Olectra Greentech launches heavy-duty electric truck trials

Olectra Greentech Ltd, a part of industrial conglomerate MEIL, on Friday said it has begun trials of a 6×4 heavy-duty electric tipper as part of an expansion into the electric truck segment.

“Pioneer and market leader in electric bus manufacturing, Olectra now entered into truck manufacturing and this prototype is built on heavy-duty electric tipper platform,” the firm said in a statement.

The first of its kind truck in India, Olectra tipper, with a 220-km range on a single charge, is built with a heavy-duty bogie suspension tipper capable of managing gradability of more than 25 per cent (scaling slopes on roads with elevation, and ghat roads).