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 VOLTA TRUCKS BEGINS REAL-WORLD TRIALS OF ZERO
 E lectric commercial vehicle manufacturer
Volta Trucks has started engineering evaluation and development testing
of the first prototype Volta Zero at HORIBA MIRA in Nuneaton.
The start of testing follows soon after the first prototype chassis of the Volta
Zero – the world’s first purpose-built full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicle designed specifically for inner city logistics – was revealed.
Affectionately named ‘Volta Minus
One’ by development engineers, as the forerunner to the production-specification Volta Zero, the prototype vehicle uses the proposed production specification chassis
frame and drivetrain of the finished vehicle and will test all the electro- mechanical and thermal properties of the truck. This includes the high-voltage battery supplied by Proterra, and the compact rear axle, electric motor and transmission eAxle unit from Meritor. The unconventional bodywork of the prototype is purely designed to protect
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