It’s an enormous, electrical semi-truck, all proper.
Nikola
Hey, bear in mind Nikola? You know, the electrical semitruck startup that obtained a very bonkers valuation after which turned out to be largely a rip-off perpetrated by founder and former CEO Trevor Milton, one for which he confronted three indictments?
Right — effectively, it seems that the corporate has continued on, albeit with manner much less hype, and is, in accordance with an announcement made by the corporate on Friday, now delivering its first Nikola Tre vans to an organization referred to as Total Transportation Services Incorporated in Southern California.
Yeah, we’re type of stunned, too, to be trustworthy. This TTSI firm has ordered 100 battery-electric Tre vans for drayage — aka short-distance hauling, sometimes inside a port — on the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach. TTSI’s order begins with 4 vans, two of that are purely battery-electric, two of that are hydrogen fuel-cell automobiles. The latter expertise is one which Nikola initially constructed its model on, however it’s unclear how far the corporate obtained earlier than its huge meltdown final 12 months.
Nikola makes some huge efficiency claims for the Tre on its web site, together with as much as 350 miles of vary from a 753-kilowatt-hour battery and a sustained output of 645 horsepower. It’s not completely clear if the vans delivered to TTSI have these specs or if these specs are even out there in a car you should buy now, however it’s nonetheless thrilling if true.
The EV startup additionally has plans to take its vans overseas, due to its partnership with the Port of Hamburg and IVECO vans (the truck producer on which Nikola’s Tre chassis is predicated), which might see as much as 25 electrical vans be delivered over the following 12 months.
We reached out to Nikola for clarification on car specs, however did not hear again in time for publication.
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