Nikola Company, through the HYLA model, in 2023 produced 42 and wholesaled 35 Class 8 Nikola hydrogen gas cell electrical automobiles (FCEVs).
“What an effort by our devoted and passionate workforce, to create — and ship — what we consider is the one U.S. designed and assembled Class 8 hydrogen gas cell electrical truck on the street right now,” stated Nikola CEO Steve Girsky. “Our pioneering spirit is what made it doable to wholesale these 35 vehicles to our sellers for patrons within the U.S. and Canada. We thank our workers, clients and companions for this achievement, and sit up for delivering extra vehicles in 2024.”
Of the seven vehicles produced however not wholesaled, three are being utilized in an prolonged discipline check with a fleet accomplice, two are in continued validation and engineering and two are getting used for service coaching/buyer demos.
Nikola’s FCEV includes a vary of as much as 500 miles and an estimated fueling time as little as 20 minutes.* The corporate believes its truck is among the many longest ranges of all commercially accessible zero tailpipe emission Class 8 vehicles, with versatile functions starting from drayage and intermodal to metro-regional truckload and less-than-truckload to sure specialised hauling use instances.
“Our aim is to introduce a greater, cleaner strategy to ship items to the North American market in a dependable bundle,” stated Girsky. “Our FCEV buyer pilot packages have proven robust outcomes, with truck uptime at 98%**—essential for environment friendly fleet utilization.”
Assembled in Coolidge, Ariz., the FCEV commenced serial manufacturing on July 31, 2023, with the industrial launch on September 28.
Jan 6, 2024