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ArticleThe European Investment Bank links with Volta for €40 million venture debt financing
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced it is in negotiations with Volta trucks for a €40 million venture debt financing to support the growth of the company’s Truck as a Service (TaaS) infrastructure over the next four years. The funding will enable Volta Trucks to roll out its TaaS ...
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ArticleMartin Hofmann to join Volta Trucks as Chief Technology and Information Officer
Dr. Martin Hofmann has been appointed as the Chief Technology and Information Officer of Volta trucks. Hofmann is a highly experienced executive who previously held the position of Senior Vice President at Salesforce and Group Chief Information Officer at the Volkswagen Group. While leading the Volkswagen Group, he oversaw the ...
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ArticleVolta Trucks has obtained European Whole Vehicle Type Approval for its all-electric Volta Zero
Volta trucks, a leading manufacturer and service provider of all-electric commercial vehicles, has achieved another significant milestone on its journey to production. The company has announced it has received the European Community Whole Vehicle Type Approval (ECWVTA) certification for its 16-tonne all-electric Volta Zero vehicle.
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ArticleVolta Trucks to open new Truck as a Service Hubs in Germany and Spain, expanding its network
Volta trucks is expanding its Truck as a Service (TaaS) Hub network in Europe with two new sites confirmed in Duisburg, Germany and Madrid, Spain. Both locations will offer comprehensive customer support, training, maintenance, and servicing to the trucks operating in those markets, with the Hubs scheduled to open soon.
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ArticleVolta Trucks secures more than €85 million of anticipated revenue from orders of over 300 vehicles
Volta Trucks has secured more than €85 million in revenue from confirmed orders of full-electric Volta Zeros for delivery in 2023
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ArticleVolta appoints former Volvo Trucks boss to its board
Volta Trucks has added another commercial vehicle industry heavyweight to its board of directors with the appointment of former Volvo Trucks President Claes Nilsson
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ArticleVolta Trucks announces the first full-electric Volta Zero with Truck-as-a-Service charging infrastructure deployment to Heppner
Volta Trucks has announced the first full-electric Volta Zero with Truck-as-a-Service (TaaS) charging infrastructure deployment to Heppner, a provider of transport and logistics solutions and an independent leader in international shipping from and to France. Heppner’s pre-order with deposit will see 16 full-electric Volta Zeros run from the company’s depots ...
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ArticleDPD test-drives Volta Zero prototype in engineering tests
DPD has completed a series of engineering testing with the full-electric Volta Zero as part of the larger beta trials for the new 16-tonne truck.The design verification prototype was put through its paces at the DPD’s Hinckley Superhub in Leicestershire. As reported by Frieght Carbon Zerossister publication Motor Transport, DPD ...
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ArticleVolta helps Delipop take further step forward on sustainability
Volta has announced a collaboration with French grocery delivery firm Delipop with the company taking delivery of its first Volta Zero refrigerated truck next year. The Paris-based company will use the full-electric refrigerated Volta Zero to deliver to its urban stores. “This is a new step towards sustainable and responsible ...
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ArticleVolta Trucks announces “Truck as a Service” leasing rates
Volta Trucks, the start-up truck builder, has released the first details of its “Truck as a Service” (TaaS) leasing rates for its Volta Zero 16-tonne truck. The eight-year leasing package which includes the vehicle, maintenance and service, insurance and charging infrastructure comes in at £3810 for the box bodied ambient ...
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ArticleVolta Trucks reveals its London “Truck as a Service” customer operations centre
Volta Trucks has revealed a site in Tottenham will be the location of its first ‘Volta Trucks Hub’ in the United Kingdom. The location will look after the battery electric Volta Zero trucks that will begin operating on London streets in early 2023. The Hub is Volta Trucks’ second service ...
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ArticleVolta Trucks and Siemens partner to accelerate commercial fleet electrification
Volta Trucks and Siemens have announced plans to collaborate to deliver an eMobility charging infrastructure to Volta Trucks customers. The collaboration brings together Volta Trucks’ approach to commercial vehicle fleet electrification and and operational expertise through its Truck as a Service offer and Siemens’ global experience in electric vehicle support ...
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ArticleTesco and Volta Trucks work together to electrify fleet
Tesco is working with Volta Trucks on a prototype full-electric lorry. The Volta Zero was specifically designed to help the transport industry in its journey to net zero within urban areas as well as improving road safety as a result of its purpose-built, ground-up design.
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ArticleVolta Zero tested to hot weather extremes
Volta Trucks has completed rigorous hot weather testing on its full-electric 16-tonne Volta Zero, at the purpose-built Nardo Technical Centre in Southern Italy.
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ArticleFirst drive of the new Volta Zero prototype electric truck
Our colleagues at sister publication Commercial Motor were some of the first journalists to get a drive in the design verification prototypes of the Volta Zero in the summer of 2022. There remains some development work to complete before the vehicle is ready for full production, but the inital signs are very promising.
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