Arrival (company)

Arrival Ltd is a London based technology company[1] with a mission to make electric vehicles mainstream in order to drive the adoption of sustainable technologies. The company is currently focused on the production of lightweight commercial vehicles.[2]

Arrival Ltd
Industry
Founded2015 (2015)
Founder
  • Denis Sverdlov
Headquarters
London
,
United Kingdom
Area served
Worldwide
Products
Websitearrival.com

Van production is carried out in Banbury, Oxfordshire.[3] In March 2020, Arrival acquired a new factory in Bicester that will likely be operational in 2021.[4]

Arrival claim that their electric vehicles are the first EVs that cost the same as petrol and diesel equivalents. Arrival calls this approach "Generation 2.0".[5] The company is making an electric platform which can be scaled to make multiple different vehicle variants in multiple vehicle categories.

History

Founded in 2015 by Denis Sverdlov, former General Director of Yota Group, a Russian mobile supplier and mobile service provider, Arrival is headquartered in London with an R&D facility in Banbury and further offices in North America, Germany, Israel, Russia and Netherlands.[5]

In August 2017, the Royal Mail announced an agreement with Arrival to trial nine vehicles in the ranges of 3.5, 6 and 7 tonnes GVW.[6]

The United Parcel Service announced a deal with Arrival to trial 35 vehicles across London and Paris in May 2019 as part of a wider strategy to electrify their massive fleet of delivery vehicles.[7]

In September 2019, Arrival was placed 19th in LinkedIn's Top Startups 2019 list identifying the top 25 hottest UK companies to work for.[8]

BlackBerry announced in October 2019 that they would be powering Arrival's Generation 2.0 intelligent electric vehicles. As part of the agreement, BlackBerry will license its BlackBerry QNX technology to Arrival, including its QNX SDP 7.0 real-time operating system which will serve as the secure foundation for ADAS features within the company's vehicle platform.[9]

Mike Ableson, former Vice President of EV Infrastructure and Global Strategy at General Motors, joined Arrival in October 2019 as CEO of North America.[10]

In December 2019, Cubic Telecom, a connectivity management software provider, partnered with Arrival to deliver intelligent connectivity software to their electric vehicle fleets.[11]

Arrival announced in January 2020 that Hyundai Motor Group and Kia Motors had invested €100 million in the company marking the start of a strategic partnership between the automakers to accelerate the adoption of commercial electric vehicles globally.[12] Following the investment, Arrival revealed they have achieved "unicorn" status, valuing the start-up at €3 billion.[13] Arrival plan to use 10,000 sq m "microfactories" to build their electric vehicles having developed a "skateboard" platform containing a drive train and batteries.[14]

On January 29, 2020, Arrival announced that UPS had invested in the company and placed an order for 10,000 Generation 2 electric vehicles to be rolled out across the UK, Europe and North America before 2024 as part of their transition towards a zero-emissions fleet.[15] The deal was reported to be worth $400m along with an equity stake in the company of an undisclosed size.[16] The purpose-built electric vehicles have been co-developed by Arrival and UPS in order to meet UPS's exact specifications, including the latest advanced control and safety features.[17]

Arrival's Chief Strategy Officer is Avinash Rugoobur, former Head of Strategy for GM Cruise Automation.[18]

References
  1. "Arrival Limited". Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  2. Mark Jones (20 October 2019). "Arrival is the tech company that's decided to make electric vans". TechHQ. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  3. ARRIVAL (13 March 2020). "Our factory is in Banbury, Oxfordshire". @arrival. Retrieved 13 March 2020.
  4. https://www.pesmedia.com/arrival-bicester-electric-van-manufacturing-130320/
  5. Jasper Jolly (17 September 2019). "Arrival time: how the white van went green". The Guardian. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  6. "Royal Mail's new electric vans unveiled". BBC. 23 August 2017. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  7. Fred Lambert (9 May 2018). "UPS to deploy a fleet of new neat-looking custom-built all-electric delivery trucks". Electrek. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  8. Katie Carroll (4 September 2019). "LinkedIn Top Startups 2019: The 25 hottest UK companies to work for now". LinkedIn. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  9. Adrian Smith (19 November 2019). "Arrival's Intelligent EVs to be Powered by BlackBerry's QNX Technology". Auto Futures. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  10. "Former GM Executive Mike Ableson to Lead Arrival's North American Operations". Auto Futures. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  11. "Cubic Telecom partners with Arrival". Cubic Telecom. 11 December 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
  12. Imogen Pierce (16 January 2020). "UK Electric Vehicle Unicorn Arrival Receives €100M Investment from Hyundai and Kia". Arrival. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  13. "UPS orders 20,000 vehicles from electric-van maker Arrival". Financial Times. Retrieved 24 February 2020.
  14. Alan Tovey and Matthew Field (16 January 2020). "British electric van company Arrival claims "unicorn" status as Hyundai and Kia invest". The Telegraph. Retrieved 16 January 2020.
  15. Felix Page (29 January 2020). "UPS orders 10,000 electric vans from British start-up Arrival". Autocar. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  16. Jasper Jolly (29 January 2020). "UK electric van maker Arrival secures £340m order from UPS". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  17. Imogen Pierce (29 January 2020). "UPS invests in Arrival and orders 10,000 Generation 2 Electric Vehicles". Arrival. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
  18. "Avinash Rugoobur - Chief Strategy Officer Arrival". Terrapinn. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
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