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Driving progress towards electric freight solutions: how Voltempo is revolutionising the future of electric vehicle charging
Voltempo is revolutionising the future of electric vehicle charging. Its mission? To accelerate the adoption and optimisation of electric freight solutions with their end-to-end service and HyperCharger Megawatt Charging System (MCS).
Meet Voltempo
The company continues to be the lead partner of the eFREIGHT 2030 consortium — a government-backed collaboration fostering a widescale switch from diesel to electric power across the industry by 2030, and entirely electrifying the sector by 2035.
Voltempo is helping its clients navigate the journey from diesel to electric power through:
- Site & grid development: identifying the best sites to connect with the grid
- Charging solutions: developing its ultra-fast HyperCharger which delivers 1MW+ of power to up to six vehicles at once
- Service & optimisation: offering consistent, high-quality support throughout the process from its team of experts
Nationwide HGV charging network
11 fleets deploying electric HGVs
Create up to 200 new jobs by 2030
£200 million government investment
6 charge bays and 1,000kW charging
Growing the business
On 23 September 2025, Sir Vince Cable, Chair of the eFREIGHT 2030 consortium, opened the production site of Voltempo’s advanced megawatt charging system (MCS) — the HyperCharger.
Unlike other available electric chargers, the Hypercharger is purpose-built for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). Its innovative “halo” design lifts and protects the heavy charging cables, preventing damage and making operation safer and more practical in busy logistics depots, thus revolutionising UK’s transition to zero-emission road freight.
Around the same time, the Voltempo team travelled up to Glasgow to participate in the first Road Transport Expo (RTX) Scotland event. Its founder, Michael Boxwell, spoke about two projects:
- He announced its new SCALE (Scottish Commercial Accelerated Logistics Electrification) project; a bold, multi-year initiative designed to accelerate the transition of Scotland’s road freight sector from diesel to electric Heavy Goods Vehicles (HGVs).
- He also discussed the ongoing work of eFREIGHT Autonomous, a consortium of experts in commercial vehicles and automotive technology, which has secured funding and support from the UK Government and industry through the CAM Pathfinder Feasibility Studies (FS) Competition delivered by Innovate UK and Zenzic.
Why TEP Birmingham?
To support Voltempo’s growing business and drive their next phase of growth, it welcomed Simon Smith as the new CEO and John Fox into the role of Chief Operations Officer; both of whom bring a wealth of experience with them.
As well as these two key appointments, several other new strategic hires have taken place to grow the company from 3 employees to over 50, its highest number yet. To support this growth, Voltempo moved offices onsite at Tyseley Energy Park for the second time in its history, moving into the main office of the administration building.
Tyseley Energy Park’s ambitious development plans rely on organisations like this, those committed to scaling-up and revolutionising clean energy in the UK, creating highly skilled technical engineering jobs for those living within the West Midlands.
- First MCS-ready (Megawatt Charging System) eHGV charging hub to operate live in the UK,
- Electrification of commercial transport
- Charging solutions
- Site & grid development