Electric truck company Volta is set to expand its UK-based engineering capabilities and grow to more than 280 employees by the end of the year.
Volta, which specialises in last-mile urban delivery trucks, is set to expand its Research and Development team based near Reading. The company currently has around 150 employees but is expecting to almost double that figure before Christmas.
The company’s scalable offices can currently accommodate around 110 engineers working on its first 16-tonne commercial truck, the Zero. However, the team will also be working on the forthcoming 7.5, 12 and 19-tonne variants.
“As a nimble and agile start-up organisation, in 2020 and 2021, we designed and developed the Volta Zero demonstrator vehicle, introduced it to the marketplace, took it on a six-centre European roadshow, and took thousands of pre-orders for trucks, all with a small team working remotely through the pandemic,” says Essa Al-Saleh, CEO of Volta Trucks.
“We now have a UK home for our engineers, close to where our Pilot Fleet vehicles will soon operate with customers in London. The UK also has a long history of engineering excellence, and this has already proven to be a great source of talent for us, but we now need to accelerate the growth of the company. With our innovative product and ground-breaking approach to customers and vehicle ownership, we are looking for the brightest, forward-thinking and entrepreneurial experts to join the Volta Trucks team and help us on our journey towards a safer and more sustainable future for commercial vehicles.”
The team is networked to UK vehicle testing facilities where the company’s first prototype vehicles are already running, and the forthcoming manufacturing plant in Steyr, Austria. It is also connected to the company’s headquarters in Stockholm and regional offices in Paris and other European cities.
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