The formal approval means that Tevva can now start producing and selling its trucks in volume across the UK and Europe. It also represents the key regulatory step in the development and commercialisation of all Tevva vehicles, including electric trucks.

Tevva has become the first British company to receive EC Whole Vehicle Type Approval for a 7.5-tonne electric truck and is now gearing up to get its first vehicles out to customers. 

The company's first mass-produced electric trucks have started to be delivered from its UK base and to its customers, including Expect Distribution, Travis Perkins and Royal Mail. Tevva expects to sell up to 1,000 electric trucks in 2023.

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Asher Bennett, Tevva founder and CEO, said: “We continue to ‘charge on’ as a company and reach new...