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Swedish innovators unite to off er sustainble last-mile deliveries in cities
Full-electric commercial vehicle manufacturer from Sweden, Volta Trucks, has teamed up with Cake, a Swedish maker of premium lightweight electric motorcycles, to cover last-mile deliveries in a sustainable way. Their fi rst trial is scheduled for early 2023 in Paris, France, in collaboration with fashion giant, H&M. The fully-integrated, zero tailpipe emission delivery service from warehouse to end customer uses the most effi cient combination of electric trucks and electric two wheelers.
“The partnership between Volta Trucks and Cake will show how a combination of zero tailpipe emission transport solutions can bring benefi ts to brands and customers, such as the H&M Group, and city centre environments,” said Essa Al-Saleh, Chief Executive Offi cer of Volta Trucks. Free to operate in the world’s most
rigorous zero-emission zones, the capacious Volta Zero will act as a mobile micro hub, or mini warehouse. Cake’s electric motorcycles will be loaded into the Volta Zero from the distribution centre at the start of the working day and deployed into the city centre to deliver the parcels. The Volta Zero is free to redeploy to other locations throughout the day, or to provide quick replacement batteries
for the Cake motorcycles, if necessary, providing an effi cient city-wide coverage for deliveries. “We’ve designed the full-electric Volta
Zero to be the cleanest, safest and most- effi cient urban delivery vehicle. Most of our customers are using trucks to deliver from out-of-town warehouses to inner- city stores. But, we’ve always sought innovative partners to deliver new and industry-redefi ning solutions,” said Al- Saleh. Volta Trucks and Cake were both founded to address the modern challenges of transportation. Focused on two very diff erent vehicle platforms yet sharing the same objectives, the integration of the two technologies off ers immediate opportunities for retailers serving the
Volta Trucks and Cake motorcyles will be free of any emissions for decarbonising and and decongesting last-mile deliveries
rapidly-growing e-commerce delivery industry.
“As the majority of today’s last-mile delivery chains will soon be banned in many of the world’s largest cities, world- leading e-commerce consumer brands need to engage in future-proof concepts now. Solutions need to be developed to off er lower emissions and less congestion, while benefi ting from far more effi cient deliveries all the way to the end customer. This innovative mobility ecosystem that the three brands are trialling is setting a clear direction for both healthier cities and business advantages,” said Stefan Ytterborn, founder and CEO of Cake.
6 December/January 2023 | Automation
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