Arrival to cut workforce by further 25% following 50% overall reduction earlier this year

The UK-based company has been quite in trouble for some months and was forced to deeply change its own business. Arrival won't be building neither electric cars nor electric buses anymore and had announced the intention to focus only on the North American market.

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Electric van manufacturer Arrival has announced the intention fo cut workforce by further 25%. The UK-based company has been quite in trouble for some months and was forced to deeply change its own business. Arrival won’t be building neither electric cars nor electric buses anymore and had announced the intention to focus only on the North American market.

There’s no peace for the workforce within Arrival

Following the workforce reduction action happened in January, the overall Arrival workforce counted more or less 800 people. Some months later, the company managed to get further cash injection from Westwood Capital to reach the end of the year. Today’s news is not a good one for the Arrival project and the people currently involved.

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