Volta Trucks, the leading and disruptive full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services provider, has appointed Adam Chassin as its Chief Commercial Officer with immediate effect. Having received nearly €300M of investment funding to date, and with the first prototype purpose-built full-electric medium duty trucks for last mile delivery now being tested by customers, Volta Trucks is poised to supercharge its commercial growth across Europe.
Adam is the former Head of Business for Uber in Europe where he had responsibility for driving Uber’s growth through partnerships across Europe. Adam is also the former Head of Strategic Business development for Amazon where he worked across the entire portfolio of Amazon’s businesses to scale the Amazon Prime subscription business, launch new businesses such as Prime Now (Amazon’s two hour delivery service), develop new market entry strategies, and structure strategic partnerships to accelerate the growth of Amazon business units. Recently, Adam has worked closely with founders and CEOs of early stage companies across Europe, as both an operator, investor, and board member focused on scaling commercial teams to accelerate growth. Most recently, Adam served as Chief Commercial Officer of Instafreight, an early stage digital logistics platform disrupting the European overland freight transportation industry.
In his role as Chief Commercial Officer, Adam Chassin will report to Volta Trucks’ Chief Executive Officer, Essa Al-Saleh, and oversee the company’s Sales and Business Development functions, as well as Marketing, Public Policy and Communications.
Confirming the appointment of Adam Chassin as Chief Commercial Officer, Essa Al-Saleh, said;
“I’m delighted to welcome Adam to the leadership team of Volta Trucks at this pivotal time in the commercial development of the company. Adam’s leadership experience in executive roles at leading technology companies will be invaluable for Volta Trucks as we look to scale our commercial efforts across Europe and eventually come to the United States. I am looking forward to working closely with Adam to build on our already strong foundation to decarbonize urban delivery in cities around the world.”
Adam Chassin continued;
“Truck deliveries are currently one of the most polluting activities that occur in cities around the world. I am thrilled to be joining Volta Trucks at this critical time to help advance its vital mission to decarbonize last mile delivery in cities. With a revolutionary full-electric truck designed and built from the ground up to optimize last mile delivery, and with a highly innovative business model which incentivizes fleet owners to begin the transition from a dirty diesel past to a clean future, Volta Trucks is well positioned to deliver a much cleaner, cheaper, and safer last mile logistics solution than currently exists in the market.”
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About Adam Chassin
Adam has spent more than 15 years as an investor, advisor and senior executive at leading technology companies in both the US and Europe. As the Chief Commercial Officer for Instafreight GmbH, Adam was responsible for 3PL and technology platform sales, new market entry strategy and scaling the commercial team. As the Head of Business for Uber in Europe, Adam was responsible for all partnerships and investments that supported Uber’s growth in Europe’s major markets. Prior to Uber, Adam was the Head of Strategic Business Development at Amazon where he worked across the entire portfolio of Amazon’s businesses to develop new market entry strategies, structure strategic partnerships to accelerate the growth of various Amazon businesses, as well as to incubate new businesses. Adam has also held senior business positions at Yahoo! in Silicon Valley and prior to that was a transactional attorney at AOL. Adam began his career on Wall Street as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch and then as an M&A lawyer with the law firm Skadden, Arps. He graduated magna cum laude with highest honors from Harvard University and has a J.D. from the University of Virginia.
About the Volta Zero
The Volta Zero is the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne vehicle designed for urban logistics, reducing the environmental impact of freight deliveries in city centres. Designed from the ground up with an operating pure-electric range of 150 – 200 kms (95 – 125 miles), the Volta Zero will eliminate an estimated 1.2M tonnes of CO2 by 2025.
Safety is also at the heart of Volta Trucks, with its ambition of producing the safest trucks for our cities. The Volta Zero was designed for electric from the outset, which facilitates a step-change in vehicle, driver and pedestrian safety. Thanks to the removal of the internal combustion engine, the operator of a Volta Zero sits in a central driving position, with a much lower seat height than a conventional truck. This combination, plus a glass house-style cab design, gives the driver a wide 220-degrees of visibility, minimising dangerous blind spots. The prototype Volta Zero was launched in September 2020, with the first vehicles starting to be evaluated by customers in late-2022.
In November 2021, Volta Trucks announced Europe’s largest purchase of full-electric trucks with DB Schenker’s order of 1,470 vehicles. This followed Petit Forestier’s order of 1,000 Volta Zeros. Volta Trucks now has a total order bank of around 6,500 vehicles, with an order bank value of circa €1.4 billion.
About Volta Trucks
Volta Trucks is a scale-up full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer and services company. Volta Trucks’ Head Office is in Stockholm, Sweden, with its engineering led from the UK, and forthcoming manufacturing facility in Steyr, Austria. The company also has sales teams across France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Netherlands, and the UK. Volta Trucks is partnering with a number of global leaders in the supply chain for the development and production of the Volta Zero.
For further information, please contact:
Amanda Gibson
Head of Public Relations
E: Amanda.Gibson@voltatrucks.com
Duncan Forrester
Chief Communications Officer
E: Duncan.Forrester@voltatrucks.com