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Exclusive: Rivian’s secret upcoming e-bike revealed in leaked images
https://electrek.co/2025/09/17/exclusive-rivians-secret-upcoming-e-bike-revealed-in-leaked-images/
We’ve known for years that the electric truck maker Rivian has been working on smaller, two-wheeled electric vehicles. After spinning out a micromobility startup, ALSO, to develop and market the vehicles, we’ve been counting the days until the company’s apparent unveiling next month. But now the wait may be over early as leaked images reveal the e-bike expected to be unveiled by the new electric startup.
The images come from a behind-the-scenes marketing video released by ALSO, sharing their eclectic, bohemian approach to filming what appears to be their big upcoming launch video. In a cheeky move, they included several scenes with the unreleased model, though they blurred the bike beyond recognition.
Apparently, they weren’t quite cheeky enough, though, as when I scrubbed frame-by-frame through the video, I could see multiple frames with partial images of the bike and at least five frames that fully reveal the bike before the censoring effect was added in the editing stage.
The images show a silver-colored electric bike with what appear to be 20″-ish wheels, front and rear suspension, and a large enclosure above the bottom bracket, giving the bike an appearance somewhere between a traditional electric bicycle and a more modern moped or motorbike.
A large rear rack hovers over the rear wheel, seemingly disconnected from the rear, further strengthening the argument that the blurry chainstay is actually a rear swingarm providing full suspension. The front suspension appears to be an inverted fork, which would usually indicate a higher tier of componentry.
It’s unclear if the battery is removable, but if so, it may be the shoe-sized protuberance at the front of the enclosure. A large headlight approximately matching the proportions of one seen in ALSO’s teaser videos can be seen on the bike’s headtube, conveying a bit of the Rivian design theme that still runs through ALSO’s veins.
The images reveal the likely physical design of the bike, speaking to a unique frame and comfort-oriented, higher-end road-worthy components. But what we can’t see from these images is the tech that has gone into the bike, which is likely to be substantial considering the support that ALSO receives from electric automaker Rivian’s engineering prowess.
The current video, now available on the company’s blog page, appears to have the frames in question removed, potentially revealing that the company has since discovered the mistake and updated the video to remove the incriminating frames. Whoops.
Electrek’s Take
Well, this is interesting. I feel a bit bad spoiling the launch, but I don’t work for ALSO, I work for my readers. And the details we get here are fascinating. ALSO, there is so much more to the story of this e-bike.
It definitely looks like ALSO went with an innovative design approach, which we were all expecting. This isn’t some run-of-the-mill electric bike with a pile of parts selected à la carte from a catalog. This looks like a purpose-built commuting machine, which is exactly what ALSO said they were trying to do from the beginning – to build new vehicles.
https://electrek.co/2025/09/17/exclusive-rivians-secret-upcoming-e-bike-revealed-in-leaked-images/
We’ve known for years that the electric truck maker Rivian has been working on smaller, two-wheeled electric vehicles. After spinning out a micromobility startup, ALSO, to develop and market the vehicles, we’ve been counting the days until the company’s apparent unveiling next month. But now the wait may be over early as leaked images reveal the e-bike expected to be unveiled by the new electric startup.
The images come from a behind-the-scenes marketing video released by ALSO, sharing their eclectic, bohemian approach to filming what appears to be their big upcoming launch video. In a cheeky move, they included several scenes with the unreleased model, though they blurred the bike beyond recognition.
Apparently, they weren’t quite cheeky enough, though, as when I scrubbed frame-by-frame through the video, I could see multiple frames with partial images of the bike and at least five frames that fully reveal the bike before the censoring effect was added in the editing stage.
The images show a silver-colored electric bike with what appear to be 20″-ish wheels, front and rear suspension, and a large enclosure above the bottom bracket, giving the bike an appearance somewhere between a traditional electric bicycle and a more modern moped or motorbike.
A large rear rack hovers over the rear wheel, seemingly disconnected from the rear, further strengthening the argument that the blurry chainstay is actually a rear swingarm providing full suspension. The front suspension appears to be an inverted fork, which would usually indicate a higher tier of componentry.
It’s unclear if the battery is removable, but if so, it may be the shoe-sized protuberance at the front of the enclosure. A large headlight approximately matching the proportions of one seen in ALSO’s teaser videos can be seen on the bike’s headtube, conveying a bit of the Rivian design theme that still runs through ALSO’s veins.
The images reveal the likely physical design of the bike, speaking to a unique frame and comfort-oriented, higher-end road-worthy components. But what we can’t see from these images is the tech that has gone into the bike, which is likely to be substantial considering the support that ALSO receives from electric automaker Rivian’s engineering prowess.
The current video, now available on the company’s blog page, appears to have the frames in question removed, potentially revealing that the company has since discovered the mistake and updated the video to remove the incriminating frames. Whoops.
Electrek’s Take
Well, this is interesting. I feel a bit bad spoiling the launch, but I don’t work for ALSO, I work for my readers. And the details we get here are fascinating. ALSO, there is so much more to the story of this e-bike.
It definitely looks like ALSO went with an innovative design approach, which we were all expecting. This isn’t some run-of-the-mill electric bike with a pile of parts selected à la carte from a catalog. This looks like a purpose-built commuting machine, which is exactly what ALSO said they were trying to do from the beginning – to build new vehicles.
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