Electra announces plans for 800km range BEV
By Luke Willetts - 11th July 2023
UK – At this past Road Transport Expo (RTX), which took place from the 28th-30th of June at the NAEC Stoneleigh, in Warwickshire, Electra Commercial Vehicles Ltd (Electra) of Blackburn, UK, announced ambitious plans to build a long-haul 40-tonne temperature-controlled drawbar battery electric vehicle as part of the Escalate Project*.
Electra’s involvement in the project began in January 2023 with a GBP 19 million/42-month project to build a pilot vehicle that demonstrates improved technological capabilities with range, efficiency, and design of components. This will come in the form of a 40-tonne drawbar battery electric vehicle (BEV) capable of achieving 800km on a single charge, which Electra will demonstrate in the UK and Germany in the next four years.
