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Tevva trucks are more than simply zero emission, they are part and parcel of the sustainability that’s written into Tevva’s DNA. This focus guides our decision-making in all areas of our company.

Examples include:

Batteries – Tevva has adopted Lithium Iron Phosphate as its preferred battery chemistry (typically referred to as either LFP or LiPO4). LFP batteries contain zero Cobalt; this removes concerns over reported Cobalt mining practices, e.g. the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Tevva is mindful of the CO2 emitted when battery cells are manufactured; this is the battery’s equivalent of the ‘well-to-tank’ CO2 that needs to be accounted for with diesel. Tevva’s LFP batteries have an inherently long life and are capable of being re-deployed as ‘non-road’ batteries after their first ‘on-vehicle life’ is complete. This enables the battery to be charged and discharged over many thousands of cycles – radically reducing the ‘manufacturing CO2’ emissions per individual charge cycle by extension, per kilometre driven.

Drive Motors – Tevva has had a focus on the development of more sustainable drive motors since 2017 when Tevva invested in and partnered Advanced Electric Machines Ltd to develop a next-generation traction motor that contains zero rare-earth metals.

Rare-earth metals are problematic because of the quantity of toxic waste they produce – at Tevva, we ensure that as we clean up one problem, we do not create a different one.