{"id":32634,"date":"2022-09-30T07:10:49","date_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32634"},"modified":"2022-09-30T07:10:49","modified_gmt":"2022-09-30T11:10:49","slug":"arrival-successfully-builds-first-van-prototype-using-novel-microfactory-model","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/autosector.com\/?p=32634","title":{"rendered":"Arrival (ARVL) successfully builds its first electric Van using novel Microfactory model"},"content":{"rendered":"

EV startup Arrival<\/a> has completed a huge step in bringing its first commercial EV into production, particularly in the way its flagship Van is being assembled. Arrival has successfully built its first production-verification Van using its Microfactory in Bicester, UK, marking the start of a new streamlined assembly that could eventually shift how and where EVs are built in the future.<\/p>\n

Arrival\u00a0($ARVL)<\/a>\u00a0is an EV startup focused on delivering urban-centric mobility, which originally began with plans for an all-electric passenger Bus<\/a>, a delivery Van, and a rideshare-centric Arrival Car\u00a0designed alongside Uber<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Although the company currently has headquarters in both London and Charlotte, North Carolina, all of its R&D and design currently takes place in Bicester, where Arrival Van production will also begin.<\/p>\n

Rather than pour hundreds of millions of dollars into\u00a0the construction of mega production facilities, Arrival has taken the opposite approach. In what it calls its \u201cMicrofactory,\u201d Arrival takes existing industrial facilities and installs its own assembly cells that can be quickly and efficiently implemented.<\/p>\n

This strategy removes the need for any special foundations, pits for painting, or other assembly processes. Individual assembly cells are instead, bolted directly into the concrete floor. Each cell includes 3-4 off the shelf robots, in addition to all the necessary equipment to guide parts around the facility \u2013 like autonomous robots, for instance.<\/p>\n

Since going public via SPAC merger in March of 2021, the startup\u2019s stock has stumbled, leading to an announcement this past July that it would be reorganizing its business<\/a> to focus on Arrival Van production. As a result, Arrival put a complete halt to Arrival Bus and Car development<\/a> for the time being.<\/p>\n

Although Arrival has been making progress in building out production-ready Vans, none had been built in a Microfactory\u2026 until now.<\/p>\n

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