Tevva is a technology company and truck manufacturer. Best known for creating Britain’s first 7.5t-electric truck, they specialise in producing zero-tailpipe emission electric vehicles and long-range hydrogen electric vehicles. Their unique approach blends both battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Tevva founder Asher Bennett first conceived his groundbreaking idea for decarbonising the freight industry deep under the ocean. His initial career as an Israeli submarine officer meant his first electric vehicle, as it were, was a submarine. Asher was aware that the electrification of trucks required a finely tuned solution to make the idea as successful as that applied to electric cars. Taking many of the concepts learned in his seagoing days, he applied them to HGVs.
Starting with a core engineering team of just seven, Tevva began developing a range of technologies (as well as its eTruck) to be able to provide other OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and fleet-based businesses with a ready-made solution to the electrification of the medium duty sector, with the urban distribution industry the most critical to clean up. The first generation of Tevva trucks used a small ICE (Internal Combustion Engine) range-extender, but later generations would use hydrogen fuel cells (not as the primary energy source, but as the backup for lithium-ion batteries).
The world quickly realised the viability of Asher's idea, leading to the opening of Tevva London, the company's UK base – where thousands of electric trucks will be manufactured annually. Further plans are afoot to open more factories in continental Europe and beyond.
