An E.V. Start-Up Backed by UPS Does Away With the Assembly Line
An E.V. Start-Up Backed by UPS Does Away With the Assembly Line Arrival, a developer of electric vans and buses, says it has come up with a cheaper way to build vehicles in small factories. But can it deliver on that promise? Arrival, a London developer of electric vans and buses, is creating what it calls highly automated microfactories.Credit...Andrew Testa for The New York Times April 21, 2021Updated 1:01 p.m. ET A small electric vehicle company backed by UPS wants to replace the assembly lines automakers have used for more than a century with something radically different — small factor...