Nikola and Bosch.

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Nikola Motor Company and Bosch team up on long-haul fuel cell truck

A truck with up to 1,200 miles in range will run on Bosch’s eAxle platform.

Megan Geuss - 9/19/2017, 4:00 PM

Enlarge / This is what the Nikola Two will look like.

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Salt Lake City-based Nikola Motor Company and German auto components giant Bosch are teaming up to build the Nikola One and Nikola Two—a pair of hydrogen-electric, long-haul trucks that will compete with the handful of other low-emissions trucks and powertrains that have been announced in mid-2017.

The Nikola One truck isn’t a new development, but the startup’s partnership with Bosch is. Last December, Nikola Motor Company announced that it would build a hydrogen-electric truck that would be able to travel 1,200 miles on a tank of hydrogen and deliver 1,000 horsepower and 2,000 foot-pounds of torque. The company said at the time that its truck, deemed the Nikola One, would be market-ready by 2020.

Now, that market-ready date has been pushed back to 2021, but adding Bosch’s experience into the mix no doubt helps firm up Nikola Motor Company’s projections. According to a press release from the startup, the class 8 Nikola One and Nikola Two will now be built on Bosch’s eAxle—an integrated unit blending motor, power electronics, and transmission. Bosch's eAxle was only just announced this January

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What is that behind the cab? I see something similar to that on Raun trucks up here hauling bobcats.

[41chevy]

With Great Briton's ban on fossil fuel vehicles in 2040 and several E.U. countries have already laid out ambitious plans to eliminate fossil fuel-powered vehicles between 2025 and 2040.

French Environment Minister Hulot said it won’t be easy for France. “It’s a very difficult objective. But the solutions are there.” And, as the world’s sixth-largest economy, and with one of the world’s largest automotive markets, the proposed ban on the internal combustion engine could have significant impact far beyond France’s borders.

• Norway has laid out the most aggressive plans. It wants to get there by 2025. It helps that a full 24 percent of the vehicles sold in this oil-rich nation already are battery-electric
• India wants to get all of its vehicles switched to battery power by 2030 — and that means it not only wants to end the sale of internal combustion vehicles but convert or replace all other vehicles already on the road by the end of the next decade, a goal few see possible
• The Netherlands already has a relatively high EV sales rate, about 6 percent of its total new vehicles, but it has yet to formally lock down a switch to electric vehicles some would like to implement by as early as 2025
• Germany may also push to end sales of gas and diesel vehicles by 2030, but there is strong opposition, especially since half of its electricity comes from coal. Yet German automakers are launching major drives to electrify and that could help build momentum for a switch.

 

Edited September 21, 2017 by 41chevy

[HeavyGunner]

That just means the crude oil market will be flooded and fuel will be cheap again right Paul?  We've all heard of the hydrogen powered vehicle a number of times but the lack of hydrogen service stations and all of the other pieces it takes to get hydrogen to the pump have yet to be figured out in an economical way. If these guys think the oil community (foreign and domestic) is just going roll over and let the government outlaw fossil fuels I think they are short sighted. Oil barons have lots of money and lobbyist world wide. 

Edited September 21, 2017 by HeavyGunner