rather well. the first big order is in — ups wants 10,000. that's more vehicles than british carmakers aston martin, lotus and morgan make in one year together, and that's before one has hit the road. if you want one, well, you're going to have to wait about two years. they've already started making buses that are lighter and easier to clean, which should be on the roads later this year, and signed a deal with ride—hailing firm uber to build cars for their drivers from 2023. one of the biggest changes arrival brings is the way these vehicles are made. just up the road in bicester, the company's latest micro factory is taking shape inside an empty warehouse. rather than a single fixed production line with heavy plant machinery, modular cells will each do a specific but reprogrammablejob — cutting, moulding, assembling — before those parts are shuttled around to whichever is the next phase for that design.