Volta Zero electric truck completes hot weather testing
By Bradley Osborne - 26th September 2022
Volta Zero being tested in southern Italy
Sweden / Italy – Volta Trucks AB of Stockholm, Sweden announced that its upcoming 16-tonne battery-electric truck has successfully completed hot weather testing at the Nardò Technical Centre1 in southern Italy.
Over six weeks, the Volta Zero covered over 2,500 kilometres at varying speeds, during peak temperatures of 39 degrees Celsius in the daytime and 28 degrees at night. Powertrain performance, thermal management of the battery packs, and energy consumption of auxiliary systems such as air conditioning were evaluated during testing. The truck was also taken beyond its intended urban range onto dusty and uneven rural roads in order to further test the suspension, steering, traction control and braking system. In addition, Volta Trucks studied the effects of dust accumulation on exterior components and on cabin and load box ingress.
