Ryvid, a California-based electrical bike producer, has simply shared new particulars about its soon-to-be-completed San Bernadino manufacturing unit and an upcoming new mannequin.
The corporate first burst onto the scene barely a yr and a half in the past, rolling out a powerful prototype in 2022 (and one which I had the pleasure of taking up one of many first take a look at rides.)
The bike featured main improvements resembling an simply detachable battery with built-in wheels and a weldless folded steel body that was lighter and simpler to fabricate. The body even included options resembling a seat actuator that would increase and decrease the saddle peak by as a lot as 4 inches (100 mm), even whereas using.
The highway-capable electrical bike started deliveries in September of final yr and has since labored to ramp up manufacturing to satisfy growing demand.
A serious a part of that manufacturing ramp-up features a new San Bernadino, California manufacturing unit. The corporate’s founder and automotive designer, Dong Tran, defined that the American-based manufacturing staff and the corporate’s distinctive manufacturing type assist reject conventional, complicated practices in favor of a particularly versatile, responsive, and adaptable course of with a simplified provide chain.
“Opening our personal manufacturing unit facility has allowed us to streamline the manufacturing course of additional, dashing up what’s already a speedy manufacturing course of, permitting Ryvid to rapidly pivot to new fashions and concentrate on new market segments,” defined Tran. “Whereas progress is essential for any enterprise mannequin, we’re going to prioritize the pillars of our firm, that are accessibility, innovation, sustainability and neighborhood.”
Ryvid Anthem to be adopted by second mannequin
The $8,995 Ryvid Anthem is the corporate’s present flagship mannequin, and is predicted to be joined by not less than one new mannequin later this yr. As Ryvid defined, “Whereas the Anthem remains to be a model new product, everybody at Ryvid is targeted on attaining the subsequent breakthrough.”
No launch date has been set, however a spring or summer time announcement has been floated by the corporate, that means we might not have to attend too lengthy to see what Ryvid has up its sleeve.
And to maintain issues fascinating, Ryvid shared a little bit of a teaser by saying that “the brand new, American-manufactured mannequin will shake up present bike manufacturing ideas by providing riders a very versatile platform to draw a variety of riders and supply loads of choices for personalization.”
Electrek’s Take
I can’t say precisely what Ryvid’s engineers are engaged on, however based mostly on the Anthem, I anticipate it to be fairly spectacular.
I’m additionally excited to see that Ryvid has taken a distinct method to getting into the rocky electrical bike market, eschewing enterprise fashions like people who finally sank the SONDORS Metacycle, and as an alternative specializing in first attaining a wholesome funding base and native manufacturing processes.
Having met lots of the Ryvid staff myself and take a look at ridden the corporate’s first mannequin, I can say that this looks like the true deal. In actual fact, once I was just lately shopping for an electrical bike for myself, the Ryvid Anthem almost gained out. It finally landed as my second alternative, and I’ll have a LiveWire Del Mar rolling into my storage hopefully any day now. I selected it for the bigger battery and the huge distribution of Harley-Davidson dealerships for service/help, however I used to be fairly darn to shut to pulling the set off on a Ryvid (and will have saved round 50% by going that manner, too!).
However hey, the wonderful thing about bikes is that there all the time appears to be room within the storage for another. So maybe I have to get a have a look at what’s coming subsequent out of Ryvid’s new manufacturing unit…
