Appleton Built Electric Fire Truck is 2022's Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin

Thursday, October 20th, 2022 -- 10:00 AM

(Bob Hague, WRN) We have a winner in the Coolest Thing Made in Wisconsin contest.

The winner of this year's Coolest Thing competition announced Wednesday by Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce and Johnson Financial Group is the Volterra electric fire truck made by Appleton based Pierce manufacturing.

Their Voltera pumper is the first zero emission electric fire truck and service in North America. Nearly 150 products were nominated for this year's contest. October is celebrated as Manufacturing Month in Wisconsin, where manufacturing employs nearly one in six workers.

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