobile powerfulness bank.