US Postal Service Carrier Orders 50 Fuel Cell Trucks From Nikola
The California firm AJR Trucking will use its new zero emission fuel cell trucks from Nikola Motor to haul mail for the US Postal Service.
The California firm AJR Trucking will use its new zero emission fuel cell trucks from Nikola Motor to haul mail for the US Postal Service.
If all goes according to plan, mobile hydrogen fueling stations will solve the chicken-and-egg conundrum for fuel cell trucks in USA.
The UK startup Tevva is on track to prove that batteries and fuel cells can coexist on one electric truck.
Nikola Motor and General Motors are kicking off a new strategic partnership that will see General Motors doing the heavy lifting to bring the Nikola Badger to market. In exchange for a $2 billion equity stake in Nikola and the right to nominate one director to the Nikola board, General … [continued]
Nikola Motor burst onto the scenes in a big way last year at Nikola World 2019, and we were there to take it all in. They showed off the new Class 8 Nikola Tre aimed at Europe and a full lineup of fully electric power sport vehicles, including the WAV personal watercraft.
Last month, Nikola Motor broke ground on its first factory in Coolidge, Arizona, where it plans to produce the Nikola Tre and Nikola Two Class 8 trucks. Just a few days earlier, Tesla broke ground on its newest factory under construction in Austin, Texas where it plans to produce the Cybertruck, Semi, Model Y, and Model 3.
Trevor Milton is Nikola Motor’s Executive Chairman and Founder. A relatively young company, Nikola recently listed publicly on the NASDAQ stock exchange, and has garnered both excitement and scrutiny from investors and the media. Focusing mainly on the trucking industry, Nikola hopes to release a fleet of hydrogen fuel-cell powered semi trucks, along with a consumer pickup truck.
The Nikola Corporation is making a push into the EU with partner trucking company IVECO after the pair showed off the design model of the battery electric version of the Nikola TRE for European customers. Launching the battery electric Nikola TRE gives Nikola a bridge to the hydrogen-powered future the team envisions as the reality of the investment and lead time required for hydrogen to manifest in the global transportation marketplace are realized.
CNH Industrial N.V. announced a new $250 million investment into the Nikola Motor Company as the lead investor in a new Series D funding round. The investment round comes as Nikola works to integrate a single lease plan for its vehicles that roll all vehicle, service, maintenance, and fuel costs into a single lease price in a bid to offer early adopters assurance of predictable prices and payouts for their fleets.
Nikola Motor Company blew up the world of zero-emission vehicles last week with the announcement of five new vehicles, ranging from its battery and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks to a new electric personal watercraft. The announcements were made at Nikola World on April 16th and CleanTechnica was there to capture all of the news firsthand.