We are pleased to announce that Volta Trucks have been shortlisted for the Innovation Award, at this year’s prestigious Motor Transport Awards, in partnership with Goodyear.
This award recognises that the road transport sector is going through unprecedented levels of change as it strives to deliver great service while cutting emissions, improving safety and addressing the skills shortage – all while delivering a profit. This Award is for the most innovative new product or service that addresses any of these issues. We’re delighted that the world’s first fully electric, 16-tonne commercial vehicle, the Volta Zero, has been recognised
Sadly, the majority of pedestrian and cyclist deaths on city-centre streets are attributable to large, conventionally fuelled commercial vehicles, where air quality is also at its worst. The industry also faces huge challenges with driver recruitment and retention, and the need for a more premium working environment.
Volta Trucks’ mission is to address these issues, by decarbonising last-mile logistics, and making city centre environments safer, more pleasant and sustainable places to live and work in.
Our Founder, Carl-Magnus Norden, recognised the opportunity that the migration from internal combustion engines to electrification presented, in terms of safety, environmental and societal benefits. Listening to the concerns of fleet managers, he also understood the challenges faced when transitioning fleets to electric, and decided to act. The result is Volta Trucks and our first vehicle, the full-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero, which will be on operating on our city streets by the end of this year
For more than 35 years, the Motor Transport Awards have been seen as a benchmark for excellence among UK road transport fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers and innovators.
For full information about the awards and others shortlisted visit https://www.mtawards.co.uk/2022/en/page/home
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Editor’s notes.
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 expected to be operating with customers in mid-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 6,000 vehicles, with an order bank value of circa €1.3 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:
Duncan Forrester
Chief Communications Officer
E: Duncan.Forrester@voltatrucks.com
T: 00 44 7768 877877