If you follow up with Electric vehicles, you must have heard of Rivian. The American EV manufacturer is known for its powerful electric trucks (you might have seen videos of them pulling semis and everything). Now, it seems the company is planning to foray into a different vehicle category. According to a report, Rivian is developing an electric bike.
As per a Bloomberg report, Rivian’s CEO RJ Scaringe told employees of the project during a company-wide meeting that the automaker has a “small group” of engineers working on a bike. While it’s unclear if Scaringe was talking about an e-bike or an electric motorcycle, he has teased an entry into the e-bike segment in the past. The company even has patents for e-bike designs and components.
The CEO has previously hinted at the possibility of an e-bike at a conference in October, stating that the automaker is ambitious to move into micromobility. Due to lower regulatory hurdles, Rivian’s electric bicycles could be launched into the market sooner in addition to its larger electric vehicles. The company will join automobile brands like Porsche in expanding into the electric bicycle market with the launch of its first e-bike.
The news that Rivian may have an e-bike in the works comes the same week that the company laid off six percent of its workforce for the second time in less than a year. The layoffs represent major restructuring, with the company now planning to refocus itself on scaling production of its R1T and R1S EVs.
Recently a lot of car makers have started to try their hands on e-bikes. We have seen big names like Porsche, Mercedes, Jeep, GM, and Hummer entering the category but they are yet to find any notable success.
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