The move will see the Volta Zero trucks operate from the company’s depots in Rungis and La Courneuve in Paris and Lyon. The charging infrastructure has a range of 22kW slow and 150kW fast chargers to be installed by Volta Trucks’ charging infrastructure partner Siemens. The partnership with Siemens includes software control systems, facility electrification, charging stations operation, energy management, building equipment and project finance.
The Volta Zero is an electric medium duty commercial vehicle designed specifically for urban logistics. With 150-225 kWh of battery power, located between the chassis rails as the safest possible location, the Volta Zero will deliver a range of 150-200 km, which is more than sufficient for distribution in city centres.
Volta Trucks and Heppner identified charging requirements through a sequence of site assessments. Critical to deploying an effective charging solution, each assessment identified the existing infrastructure and upgrades required to recharge a fleet of Volta Zero’s.
Through its TaaS offer, Heppner will have access to the maintenance, servicing, insurance and training services of its vehicles, and will rely on Volta Trucks for the development and successful implementation of all aspects of the migration to electrification.
The Heppner Group is developing its urban distribution offering by introducing both the full-electric Volta Zero trucks into its fleet of vehicles. The vehicles are part of Heppner’s strategic decarbonisation plan, integrating electric power into its energy mix. This agreement will enable Heppner to offer its drivers both 16 tonne and 18 tonne full-electric trucks suitable for last-mile delivery.
Volta Trucks CEO Essa Al-Saleh said: “Our unique Truck as a Service proposition supports customers like Heppner operate an efficient and cost-effective full-electric fleet of trucks from day one. I’m sure this will provide a template and case study that others will follow.”