A number of all-electric Volta Zero trucks will be tested throughout the streets of London this summer. The trucks will be provided by the Swedish start-up to The Crown Estate, a large property owner in London’s expensive West End. The Crown Estate’s London portfolio spans 10 million square-feet of property and will be well-suited to the Volta Zero that offers up a range varying between 153 km and 201 km.
The Volta Zero can be fitted with either a
150 kWh or 225 kWh battery pack and has been designed to replace several
smaller delivery vans. It was unveiled in production guise last November after
being first showcased as a concept in October 2019.
Volta is currently building prototypes of
the Zero in the UK and plans to have completed 25 of them this month.
Interestingly, eventual production models won’t be built in the UK and will
instead be manufactured at a new plant in Steyr, Austria starting in the middle
of the year. Logistics provider DB Schenker placed an order for 1,470 Volta
Zero trucks late last year.
