Innovation Segment : Electric Vehicles

Innovation Insights

Volta Trucks inner-city commercial EV - Sweden

Sweden

Swedish startup EV maker  Volta Trucks has launched the Volta Zero — what it calls the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle. It’s designed specifically for inner-city parcel and freight distribution.

The Volta Zero will use 160-200 kWh of battery power and will run on  LiIon Phosphate batteries. At the end of the battery’s life, it can be recycled and reused as an energy storage device.

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Innovation theme:  Purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle, Designed specifically for inner-city parcel and freight distribution, Uses lithium phosphate batteries of  160-200 kWh. 

Relevant for

  • Mechanical engineer
  • Automobile engineer
  • Electrical engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Power electronics engineer
  • Microelectronics engineer

Innovation sector

  • Electrical engineering
  • Electronics & communications
  • Energy efficiency
  • Energy storage
  • Environmental sciences
  • Mechanical engineering

Domain

Renewable Energy

Energy Efficiency

Energy storage

Sustainable transport

Type of innovation

Core sciences & engineering

Stakeholders

University researcher

Corporate researcher

Startup or entrepreneur

Solution provider

Industry