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British electric van maker enters administration


The UK-based operations of Arrival - once worth billions - have been placed in administration.

The UK-based operations of the electric van maker Arrival - a firm once championed by former Prime Minister Boris Johnson - have been placed in administration. It planned to produce them in so-called "micro-factories", which would be much smaller than traditional manufacturing plants and could be set up relatively easily. Early last year, Arrival said it would cut its 800-strong workforce in half and switch production from the UK to North Carolina in the United States.

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