Swedish start-up Volta Vehicles passes an vital milestone. Its Vota Zero electrical truck has simply acquired the certifications and authorizations mandatory for its manufacturing and advertising and marketing in Europe.
Offered within the fall of 2020, the Volta Zero is a truck within the 16-tonne class, which the start-up positions primarily within the city supply market. For this use, it has a lowered cab for simple entry, a number of peripheral cameras and a centrally positioned driver. Its 150 to 225 kWh batteries are equipped by the American group Proterra. They permit the Zero to say an autonomy of 150 to 200 km. Propulsion is supplied by an engine/transmission meeting totally built-in into the rear axle. It additionally comes from the USA, right here from Meritor (14xe ePowertrain).
This Volta Zero has due to this fact simply obtained European kind approval. This opens broad the door to manufacturing and distribution in massive volumes. Within the coming weeks, the Swedish start-up will distribute its newest era of prototypes to chose prospects who will be capable of combine them into their fleet.
As for the precise manufacturing, it ought to begin within the second quarter of the yr. It is going to happen in Austria, at Steyr Automotive in Steyr. Ensuing from the takeover of the MAN-Steyr entity, this firm supplies contract manufacturing within the area of utility automobiles, vans and buses, like Magna Steyr in Graz (the 2 entities being from the identical firm, Steyr -Daimler-Puch).
The primary manufacturing models will little doubt be delivered to prospects after the summer season, ie 3 years after the presentation of the car.
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