- Volta has raised about $316 million in funding and will begin testing its first model — a 16-ton delivery vehicle — with customers later this year.
- Volta announced it is adding two smaller options – a 7.5-ton model and a 12-ton model – to its lineup. battery-electric delivery truck.
- New, smaller Volta Zero trucks are expected to begin production in 2025.
Volta is expanding its Zero line of electric delivery trucks by adding 7.5-ton and 12-ton models to the mix. The new trucks are designed with maneuverability in mind, with both options aimed at making it easier for drivers to maneuver these commercial vehicles in more congested urban areas.
With these new options, Volta’s Zero line includes a total of four models — all designed for urban freight. The original model was a 16-ton truck that used either the standard battery pack – 150 kWh — or the high capacity — 225 kWh — (we suspect both figures reflect the pack’s maximum capacity rather than having usable) to achieve the manufacturer’s estimated driving range of 90 or 125 miles, respectively. Customers will start testing the 16-ton electric vehicle by the end of this year. Volta has also previously announced an 18-ton model that will begin production in mid-2023.
Volta is a Swedish company focused on the European market, an area where consumers are interested in more compact commercial electric vehicle options. Zero 7.5 and 12 ton trucks must appeal to such buyers. Customer tests of the newly announced models will begin in 2024, with full-line production planned as early as 2025.
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Volta notes that the new 7.5- and 12-ton trucks have “a close but evolutionary visual relationship” to the brand’s larger 16- and 18-ton models. Like those electric trucks, the smaller Volta Zero EVs have an airy greenhouse-style cabin and a lower seating position than comparable trucks with internal combustion engines.
The Zero truck was originally designed to make the driver’s view more classy on the street, with a vision level of less than 6 meters. To give drivers a better view of the road around, Volta fitted its Zero truck with a camera instead of a side-view mirror, while the cabin’s thick glass provides the driver with a forward-looking view. before is 220 degrees. Arguably the most notable difference between these smaller Zero trucks and their larger relatives is the fact the new models don’t have a third axle.
In February, Volta announced it had raised $260 million in a Series C funding round, bringing its total funding to approximately $316 million. Volta says it has received more than 6,000 customer orders, including “Europe’s largest order of electric trucks”, thanks to DB Schenker’s order of 1,470 vehicles. Petit Forestier has also ordered 1,000 Volta Zeros. Volta plans to produce 5,000 trucks a year starting in 2023 at a plant in Steyr, Austria. By 2025, Volta’s annual production capacity will increase to 27,000 vehicles.
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