Electric vehicle brand Arrival has revealed the prototype of its monovolume electric car designed for Uber, which aims to offer passengers a comfort-driven ride-hailing experience.
Intended for urban environments where ride-hailing is most popular, the Arrival Car features a one-box-style design with a squared back-end that smoothly tapers towards the front. Its form was described by Arrival as "super minimal".
Arrival has designed the Arrival Car for Uber
The design team elevated and moved the driver's seat as far forward as possible to grant optimum visibility, which is enhanced by the large size of the windscreen.
The passenger seating area at the back of the car offers twice as much leg-room as that of an average car of the same length, more than in a Rolls Royce according to the company. The car's shape was designed to give passengers lots of room
"The overall footprint of the whole car is the same as the Volkswagen Golf," said Arrival's Tom Elvidge.
"But, as you can see, one of the big design features that we've really strived for is in the back of the car, [which] is massive."
It has a simplified design
The singular front passenger seat can be folded down and moved forward underneath the dashboard to further open up the interior and back row.
Additionally, the boot is designed to hold two large suitcases and several small bags.
It features a large, digital dashboard
In a bid to make the dashboard as stripped-back as possible, all the car...