Tresa V0.2 Unveiled: India's First Commercial Electric Truck

Bengaluru-based startup and India’s first OEM company that deals in heavy-duty electric trucks. Tresa Motors has unveiled the latest iteration of their 18-tonner commercial electric truck, the Tresa V0.2. This truck’s entire research, development, and manufacturing has been done in India.

Tresa Motors' mission is to redefine the future of transportation with innovation, sustainability, and safety. The brand promises to understand the undeniable impact of ICE (Internal Combustion Engines) and that’s why they’re building cutting-edge electric vehicles that prioritize safety and energy efficiency. Tresa has in-house components such as motors, powertrain, and battery pack-related technologies, to become a self-reliant OEM company.

The Tresa V0.2 has India’s first and global industry-leading, Centralized Computing Unit, Advanced Telemetry System, 800V (peak) modular battery packs with battery management system (BMS), new central steering system, in-house-designed DRLs, and its first version of Heat Pump (for all cooling requirements including cabin air-conditioning). 

Unlike other modern vehicles, including EVs, that use hundreds of ECUs, Tresa uses an NVIDIA GPU-driven Centralized Computing Unit (CCU). Tresa’s CCU is designed to have an adequate threshold to handle the duties of this EV truck, including AI and telematic requirements. The telematics system will stream over 500 monitoring points to the cloud for constant performance, safety, and efficiency analytics. 

Rohan Shravan, Founder and CEO of Tresa Motors, commented, “We are excited to announce the launch of Model V0.2. Built on our `Delta-Engineering` philosophy, V0.2 is a major internal release where we get to test and monitor all of our components on the road. Our dream is to become the most efficient EV in the world, and the capability to understand power consumption at the sub-system level is the key to achieving our goal. This is also where we feel that we can optimize our heat pump and make it our key IP, along with our motor and battery.”

Further, the latest V0.2 truck has a new central steering setup and an air-suspended seat, which indicates a comfortable driving experience. The Tresa V0.2 produces a whopping 24,000 Nm of torque, having a top speed of 120kmph. Powering this vehicle is a 300kWh battery pack, which can be charged from 10 to 80% in just 20 minutes, according to the brand. 

Tresa Motors' futuristic electric trucks are built on the Axial Flux Motor Platform Flux 350™, and World's first 800V 50 kWh truly immersive self-contained battery pack module - Meg50™. The Flux 350™ motor’s design and engineering offer higher power density, improved cooling capabilities, increased efficiency, a compact size, and flexibility. The Meg50™ comes in IP69 self-contained enclosures with embedded active-liquid cooling.