Arrival receives green light from Europe for its electric bus

The British company’s bus has successfully passed all approval tests.

Founded in 2015, British company Arrival designs electric vehicles for cities. In addition to a car and a van, it has developed a bus that could soon be roaming the streets of our metropolis. Of course, there are still steps to take before it can be put into circulation, but the project is progressing.

Arrival has indeed just received the green light from Europe to market its bus. After passing – and successfully completing – a series of safety tests, the vehicle has been duly approved by the relevant Union authorities.

Arrival hopes to begin production of its bus this year. The company also warns that initial volumes will be modest.

A connected bus

The Arrival bus’s battery is installed in the chassis to avoid taking up interior space. The layout is of course configurable according to client needs. The vehicle features several screens as well as a glass roof. It is also equipped with software that collects various information and enables more precise fleet management. The digital ecosystem and its accompanying services have been independently developed by Arrival.

Small-scale factories

Arrival aims to produce its vehicles in Microfactories. Easy to build, these small factories can be quickly installed near cities in unused buildings. Six months of work would suffice to transform a warehouse into an Arrival factory. These sites would be capable of producing all the vehicles planned by the manufacturer: the bus, but also the car and van mentioned earlier. According to Arrival, this approach manages to reconcile the incompatible: low production costs and limited environmental impact. Currently, Arrival has 3 Microfactories in the UK and the United States.

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