Electric commercial vehicle manufacturer Volta Trucks is expanding its UK-based engineering capabilities to support the development of upcoming vehicle programmes.

The company is launching a recruitment drive which will see it scale to more than 280 employees by the end of the year.

The move comes as the business delivers a programme of prototype full-electric 16-tonne commercial vehicles for customer evaluation in London and Paris by mid-2022.

The scalable offices can currently accommodate over 110 engineers working and the team is networked to UK vehicle testing facilities where the company’s first prototype vehicles are already running, as well as 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.

Having started 2021 with a handful of employees, headcount now stands at over 150.

“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,” said Essa Al-Saleh, chief executive, 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.”

Al-Saleh added: “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.”

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