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Workhorse and Pritchard Companies Launch Purpose-Built National Campaign Event Featuring C-1000 All-Electric Trucks on Super Bowl Weekend
CINCINNATI, Feb. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workhorse Group Inc. (Nasdaq: WKHS) (“Workhorse”), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector, today announced the launch of its Purpose Built National Campaign Event with Pritchard Companies, which will be held this coming weekend on Saturday, February 6th in Tampa, Florida.
The Purpose Built National Event is designed to highlight the value of electric vehicles (“EVs”) and educate the broader market on the benefits of going EV. Activities will include:
“We are excited to demonstrate our C-1000 all-electric truck in Tampa this weekend alongside many other high-traffic Super Bowl weekend activities,” said Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes. “The C-1000 is truly a purpose-built vehicle, optimizing technology for today and the future, and we’re looking forward to demonstrating these innovative capabilities to the thousands of fans and visitors to the city. The Workhorse and Pritchard teams have purposefully organized our efforts in accordance with all local COVID-19 protocols to ensure a safe event for all.”
“Our event will help establish the criteria to become a ‘Purpose-Built’ or EV-Ready City,” added Pritchard Companies President & CEO Joe Pritchard. “This weekend will be fun for everyone involved, and we thank Tampa for hosting during such an exciting time for their football team and city.”
The Purpose Built National Campaign Event will be held on Saturday, February 6th at 10:00 AM ET, extending to Sunday where Pritchard is offering free rides to the Super Bowl from Tampa Bay Boulevard Elementary School. As part of the festivities, the Workhorse C-1000 will also be driving around the stadium to hand out t-shirts.
For more information about this event, follow Workhorse on its social media channels as well as Pritchard EV on Facebook.
About Workhorse Group Inc.
Workhorse is a technology company focused on providing drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector. As an American original equipment manufacturer, we design and build high performance, battery-electric vehicles including trucks and aircraft. Workhorse also develops cloud-based, real-time telematics performance monitoring systems that are fully integrated with our vehicles and enable fleet operators to optimize energy and route efficiency. All Workhorse vehicles are designed to make the movement of people and goods more efficient and less harmful to the environment. For additional information visit workhorse.com.
About Pritchard Companies
Established in 1913, Pritchard Companies is a national automotive enterprise, providing fully integrated solutions to the commercial vehicle industry. The Company owns and operates locations across the United States, representing the world’s finest truck and bus manufacturers. They offer a full range of products, from sales of new and used vehicles to aftermarket parts and service, to financing, insurance, telematics, leasing and rental. Additional information about Pritchard Companies products and services is available at www.pritchardco.com.
SOURCE: GlobeNewswire
BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR LAST-MILE DELIVERY
The C 650 and C 1000 are revolutionary step vans built with composite lightweight bodies that provide best-in-class MPGe. Utilizing the industry’s first 4-wheel independent suspension system that includes rear air shocks and providing an unparalleled smooth ride for the driver and the load.
SPECIFICATIONS
The C-Series Vehicles feature a 100% composite monocoque body, this design eliminates 4,000 lbs. of chassis and body weight compared to a conventional, internal combustion vehicle while carrying the same cargo volume and payload.
SOURCE: WORKHORSE
Startup EV Maker Arrival Shuns Traditional Assembly
“We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles,” says Arrival’s Chief Design Officer Jeremy Offer.
Jeremy Offer heads electric-vehicle maker Arrival’s design team, but he notes his prior work experience is devoid of auto designing.
The same goes for most members of his design team. “We’re industrial designers,” Offer says, contending that area of expertise is more in line with the unconventional way his startup company approaches EV manufacturing.
Most of today’s EVs are built on traditional assembly lines set up mainly to accommodate vehicles with internal-combustion engines.
“It’s been that way since the time of Henry Ford,” but it’s expensive, restrictive and isn’t necessary to make electric vehicles, Offer says. Yet, “even Tesla builds on a traditional automotive line.”
Offer speaks during an online session that’s part of Automotive Tech Week: Megatrends. Informa and two of its business units, Wards Intelligence and TU-Automotive, put on the event.
“OEMs are restricted by their current infrastructure,” Offer says. “They have to adapt quickly to a new business model, because the things they make well – engines – are becoming obsolete.”
Arrival’s manufacturing approach relies on microfactories. They are relatively cheap to pitch up and are vertically integrated, with much of the componentry designed in-house.
The microfactory modular-build system “frees us” to erect production facilities anywhere from India to Sweden to meet local transportation wants and needs, he says. “We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles.”
The auto industry’s Holy Grail is to get away from line manufacturing that requires extensive capital and retooling for vehicles on 7-year design cycles, says Offer (pictured below, left). “The best approach is to design our own systems, including software. All is designed to fit in our modular grid architecture.”
He calls it “a ground-up philosophy.”
“We are a young company with lots of orders,” but Arrival’s microfactories aren’t built for high capacity, he says. “If there is high demand (in a particular market), we can build another factory.”
The company initially is developing commercial EVs, including vans and buses. The latter will come with panoramic roofs so riders in cities “can look up and see the architecture of buildings,” he says.
South Korean automaker Hyundai has invested in Arrival. Delivery company UPS has ordered 10,000 vans from the startup, according to Arrival’s website.
Many of today’s mainstream vehicles are equipped with a multitude of entertainment and information screens. Arrival bucks that trend. “We’re not bombarding a driver with a wall of screens,” Offer says. “We try to strip all of that away and deliver information that you need, when you need it.”
Bus and delivery van seats need not be uncomfortable, he contends. If a UPS driver is in a vehicle 12 hours a day, “it is disingenuous to say it shouldn’t have the same comforts as a passenger vehicle.”
London-based Arrival began in 2015 and has 1,200 employees. In December, it opened a North American office in Charlotte, NC.
Arrival
Arrival electric van interior.
SOURCE: WARDSAUTO
A wave of consolidation is coming for the electric-vehicle startup game in 2021, an industry insider says
Arrival's president thinks the startup has the right combination of tech and talent to stand out from its competitors.Arrival
The electric-vehicle industry is set to begin a similar process this year, Avinash Rugoobur, president of the electric van and bus startup Arrival, told Insider.
"There's going to be a consolidation," he said.
Over the past year, Wall Street's special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) frenzy has taken over this business, with more than a dozen EV-related startups striking deals to go public.
Not all of them will be winners. Most EV companies don't have intellectual property that distinguishes them from their competitors, said Michael Ableson, Arrival's CEO of North America. And while it's difficult to pinpoint the strongest and weakest players from the outside, Rugoobur said, the gap between them will become bigger and clearer this year.
Rugoobur believes the EV industry's consolidation will include a combination of acquisitions and bankruptcies. He pointed to the autonomous-vehicle industry as an example, citing Google's decision to fund a self-driving-car project and General Motors' move to buy Cruise. A lot of the startups that didn't stand out enough to attract a buyer or raise the necessary funding disappeared, Rugoobur said.
Arrival president Avinash Rugoobur. Arrival
In the EV world, companies that have compelling, attractively priced vehicles underpinned by strong technology, as well as talented employees and a healthy culture, will be in the best position to succeed, Rugoobur said. From his perspective, Arrival has all of those qualities.
"I think that's what really differentiates us," Rugoobur said.
Read more: Arrival's president reveals how his electric-van startup landed an order from UPS worth up to $1 billion
Arrival is betting that an innovative approach to manufacturing will allow it to become more profitable than its competitors while building electric vans and buses that are lighter, more spacious, and cheaper to own than the top gas- and diesel-powered alternatives. The keys to that strategy are a proprietary composite material Arrival will use instead of steel, plus a plan to build factories that are smaller than traditional auto plants but less expensive to build and operate.
There's no guarantee Arrival's plan will work — Tesla has shownhow manufacturing ideas that sound coming out of the CEO's mouth can fall apart in the real world — but there have been signs that outsiders are also excited by its potential. In early 2020, UPS announced an order for 10,000 Arrival delivery vans, with the option to buy 10,000 more, that could be worth $1 billion. Later in the year, the SPAC CIIG Merger Corp. reached an agreement to take Arrival public, likely this year.
Arrival's moment of truth will come in the fourth quarter, when it plans to start building buses. By then, it will become clearer whether the company has what it takes to stand out from the pack.
SOURCE: BusinessInsider
The New Method.
This is the next transport revolution
We provide mobility and transportation solutions supported by the Arrival ecosystem. Discover a radical approach to vehicle design, engineering and production. The New Method.
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...-e60aede2fb58_the-new-method-loop-desktop.mp4
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...b2ce41b8d7d_Microfactory-10s-loop-desktop.mp4
Enabling Technologies
We’re revolutionising how products are designed, made and operated to reduce costs and empower smart, efficient production. Aided by new thinking, we're creating systems that enable our products with innovations across hardware, software and robotics. Arrival vehicles feature our plug and play components. A modular design within a grid-based architecture, this permits quick assembly, easy replacement and multiple configurations for a variety of real-world use cases. Everything we make is designed for robotic assembly, from components to materials and our skateboard platform. Each element comes together in a single, smart production cell within Arrival Microfactories.
Vertically Integrated
We develop and produce our components, materials and technologies in-house: the scale of our intellectual property reflects how we prioritise innovation. The same technology, components and materials are used on our flexible skateboard platforms across all our vehicles: this is core to unlocking production efficiencies within Arrival Microfactories. Our proprietary technologies mean we can expand production to meet demand in new markets and develop vehicle programmes more quickly. Regional production removes complex and expensive global shipping. This allows us to cut 30% of costs, in turn maximising margins for every vehicle we produce.
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...d9-1b5af61833be_Microfactory-long-desktop.mp4
The Arrival Microfactory
An entirely new type of vehicle demands a new type of production. Introducing the Arrival Microfactory — operational in 6 months, with a lower capital expenditure and smaller footprint. By decentralising production, we can set up Microfactories anywhere there is demand, from existing commercial spaces to warehouses. They serve individual cities, support local economies and produce purpose-built products customised to regional needs. This makes us profitable from much lower volumes, with superior unit economics and the flexibility to respond to changing demand.
The New Method
We produce best in class zero-emission vehicles that are configurable, smart and significantly more cost-efficient than existing fossil fuel equivalents. Evolving cities and rising e-commerce have made light commercial vehicles the fastest growing market segment*. Combined with increased reliance on public transport and changes in public policy, the forecasted market for vans and buses totals $430B. Arrival’s product portfolio capitalises on the shift in demand within these growing market sectors, with four vehicle platforms going to market by 2023. Purpose-built from the ground up, Arrival Bus and Van lead in innovation and perform with up to 50% reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) against fossil fuel equivalents.
SOURCE: ARRIVAL
Saturday Event Designed to Build Awareness and Demonstrate Extensive Capabilities of the Workhorse C-1000 All-Electric Truck
On Sunday Pritchard Will Also Be Offering Free Rides to The Super Bowl In an All-Electric Shuttle Bus
On Sunday Pritchard Will Also Be Offering Free Rides to The Super Bowl In an All-Electric Shuttle Bus
CINCINNATI, Feb. 05, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workhorse Group Inc. (Nasdaq: WKHS) (“Workhorse”), an American technology company focused on providing sustainable and cost-effective drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector, today announced the launch of its Purpose Built National Campaign Event with Pritchard Companies, which will be held this coming weekend on Saturday, February 6th in Tampa, Florida.
The Purpose Built National Event is designed to highlight the value of electric vehicles (“EVs”) and educate the broader market on the benefits of going EV. Activities will include:
- Demonstrations of a variety of EV applications;
- Educational content on the transition to battery EVs and the infrastructure needed to support commercial EVs;
- Emphasizing the positive impact of zero emissions on our environment.
“We are excited to demonstrate our C-1000 all-electric truck in Tampa this weekend alongside many other high-traffic Super Bowl weekend activities,” said Workhorse CEO Duane Hughes. “The C-1000 is truly a purpose-built vehicle, optimizing technology for today and the future, and we’re looking forward to demonstrating these innovative capabilities to the thousands of fans and visitors to the city. The Workhorse and Pritchard teams have purposefully organized our efforts in accordance with all local COVID-19 protocols to ensure a safe event for all.”
“Our event will help establish the criteria to become a ‘Purpose-Built’ or EV-Ready City,” added Pritchard Companies President & CEO Joe Pritchard. “This weekend will be fun for everyone involved, and we thank Tampa for hosting during such an exciting time for their football team and city.”
The Purpose Built National Campaign Event will be held on Saturday, February 6th at 10:00 AM ET, extending to Sunday where Pritchard is offering free rides to the Super Bowl from Tampa Bay Boulevard Elementary School. As part of the festivities, the Workhorse C-1000 will also be driving around the stadium to hand out t-shirts.
For more information about this event, follow Workhorse on its social media channels as well as Pritchard EV on Facebook.
About Workhorse Group Inc.
Workhorse is a technology company focused on providing drone-integrated electric vehicles to the last-mile delivery sector. As an American original equipment manufacturer, we design and build high performance, battery-electric vehicles including trucks and aircraft. Workhorse also develops cloud-based, real-time telematics performance monitoring systems that are fully integrated with our vehicles and enable fleet operators to optimize energy and route efficiency. All Workhorse vehicles are designed to make the movement of people and goods more efficient and less harmful to the environment. For additional information visit workhorse.com.
About Pritchard Companies
Established in 1913, Pritchard Companies is a national automotive enterprise, providing fully integrated solutions to the commercial vehicle industry. The Company owns and operates locations across the United States, representing the world’s finest truck and bus manufacturers. They offer a full range of products, from sales of new and used vehicles to aftermarket parts and service, to financing, insurance, telematics, leasing and rental. Additional information about Pritchard Companies products and services is available at www.pritchardco.com.
SOURCE: GlobeNewswire
BUILT SPECIFICALLY FOR LAST-MILE DELIVERY
The C 650 and C 1000 are revolutionary step vans built with composite lightweight bodies that provide best-in-class MPGe. Utilizing the industry’s first 4-wheel independent suspension system that includes rear air shocks and providing an unparalleled smooth ride for the driver and the load.
SPECIFICATIONS
The C-Series Vehicles feature a 100% composite monocoque body, this design eliminates 4,000 lbs. of chassis and body weight compared to a conventional, internal combustion vehicle while carrying the same cargo volume and payload.
| Vehicle | C1000 | C650 |
|---|---|---|
| Motor | Dual Axial Flux Interior Permanent Magnet Motors | Dual Axial Flux Interior Permanent Magnet Motors |
| Interior Volume | 1,000 cu.ft. | 650 cu.ft. |
| Wheelbase | 190" | 158" |
| Overall Length | 324" | 247" |
| Front Track | 86" | 86" |
| Rear Track | 86" | 86" |
| Body Width | 86" | 86" |
| Body Height | 122" | 122" |
| Ground Clearance | 7.25" | 7.25" |
| GAWR Front | 5,000 Lbs. | 5,000 Lbs. |
| GAWR Rear | 7,500 Lbs. | 7,500 Lbs. |
| Battery (4 Modules) | 70 kWh | 70 kWh |
| Range | 100 Miles | 100 Miles |
| Top Speed | 75 MPH (Limited) | 75 MPH (Limited) |
| Brake System | ABS | ABS |
SOURCE: WORKHORSE
Startup EV Maker Arrival Shuns Traditional Assembly
“We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles,” says Arrival’s Chief Design Officer Jeremy Offer.
Jeremy Offer heads electric-vehicle maker Arrival’s design team, but he notes his prior work experience is devoid of auto designing.
The same goes for most members of his design team. “We’re industrial designers,” Offer says, contending that area of expertise is more in line with the unconventional way his startup company approaches EV manufacturing.
Most of today’s EVs are built on traditional assembly lines set up mainly to accommodate vehicles with internal-combustion engines.
“It’s been that way since the time of Henry Ford,” but it’s expensive, restrictive and isn’t necessary to make electric vehicles, Offer says. Yet, “even Tesla builds on a traditional automotive line.”
Offer speaks during an online session that’s part of Automotive Tech Week: Megatrends. Informa and two of its business units, Wards Intelligence and TU-Automotive, put on the event.
“OEMs are restricted by their current infrastructure,” Offer says. “They have to adapt quickly to a new business model, because the things they make well – engines – are becoming obsolete.”
Arrival’s manufacturing approach relies on microfactories. They are relatively cheap to pitch up and are vertically integrated, with much of the componentry designed in-house.
The microfactory modular-build system “frees us” to erect production facilities anywhere from India to Sweden to meet local transportation wants and needs, he says. “We don’t see ourselves as an auto company, but as a tech company designing (and making) vehicles.”
The auto industry’s Holy Grail is to get away from line manufacturing that requires extensive capital and retooling for vehicles on 7-year design cycles, says Offer (pictured below, left). “The best approach is to design our own systems, including software. All is designed to fit in our modular grid architecture.”
He calls it “a ground-up philosophy.”
The company initially is developing commercial EVs, including vans and buses. The latter will come with panoramic roofs so riders in cities “can look up and see the architecture of buildings,” he says.
South Korean automaker Hyundai has invested in Arrival. Delivery company UPS has ordered 10,000 vans from the startup, according to Arrival’s website.
Many of today’s mainstream vehicles are equipped with a multitude of entertainment and information screens. Arrival bucks that trend. “We’re not bombarding a driver with a wall of screens,” Offer says. “We try to strip all of that away and deliver information that you need, when you need it.”
Bus and delivery van seats need not be uncomfortable, he contends. If a UPS driver is in a vehicle 12 hours a day, “it is disingenuous to say it shouldn’t have the same comforts as a passenger vehicle.”
London-based Arrival began in 2015 and has 1,200 employees. In December, it opened a North American office in Charlotte, NC.
Arrival
Arrival electric van interior.
SOURCE: WARDSAUTO
A wave of consolidation is coming for the electric-vehicle startup game in 2021, an industry insider says
Arrival's president thinks the startup has the right combination of tech and talent to stand out from its competitors.Arrival
- 2020 was a great year for electric-vehicle startups looking for funding.
- But Arrival's president told Insider he believes the EV industry will begin to consolidate in 2021.
- The gap between the strongest and weakest players will become bigger and clearer this year, he said.
The electric-vehicle industry is set to begin a similar process this year, Avinash Rugoobur, president of the electric van and bus startup Arrival, told Insider.
"There's going to be a consolidation," he said.
Over the past year, Wall Street's special-purpose acquisition company (SPAC) frenzy has taken over this business, with more than a dozen EV-related startups striking deals to go public.
Not all of them will be winners. Most EV companies don't have intellectual property that distinguishes them from their competitors, said Michael Ableson, Arrival's CEO of North America. And while it's difficult to pinpoint the strongest and weakest players from the outside, Rugoobur said, the gap between them will become bigger and clearer this year.
Rugoobur believes the EV industry's consolidation will include a combination of acquisitions and bankruptcies. He pointed to the autonomous-vehicle industry as an example, citing Google's decision to fund a self-driving-car project and General Motors' move to buy Cruise. A lot of the startups that didn't stand out enough to attract a buyer or raise the necessary funding disappeared, Rugoobur said.
Arrival president Avinash Rugoobur. Arrival
In the EV world, companies that have compelling, attractively priced vehicles underpinned by strong technology, as well as talented employees and a healthy culture, will be in the best position to succeed, Rugoobur said. From his perspective, Arrival has all of those qualities.
"I think that's what really differentiates us," Rugoobur said.
Read more: Arrival's president reveals how his electric-van startup landed an order from UPS worth up to $1 billion
Arrival is betting that an innovative approach to manufacturing will allow it to become more profitable than its competitors while building electric vans and buses that are lighter, more spacious, and cheaper to own than the top gas- and diesel-powered alternatives. The keys to that strategy are a proprietary composite material Arrival will use instead of steel, plus a plan to build factories that are smaller than traditional auto plants but less expensive to build and operate.
There's no guarantee Arrival's plan will work — Tesla has shownhow manufacturing ideas that sound coming out of the CEO's mouth can fall apart in the real world — but there have been signs that outsiders are also excited by its potential. In early 2020, UPS announced an order for 10,000 Arrival delivery vans, with the option to buy 10,000 more, that could be worth $1 billion. Later in the year, the SPAC CIIG Merger Corp. reached an agreement to take Arrival public, likely this year.
Arrival's moment of truth will come in the fourth quarter, when it plans to start building buses. By then, it will become clearer whether the company has what it takes to stand out from the pack.
SOURCE: BusinessInsider
The New Method.
This is the next transport revolution
We provide mobility and transportation solutions supported by the Arrival ecosystem. Discover a radical approach to vehicle design, engineering and production. The New Method.
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...-e60aede2fb58_the-new-method-loop-desktop.mp4
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...b2ce41b8d7d_Microfactory-10s-loop-desktop.mp4
Enabling Technologies
We’re revolutionising how products are designed, made and operated to reduce costs and empower smart, efficient production. Aided by new thinking, we're creating systems that enable our products with innovations across hardware, software and robotics. Arrival vehicles feature our plug and play components. A modular design within a grid-based architecture, this permits quick assembly, easy replacement and multiple configurations for a variety of real-world use cases. Everything we make is designed for robotic assembly, from components to materials and our skateboard platform. Each element comes together in a single, smart production cell within Arrival Microfactories.
Vertically Integrated
We develop and produce our components, materials and technologies in-house: the scale of our intellectual property reflects how we prioritise innovation. The same technology, components and materials are used on our flexible skateboard platforms across all our vehicles: this is core to unlocking production efficiencies within Arrival Microfactories. Our proprietary technologies mean we can expand production to meet demand in new markets and develop vehicle programmes more quickly. Regional production removes complex and expensive global shipping. This allows us to cut 30% of costs, in turn maximising margins for every vehicle we produce.
https://arrival-site-cms.s3.eu-west...d9-1b5af61833be_Microfactory-long-desktop.mp4
The Arrival Microfactory
An entirely new type of vehicle demands a new type of production. Introducing the Arrival Microfactory — operational in 6 months, with a lower capital expenditure and smaller footprint. By decentralising production, we can set up Microfactories anywhere there is demand, from existing commercial spaces to warehouses. They serve individual cities, support local economies and produce purpose-built products customised to regional needs. This makes us profitable from much lower volumes, with superior unit economics and the flexibility to respond to changing demand.
The New Method
We produce best in class zero-emission vehicles that are configurable, smart and significantly more cost-efficient than existing fossil fuel equivalents. Evolving cities and rising e-commerce have made light commercial vehicles the fastest growing market segment*. Combined with increased reliance on public transport and changes in public policy, the forecasted market for vans and buses totals $430B. Arrival’s product portfolio capitalises on the shift in demand within these growing market sectors, with four vehicle platforms going to market by 2023. Purpose-built from the ground up, Arrival Bus and Van lead in innovation and perform with up to 50% reduction in total cost of ownership (TCO) against fossil fuel equivalents.
SOURCE: ARRIVAL
