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the British company that wants to be the Tesla of vans and buses

Arrival was launched by Russian entrepreneur Denis Sverdlov and was largely self-funded from his personal $500m venture fund Kinetik until investment in 2020 by BlackRock and Fidelity. Sverdlov had founded several internet companies in the 2000s, before briefly becoming deputy communications minister under Vladimir Putin’s prime minister Dmitry Medvedev in …

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Arrival time: how the white van went green | Business

As the British automotive industry endures its worst period in almost two decades, it might not seem like a good time to open a new van factory. Investment has come to a virtual standstill as the prospect of a no-deal Brexit looms and commercial vehicle production has plunged by a …

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