Volta conceptos & prototipos

Affectionately named ‘Volta Minus One’ by development engineers, as the forerunner to the production-specification Volta Zero, the prototype vehicle used the proposed production specification chassis frame and drivetrain of the finished vehicle and tested all the electro- mechanical and thermal properties of the truck. This included 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 was purely designed to protect the development driver from the elements when the vehicle was moving at speed. The prototype used a flatbed to allow engineers to add different levels and locations of loads to test its weightcarrying capacity.

The first road-going ‘Design Verification’ (DV) prototype Volta Zero vehicle.