Electric Van

“Xos vehicles are now on the road with FedEx Ground Operators across North America, including Canada, and our footprint is only growing from here,” said Esther M. Santos, Director of North America Sales at Xos. “With the addition of these FedEx Ground Operators, we’re proud to be helping FedEx achie...

Arrival produced the first van in a microfactory in Bicester, UK, using in-house technologies, including composite materials, autonomous mobile robots, in-house components and a software defined factory. The vans that will be manufactured in 2022 will be used for continued testing purposes.

Available as a cab-floor model, the electric version of the Trafic van has got storage volume ranging from 5.8 to 8.9 cubic metres, 90 kW motor and 1.1 ton loading capacity. At IAA, Renault also unveiled the Hippie Caviar Hotel, "as a response to the growing desire to escape into the great outdoors"...

Manufactured on a shared CMF-C platform, the new vehicle will be manufactured at the Alliance centre of excellence for small vans in Maubeuge, France.

By working together, Mercedes-Benz and Rivian will be able to leverage operations synergies and substantially increase cost efficiency to help make the vans more affordable for commercial customers driven by total cost of ownership.

Arrival “reported a wider quarterly loss and said it would delay spending on its bus project as it looks to secure more capital”, Reuters reports.