Hofmann, who has previously worked for Volkswagen, will lead the development of Volta Trucks’ Digital Platform.

The company announced that series production is set to begin in the second quarter of this year at the contract manufacturing facility in Steyr, Upper Austria.

Nilsson spent most of his career at Volvo, working in roles related to strategy, business development and product planning and in regions including Europe, South America, Asia and Africa.

Volta Trucks stated that it is starting the year strongly with customer production orders filling the first 300 manufacturing slots of the battery-electric Volta Zero.

Professor Schaller was Chief Technology Officer at MAN Truck & Bus, where he had previously served as Director of the Heavy Trucks business unit.

The 30,000-square-foot Tottenham site will serve as the base for the company’s ‘Truck-as-a-Service’ operations in the London metropolitan area.

Siemens will provide its expertise in building charging infrastructure and developing software and control systems for energy management to Volta Trucks customers subscribed to its 'Truck-as-a-Service' offering.

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, to test the motor and batteries.

Adam Chassin joins Volta Trucks from tech firm Instafreight, specialising in digital products for logistics management.

The so-called 'Volta Trucks Studio', is unconventionally situated in the heart of the French capital, will be customer-facing and focused on sales in the Paris region.

Volta Trucks will begin pilot testing of the 7.5- and 12-tonne variants in 2024, with series production in the following year, thus expanding the range of weight & length options for potential Volta Zero customers.

The Swedish EV manufacturer has revealed the location of its first customer operations centre in Paris, France which will deliver the company’s Truck-as-a-Service business model following customer pilots of the Volta Zero truck in mid-2022.