Electric vehicle company Arrival has co-developed a fleet of 10,000 electric vans with UPS in the delivery service's signature livery.
The electric vans, which are specially developed versions of the UK startup's Generation 2 model, will be rolled out across the UK, Europe and the US between 2020 and 2024.
Arrival has developed electric vans with UPS
Wheels are attached to a skateboard-style bed that is flat from front to rear, with identical wheelhouses.
This allows the vehicles to be built by robots in smaller, more flexible micro-factories rather than traditional, conveyer-belt factories.
Their skateboard-style wheel bed makes them easy to make and repair
Arrival's vehicles are modular, so that parts can be swapped out over the vehicle's lifetime to improve and upgrade. Rather than building an entirely new vehicle at the end of its life, the materials can be reused, and any defunct parts replaced.
Electric vans cause less air pollution
With more people buying online, a greater number of vehicles are needed to deliver the increased number of packages. Up to 1.5 million packages are delivered every day in New York City alone.
Electric vehicles produce zero direct emissions, so Arrival's UPS vans will be less detrimental to urban air quality than traditional vans.
UPS has ordered 10,000 custom Arrival vans
Arrival's electric vehicles are the same price as the diesel or petrol equivalent and are 50 per cent cheaper to run.
The vans have a range of up to 300 miles on one char...