% Leveraging off Tesla's name, yet it isn't an Electric that can plug in. Its a 2000hp old school hybrid with regen for safer-down-hill-braking and fuel saving$ %
http://www.truckinginfo.com/news/story/2016/05/nikola-motor-teases-all-electric-commercial-truck.aspx Specialty Firm Announces New Electric Road Tractor May 10, 2016 [image / Nikola Motor Co. http://www.truckinginfo.com/fc_images/news/m-nikola-one-1.jpg Nikola One's components sit low on the frame and at the wheels for excellent stability, the company says. Composite body panels offer strength and are light in weight ] Nikola Motor Co., named after electricity pioneer Nikola Tesla, has announced that it's developing a 2,000-hp, all-wheel-drive, hybrid-electric truck-tractor with a turbine range extender whose operating costs will be one-half that of a diesel tractor. The company is designing the majority of the components for the vehicle, called Nikola One, and with Meritor has co-designed an independent suspension for use with the truck, said Trevor Milton, the firm’s founder and chief executive officer. Electricity will go to six 335-hp motors, one at each wheel, developing a total of 2,010 hp and 3,700 lb-ft of torque. The motors will also act as generators to recharge the battery during regenerative braking. The proprietary turbine, which can be set up to burn many common fuels including diesel, gasoline or natural gas, automatically spins the generator to charge the batteries when needed. The vehicle's range will be 1,200 miles on 150 gallons of fuel. Nikola One will pull a loaded trailer with a designed gross combination weight of 80,000 pounds up a 6% grade at 65 mph, Milton said. Because its electric motors are geared to the wheels, there's no transmission and the truck will be easy to drive. The first working prototype will be displayed publicly later this year, he said, and as of Tuesday, the company is taking reservations with $1,500 deposits. “By working together with some of the top engineering firms in America, we were able to design vehicles that have previously been thought impossible to design,” said Milton. “We want to even the playing field and income inequalities seen between owner-operators and fleets for the first time in recent trucking history.” Milton formed the company a decade ago to design and manufacture electric vehicles, energy storage systems and electric vehicle drivetrain components. Previously, Milton was CEO of dHybrid Systems, a natural gas storage technology company that was acquired in October 2014 by Worthington Industries ... [© 2016 Trucking Info] ... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semi-trailer_truck A semi-trailer truck is the combination of a tractor unit and one or more semi-trailers to carry freight. It is variously known as a transport (truck) in Canada; semi or ... http://www.computerworld.com/article/3068677/sustainable-it/nikola-motor-co-to-release-2000hp-hybrid-semitrailer-truck.html Nikola Motor Co. to release 2,000HP hybrid semitrailer truck May 10, 2016 Lucas Mearian [image / Nikola Zero Nikola Motor Co. http://images.techhive.com/images/article/2016/05/365512-100660461-large.idge.jpg The Nikola Motor Company has designed, engineered and is finalizing assembly of the most powerful production model UTV ever built. The "Nikola Zero" is a 100% electric powered, zero emission, four-passenger, side-by-side that boasts over 520HP, 480 ft. lbs. of torque, 20 inches of suspension travel on all four wheels and a 125-mile range ] [image] Nikola Motor Company announced plans for the first-ever 2000HP electric class 8 semi-truck, dubbed Nikola One. Credit: Nikola And its 520HP all-electric UTV will be able to travel 125 miles on a single electric charge The Nikola Motor Company emerged from silent mode today to unveil plans for the first-ever 2000 horsepower (HP) electric class 8 semi-truck, dubbed the Nikola One (named after Nikola Tesla). The company also announced plans to release a 520HP 4x4 utility vehicle (UTV) that will boast more than 480 foot pounds of torque with a 125-mile range. The UTV, dubbed "Nikola Zero," is a 100% electric powered, zero emission, four-passenger, side-by-side that has 20-in. of suspension clearance on all four wheels and 14.5-in. of overall ground clearance. The Nikola Zero will retail for $42,000. The first 5,000 vehicle reservations will get a $5,000 discount on the suggested retail price, the company said. "The reason for the horsepower increase is that with electric motors you only use what you need unlike a diesel engine, so most of the time, you will only need 400 to 500 horsepower out of the 2,000 HP," a spokesperson for Nikola Motor Co. said in an email replay to Computerworld. You don't waste any energy that you don't use with electric motors. But when going up a hill, a diesel is not safe operating at 35 mph or less, so with the extra horsepower, the electric allows you to climb to full speed limit. "Same idea with the UTV," the spokesperson continued. "You only use what you need, but when you need it, it comes in handy for safety and performance." The Nikola One semitrailer will be capable of pulling a gross weight of 80,000 pounds and have more than a 1,200-mile range between stops, the company said. The semitrailer will sport a 320 kilowatt hour (kWh) lithium-ion battery pack, along with a 150 gallon fuel-agnostic turbine; the standard model will have a natural gas tank. Nikola One Nikola Motor Co. The Nikola Motor Co. is offering the first 5,000 reservations for the Nikola One 100,000 gallons of free natural gas, enough to travel 1 million miles. Nikola claims the semitrailer will cost half as much to operate as traditional diesel trucks. The company also said the truck’s lithium-ion battery will never require recharging because the turbine will charge it as the vehicle drives, just like other consumer hybrid vehicles. The Nikola One will also sport regenerative braking technology, an energy recovery mechanism that will slow the vehicle by converting kinetic energy into a form that can be stored until needed. Regenerative breaking is more efficient that traditional braking, which uses friction to slow a vehicle and wears braking systems faster. [image] The interior of the Nikola One semitrailer As the Tesla Motor Company did with the Model 3 sedan it recently announced, Nikola Motors is now accepting refundable reservations: $1,500 for the truck and $750 for the UTV. Along with the truck, the company plans to offer 100,000 gallons of free natural gas to the first 5,000 trucks reserved. The natural gas can be retrieved through a network of compressed natural gas (CNG) stations throughout the U.S. Combined with the electric motor, 100,000 gallons of natural gas is enough for a million work miles, Nikola said. The semi-trailer will retail for $375,000. "The truck is nearly double a diesel price at $375K, but it also comes with free natural gas fuel for 1 million miles since we own our own natural gas wells," the Nikola Motor Co. spokesperson said. "This offsets the entire cost of the truck allowing for a return on the investment in first month." [© 2016 Computerworld] ... https://nikolamotor.com Nikola Motor Company http://www.tradetrucks.com.au/product-news/1605/nikola-motor-company-launches-6x6-electric-truck/ NIKOLA MOTOR COMPANY LAUNCHES 6X6 ELECTRIC TRUCK 11.05.2016 [image http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/imagegen/cp/black/800/600/s3/digital-cougar-assets/tradetrucks/gallerymedia/Nikola-One--Truck---Launch--Electric--TradeTrucks4.jpg http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/imagegen/cp/black/800/600/s3/digital-cougar-assets/tradetrucks/gallerymedia/Nikola-One--Truck---Launch--Electric--TradeTrucks.jpg http://d3lp4xedbqa8a5.cloudfront.net/imagegen/cp/black/800/600/s3/digital-cougar-assets/tradetrucks/gallerymedia/Nikola-One--Truck---Launch--Electric--TradeTrucks3.jpg ] ... http://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/nikola-motor-company-the-ev-startup-with-the-worst-most-obvious-name-ever/ Nikola Motor Company: The EV startup with the worst, most obvious name ever [20160510] ... http://www.autoblog.com/2016/05/10/nikola-motor-company-zero-one-semi-utv/ Nikola Motors steals Tesla's first name, wants to build clean semis May 10th 2016 For EVLN EV-newswire posts use: http://evdl.org/evln/ {brucedp.150m.com} -- View this message in context: http://electric-vehicle-discussion-list.413529.n4.nabble.com/EVLN-Nikola-Motor-Announces-2000HP-Semi-trailer-Truck-he-Tractor-tp4682015.html Sent from the Electric Vehicle Discussion List mailing list archive at Nabble.com. _______________________________________________ UNSUBSCRIBE: http://www.evdl.org/help/index.html#usub http://lists.evdl.org/listinfo.cgi/ev-evdl.org Read EVAngel's EV News at http://evdl.org/evln/ Please discuss EV drag racing at NEDRA (http://groups.yahoo.com/group/NEDRA)
