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Fri Nov 4, 2016, 07:50 AM Nov 2016

Nikola Motors Readies Electric Semi-Truck, Battery Pack and Hydrogen Charging Station Plans

Trucks.com | TIFFANY HSU NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Electric semi-truck startup Nikola Motor Co. is ratcheting up anticipation for its upcoming launch event by teasing the reveal of three products key to its vision of an emissions-free freight future.

On Dec. 1 in Salt Lake City, the private company plans to show off its Nikola One electric truck as well as a model-agnostic battery pack and a hydrogen fueling station, it said Thursday...snip



...Interest in the truck has been high. The company said it scored nearly $3 billion in reservations within 30 days of accepting requests. The vehicle, slated for road-readiness by 2019, has even been imagined as a replacement postal delivery truck...snip

...Come Dec. 1, though, the company also plans to display an example of the hydrogen stations it hopes to scatter across the continent. Initially, 56 stations will go up around North America, with more than 300 planned stations eventually making up the largest hydrogen network in the world, Nikola said.

Using hydrogen created on solar hydrogen farms built by Nikola as part of a vertically-integrated supply system, the stations will sell the fuel to non-Nikola customers for $3.50 a kilogram — nearly half the current market price, according to the company...snip
Read More: https://www.trucks.com/2016/11/03/nikola-readies-electric-semi-truck/

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Nikola Motors Readies Electric Semi-Truck, Battery Pack and Hydrogen Charging Station Plans (Original Post) nationalize the fed Nov 2016 OP
I'm a bit skeptical of this company's claims... PoliticAverse Nov 2016 #1
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