Volta Trucks Shortlisted For The Prestigious Motor Transport Innovation Award

Volta Trucks are pleased to announce that it has been shortlisted for the Innovation Award at the prestigious Motor Transport Awards 2022, in partnership with Goodyear. 

Motor Transport Awards 2022

This award recognizes that the road transport sector is going through unprecedented levels of change, as it strives to deliver great service, while cutting emissions, improving safety, and addressing the skills shortage all while delivering a profit.

This Award is for the most innovative new product or service that addresses any of these issues. They’re delighted that the world’s first fully electric, 16-ton commercial vehicle, the Volta Zero, has been recognized 

Challenges 

Volta Trucks’ mission is decarbonizing last-mile logistics and making city-center safer, pleasant, and sustainable

Sadly, the majority of pedestrian and cyclist deaths on city-center streets are attributable to large, conventionally fuelled commercial vehicles, where air quality is also at its worst. 

The industry also faces huge challenges with driver recruitment and retention, and the need for a more premium working environment. Volta Trucks’ mission is to address these issues, by decarbonizing last-mile logistics and making city center environments safer, more pleasant, and sustainable places to live and work in. 

fleet electrification 

Volta Trucks Founder, Carl-Magnus Norden, recognized the opportunity that the migration from internal combustion engines to electrification presented, in terms of safety, environmental and societal benefits.  

Listening to the concerns of fleet managers, he also understood the challenges faced when transitioning fleets to electric and decided to act.

Volta Zero

The result is Volta Trucks and our first vehicle, the full-electric 16-ton Volta Zero, which will be on operating on our city streets by the end of this year 

For more than 35 years, the Motor Transport Awards have been seen as a benchmark for excellence among UK road transport fleet operators, vehicle manufacturers, and innovators.