Hi, I'm Patrick Bion, Chief of Product here at Arrival, leading our van programmes, here today in Banbury our R&D centre here in
the UK. Really want to give you an insight into the design of our latest van product.
So everything we do at Arrival is designed to
make sure that we can offer fleets vehicles not only at a price comparable to that of diesel competitors, but actually we design
everything from the ground up. So the platform architecture, the components, the body structure, the materials and the software
that powers our vehicles, to make sure that we can make a vehicle which is not only more efficient in its cargo volume, its
payload, but that we can really target technologies and features specified and optimised for commercial fleets. So the problems
that I mentioned that we solved in terms of the materials technologies, the platform architecture, the components,
everything we do, we do it to enable scalability. We know that for big fleets servicing and the daily checks in the vehicle are really
important and we want to speed those up as quickly as possible. We have a single integrated point for all service connections
here at the front of the vehicle, whether the coolant, brake fluid windshield reservoir, all in a single place. The software
is equally as important. So all of our vehicles are fully connected and therefore benefit from over the air updates for the
life of the vehicle. So the over the air updates and the connectivity give us the ability to monitor some of the key
health aspects of this vehicle, Thermal Management System, Battery Management System, powertrain, door status, etc, so not
only can we monitor the health, but we can forecast what issues we're seeing in the vehicle. We offer a number of different
heights and lengths. So we have three heights of vehicle, a 2.7, again, built around that process of walking on and off the
vehicle 200 times a day, a 2.4 and then a sub two metre roof height for our customers that need vehicles in urban areas, multi
storey car parks etc. Battery pack in the centre of the floor for a low centre of gravity. So this vehicle here, 5.8 metres long,
14 cubic metres cargo capacity, again, that we make sure that every vehicle we offer has greater cargo capacity over the
footprint of the vehicle compared to any other vehicle available. This is a thermoplastic composite body structure. We want to be
able to bring a number of different vehicle lengths, heights and configurations to customers around the world quickly and to do
that in a cost and time efficient way means that we have to really rethink the traditional processes used in body structure.
So where traditional vehicles are using complex, expensive, high pressure stamped metals, which are then painted, we have built a
new body structure entirely and a new proprietary material from the ground up. All of these panels are fully recyclable, so at end
of life or in the instance that we do need to replace a panel by taking this part, putting it through a recycling process and
really finally bringing a circular economy to body structures. So like to show you a few of the really special features about this
product. So we've integrated a set of hardware to enable a lot of safety features that are becoming quite accustomed on passenger
vehicles, not necessarily commercial vehicles. So here we have two cameras at the front, two on either side, one at the back and
combining that with a set of ultrasonic sensors around the vehicle and radars front and rear. The data coming from these
cameras can be used by fleets in a lot of different ways, such as security, warnings, insurance claims, effectively we have a black
box in the vehicle. Also means that for fleets where insurance claims and damage is a big problem for them, we have the ability
to not only warn the driver and the fleet just to when something's happened in the vehicle, whether it's a crash, or a
security threat. Something really important for this vehicle is it's upgradability. We want to make sure that that vehicle when
it leaves our factory only gets better over time. So all of our vehicles our standards have over the air updates. That means that
we can improve its efficiency, its performance and bring new features into the vehicle. We created a number of different
solutions for fleets to use for security in their vehicles. You can use mobile phone, or key fob or an NFC device and we use that
with these touch points. So the driver's proximity is detected coming in, touching the touch point releases the door, whether a
driver is carrying a box, it's wet, it's raining, he's wearing gloves doesn't matter. Release the door with the touch point, the
door's then really easily just sliding forward and backwards. That gives you this really compelling aperture. This floor height
is around about 200 millimetres lower than competitive diesel vehicles. So not only does that bring you much bigger cargo
capacity over the footprint of this vehicle, but it means that getting in and out it's a really seamless process. So let's come
in and I'll show you some of the key features on the interior.
So by designing the vehicle from the ground up, we've really managed to exploit a few benefits in this vehicle. We've pushed
the driver as far forward as possible, we've pushed the dash line very low down, and we've opened up this very expansive visibility
from the driver's seat. Of course getting that driver far forward as well just maximises that cargo capacity I was talking about.
So we've designed the vehicle to make sure that the driver's got as fewer distractions and interactions as possible. We believe
that the most seamless experience is the safest one. So we have three forms of control. Here on the steering wheel, we have these
directional pads, they're used for audio, GPS, voice control, etc. and then we use stalks for gear select, park, reverse,
neutral, drive, lights and wipers and we combine that with voice control, which we want drivers to use as much as possible. And
importantly, this content can be customised for vehicles for different customers. So we want to make sure that if there's any
third party app, any other functionality that fleets are using, they can integrate it directly into their vehicle. And so for the
walking configuration here, we have this raised pedestal and a flat floor as I mentioned, running from the front of the vehicle
all the way through to the back, really trying to make sure that anything fleets need, the ways in which they're going to utilise
this vehicle is catered for as simply and as low cost as possible. So here you see one form of the rear door, we have a
powered roller shutter, again, activated by a capacitive touch point. So the driver doesn't need to have the hands free to operate
the door. Everything we do at Arrival, is focused at making sure that fleets no longer have to choose between a compromised
product or paying a premium in order to bring electric vehicles into their businesses.