ARRIVAL the UK Rivian Rival

[DaveBerlin]

On a recent post there was some information on the US Co. Rivian who have an order of 100,000 E-Delivery Vehicles from Amazon.
When I first found this information a UK Co. was also mentioned called “ARRIVAL” who were also going to produce E-Delivery Vehicles & Buses. The information was for an order of 10,000 with an option for more for UPS, seen also was one in Royal Mail Colors. What I found interesting was the story on the Owner / Backer of the Co. an ex-Russian Minister - Dave

Former Russian Government Official Denis Sverdlov Scores $10Bln With Electric Vehicle Startup - The Moscow Times :
https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2021/04/ ... tup-a73464

A R R I V A L 1st look - is this Britain's Rivian? | FULLY CHARGED for ...

UPS Drivers Test Arrival Van for the First Time | ARRIVAL :

[gloucester]

I much prefer the renderings but I suspect their crash protection is minimal hence the sloping front now seen.

[DaveBerlin]

Gloucester, a good point you raised on Safety (Window Rake), but it does appear it was a Design Change from the”Alpha” #1 (Box On Wheels) to the Beta #2. This Design Front change gave them more scope with regard to Design and various Roof Heights (video 3:40) - Dave

Here are a couple of videos which might be of interest, the Design Story is interesting :

Making the Van :
Inside the Van :

[DaveBerlin]

It looks like “Arrival” is beginning to make it in a Big Way now and looking at also Taxi Options - Dave

“Arrival is probably the most valuable electric vehicle company you've never heard of. Based in the UK and listed on the US Nasdaq stockmarket, it is worth $8bn (£5.7bn). But it isn't making cars, it is focusing on commercial vehicles - vans, buses and taxis. Instead of setting up huge factories to build as many vehicles as quickly as possible and ship them around the world, Arrival plans to set up small, so-called micro-factories to build products close to where they'll be sold.”

BBC News: The $8bn EV company you’ve probably never heard of : https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58174043

Arrival | Zero-emission Mobility Solutions : https://arrival.com/