Privately-funded consortium to look at viability of electric 44-tonne trucks

Welch Group’s new 100% electric HGV outside the British Antarctic Survey HQ

Industry and academia are joining forces to launch Project Jolt, a privately-funded demonstration programme to establish whether electric road freight transport, and in particular 44 tonne, electric trucks (eHGVs), can become commercially viable.

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