A company headquartered in Riverside is driving the future of electric work trucks, and the city is already one of its biggest customers.
"Voltu has been able to accomplish a feat which no other EV company has done - electrifying Class 3 heavy-duty vehicles for commercial application," said Riverside City Manager Mike Futrell.
"We landed here in Riverside because of the huge support we had from the city," said George Gebhart, CEO and founder of Voltu. "RPU will be one of the first utilities to deploy Voltu's new zero-emission trucks, with up to 10 vehicles planned for deployment in the near future," said David Garcia, Riverside Public Utilities.
What makes Voltu's trucks stand out is their cutting-edge battery technology. Voltu's patent-pending immersive cooling system reduces battery size and weight by half -- something no other electric vehicle maker has done yet.
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