Delivery: Volta and Cake join forces in Paris
This page is translated from the original post "Livraison : Volta et Cake unissent leurs forces à Paris" in French.
- 17/11/2022 8:30
By combining trucks and two-wheeled electric vehicles, the delivery service imagined by Volta and Cake aims to balance efficiency with a reduced carbon footprint.
Based in Sweden, the companies Cake and Volta both develop electric vehicles. The first specializes in motorized two-wheelers, while the second has chosen to design a delivery truck. Two different activities, but potentially complementary. This is at least what their leaders believe, who have agreed to create “the world’s first electric mobile micro-platform dedicated to last-mile delivery”.
The new partners envisioned a two-step delivery process. First, the Volta Trucks truck transports Cake vehicles from the distribution center to the city. The small two-wheelers then take over to deliver to various customers’ homes.
Volta and Cake choose Paris
The truck and its colony of Cake vehicles will serve multiple geographic areas throughout the day. Fully charged removable batteries will be stored in the Volta in advance. The downtime for a discharged two-wheeler will therefore be minimal, as it only takes a few seconds to replace an empty battery with a full one.
The Cake and Volta Trucks service will be launched in Paris in the first quarter of 2023. It will initially be used by the H&M group.
“This partnership between Volta Trucks and Cake will perfectly demonstrate how the marriage of zero-emission transport solutions can benefit brands and customers, such as the H&M Group, as well as urban environments,” said Essa Al-Saleh, CEO of Volta Trucks. Stefan Ytterborn, founder and CEO of Cake, believes that this new ecosystem “provides a clear direction for healthier cities and is an advantage for commerce.”
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