Nikola Motor Company Drops Plans For Battery-Electric Semitrucks
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Despite reportedly taking $10.5 million in reservation deposits, the Nikola Motor Company has completely backed away from its plans to offer a battery-electric Nikola One semi-truck, according to recent reports.
While not slated for a full reveal until the end of the year, it had previously been stated by the company that the semi would possess: 6 different electric motors, a 320 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack, and a total system output of 2,000 horsepower plus 3,700 pound-feet of torque.
The company is now reportedly going to be revealing in December a hydrogen-fuel-cell semi-truck instead, a truck with only 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 pound-feet of torque.
Autoblog provides more, noting that, "up until now everything Nikola Motor Company, the company that essentially came out of thin air with the goal of making a zero emission-semi truck, claimed seemed somewhat plausible. While its outrageous specs and claims for the Nikola One raised some concerns, nothing was a red flag, until now. ... Instead of using a 320-kWh battery pack and a fuel-agnostic turbine, the company is looking towards a custom-built hydrogen-electric 800V fuel cell. Nikola Motors also claims that its Nikola One will have a range of more than 1,200 miles between fill-ups and can get nearly 20 mpg, all while emitting zero emissions."
While not slated for a full reveal until the end of the year, it had previously been stated by the company that the semi would possess: 6 different electric motors, a 320 kilowatt-hour (kWh) battery pack, and a total system output of 2,000 horsepower plus 3,700 pound-feet of torque.
The company is now reportedly going to be revealing in December a hydrogen-fuel-cell semi-truck instead, a truck with only 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 pound-feet of torque.
Autoblog provides more, noting that, "up until now everything Nikola Motor Company, the company that essentially came out of thin air with the goal of making a zero emission-semi truck, claimed seemed somewhat plausible. While its outrageous specs and claims for the Nikola One raised some concerns, nothing was a red flag, until now. ... Instead of using a 320-kWh battery pack and a fuel-agnostic turbine, the company is looking towards a custom-built hydrogen-electric 800V fuel cell. Nikola Motors also claims that its Nikola One will have a range of more than 1,200 miles between fill-ups and can get nearly 20 mpg, all while emitting zero emissions."
