Rewind to 2017. An enthusiastic Royal Mail pulls the wraps off a new electric vehicle weighing in at 7.5 tonnes which, it claims, will transform its business over the following few years.

However, amid ongoing fanfare and promises, large-scale production by the newcomer vehicle manufacturer failed to materialise; that is, until now.

The company, of course, is Arrival, the 2015 start-up electric vehicle (EV) specialist which has bold ambitions to disrupt the fleet sector with its range of electric vans, trucks and buses. It has even revealed plans to dip a toe into the highly competitive car market.

Arrival may have only existed for a few years, but it has already attracted big-ticket investment, including $100 million (£73m) from Hyundai, which will see the carmaker and its sister brand Kia utilise Arrival components and technology in their own electric cars.