Arrival, a U.Ok. electrical van startup, is making ready to make prototype components at its new R&D heart in Banbury, England, to help its first two automobile meeting vegetation, beneath development in Rock Hill, S.C., and Bicester, England.

The corporate is taking a radical low-investment, small-footprint strategy to mass manufacturing, counting on a community of “micro-factories” that may value lower than $50 million to construct and power — vs. $1 billion for a conventional auto plant. Arrival estimates it is going to be capable of arrange a brand new micro-factory in simply six months, in contrast with two to 3 years for a brand new full-size plant.