Arrival’s Electric Vehicle Vision Gets $118 Million Boost From BlackRock

Arrival’s new funds will help it get into production of electric vans and buses at microfactories in … [+]
Arrival, an electric vehicle maker backed by Hyundai and Kia that’s preparing to build electric delivery vans for UPS, just raised $118 million from investment giant BlackRock
BlackRock’s investment is the biggest infusion of funds Arrival has won to date and comes days after the company said its first U.S. “microfactory” will be built in South Carolina. The $46 million facility will be able to make as many as 1,000 electric buses a year and employ 240 people when it opens late next year. Arrival’s first microfactory, in Bicester, England, also opens in 2021.
“This additional capital will be invested into Arrival’s growth, as we deepen and