What’s Behind the Grille of the New Nikola Hydrogen-Electric Truck
Nikola's new hydrogen-electric tractor features scads of new technology. It's truly new from the ground up and drivers assigned to such trucks certainly won't be suffering.
Nikola's new hydrogen-electric tractor features scads of new technology. It's truly new from the ground up and drivers assigned to such trucks certainly won't be suffering.
Battery-electric vehicles are the key to zero-emission commercial transportation in North America, according to Daimler Trucks North America, which is moving forward with battery-electric vehicle commercialization, contending that hydrogen fuel cells aren’t ready for prime time.
A. Duie Pyle, provider of asset and non-asset based transportation and supply chain solutions in the Northeast, announced the implementation of two new 100% electric Fuso eCanter trucks.
Ford Motor Co. is investing $500 million in Rivian and will use its "skateboard" platform for a new battery-electric vehicle to bring expanded electrification to its lineup.
Allison is growing its stake in commercial vehicle electrification with the purchase of Vantage Power and of the electric vehicle systems division of AxleTech.
In Southern California, Toyota and Kenworth unveiled a jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty truck, the result of a collaboration with the California Air Resources Board and the Port of Los Angeles.
Momentum Fuel Technologies is now offering all-makes natural gas parts for purchase on its website.
Trimble is teaming with Cobalt, an IT asset disposition company, to provide Trimble’s fleet mobility customers with the ability to dispose of older, onboard equipment in an environmentally-friendly way.
Nikola plans to make hydrogen the transportation fuel of the future. Plenty of hurdles remain to be overcome before that happens, but the strategy the company disclosed at Nikola World 2019 seems workable. One of the biggest challenges could be getting the rest of the world to see the solution as Nikola sees it.
Waste feedstock from the City of Oakland, Calif., is now being converted to Neste renewable diesel to fuel the fleet.
If a truck is running low-quality DEF, there are a number of issues that may occur, some of which could even void a vehicle’s warranty. This includes catalyst poisoning, deposits, and injector/filter clogging. Repairs can be very expensive and downtime may be extensive.
The West Coast Clean Transit Corridor Initiative is designed to determine how best to ensure that Interstate 5 is equipped with sufficient charging to support electric long-haul trucks.
There’s water, water everywhere, and little of it being transformed into fuel. Nikola Motor wants to change that – as well as the way fleets pay for trucks and their fuel – as it rolls out the new hydrogen-powered Nikola Two.
We sat down with Nikola Motor Co. CEO Trevor Milton at the Nikola World event in Scottsdale, Arizona, where the evening before he had introduced the Nikola Two hydrogen-electric truck to the world, to get his thoughts on the fueling infrastructure, the competition, hydrogen vs. electric trucks, and why he thinks truck drivers will be eager to switch from diesel.
At the Nikola World event in Scottsdale, Arizona, Nikola introduced the Nikola Two hydrogen electric Class 8 truck and the Europe-bound Nikola Tre with much fanfare to a crowd of more than 2,000 media and industry attendees.
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