Fuel Cell Truck Nikola

Elon musk mocks nikola s hydrogen cars explains why fuel cells won t work by sissi cao 06 11 20 4 04pm tesla ceo elon musk thinks hydrogen fuel cells are an extremely inefficient way of.

Fuel cell truck nikola.

Fuel cell electric trucks from nikola motor pack a lot of technology and design treatments that are not unusual for passenger cars but rare in heavy duty trucking. That s the latest insult elon musk threw at hydrogen fuel cells which power trucks made by competitor nikola motors nkla a stock that has rocketed a crazy 500 since april. Nikola motor s semi trucks including the nikola two shown here require fuel cell stacks for power. It s an electrifying opportunity and it could well herald.

The company had been working with sweden s powercell to provide them. Hydrogen fuel cells have been powering space shuttles since the early 1960 s. Nikola motor company the arizona startup that made its debut as a publicly traded company june 4 will open reservations later this month for a hydrogen fuel cell electric pickup truck that was. The nikola badger is a battery electric fuel cell pickup truck that boasts a claimed driving range of up to 600 miles and a peak output of 980 lb ft of torque.

Love him or hate. Nikola has been very up front that hydrogen fuel cell trucks really only have an advantage over battery electric trucks on long haul routes where the time required to recharge a massive truck. The fuel cell system itself is. The information on nikola s website inclusive of presentations press releases earnings call transcripts reports and all other information may contain forward looking statements estimates or projections based on expectations as of the original date of those materials.

The bosch engineer christian appel is working with the nikola motor company startup to develop the world s first 40 ton truck to feature a fuel cell powertrain.