Nikola Fuel Cell Truck

Hydrogen fuel cells have been powering space shuttles since the early 1960 s.

Nikola fuel cell truck.

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. 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. 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. Nasa has funded more than 200 research contracts exploring fuel cell technology bringing it to a level now viable for the private sector.

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. 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. It s an electrifying opportunity and it could well herald. Love him or hate.

Bosch and nikola had hinted that such an arrangement could be. The fuel cell system itself is. Bosch s license matters because nikola could miss its 2022 target to begin producing trucks if forced to test a new fuel cell stack. Hydrogen has more than 80 years of industrial use as a nonirritating nontoxic and noncorrosive source of energy.

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.