Voltempo’s coach-sized ‘smart trailer’, to be tested and built in UK, boosts capacity by 15% Electric vehicle specialist Voltempo is developing a cabless, autonomous rigid lorry that’s 15.6m long, exceeding the current maximum length for a non-articulated lorry, which the company claims will maximise space and payload. The prototype aims to extend a rigid truck’s proportions and capacity beyond the current maximums of 12m, 32 tonnes and four axles to 15.6m, 42 tonnes and five axles, making it the same length as a coach. Removing the cab frees up weight and space, creating what Voltempo founder and corporate development officer Michael Boxwell dubbed a “smart trailer”. Berkeley Coachworks is constructing the body and a prominent…
UK firm’s self-driving lorry ditches cab for more capacity, less weight
