Volta Trucks bounces back from bankruptcy, resumes EV business [Video]

Less than six months after a seemingly dooming bankruptcy filing, Volta Trucks has reemerged from the ashes, fresh with redemptive capital and a leaned-down business plan. The commercial EV startup can now resume its work in delivering its electric last-mile trucks to customers this year.

Volta Trucks is a UK-based commercial EV startup that spent nearly four years working toward initial deliveries of its flagship commercial truck, the Volta Zero. We reported on much of that journey, from a mere vehicle design sketch in 2019 to a prototype launch less than a year later.

We saw several rounds of funding bolstered by a number of pre-orders for its expanding lineup of the Zero Trucks, as well as plans to expand into the US. By 2023, Volta appeared poised to hit the European market following more purchase commitments and necessary certification in place to begin official sales.

Volta began series productionin Austria ahead of those planned …