Thursday, May 12, 2016

Nikola, Truck version of Tesla – New hybrid truck introduced by Utah based Company Nicola


Image : nikolamotor.com
What if Tesla start to build Truck’s with their technology? If you’re a truck lover you must have definitely thought like that. Sometimes Tesla may have ideas to come in to truck industry as well. But this news is not from Tesla but a new company called Nikola from Utah.


They were doing all there planning and developments keeping it as a secret and the company claims that they have a group of wealthy private investors funding their project. And they have received some pre-orders already, even though still the product is in computers and documents. And Company promised to release the first working prototype by end of this year.

Trevor Milton a former executive at dHybrid System do the decision making for the company while Nikola is the latest company became famous after Faraday Future made their debut with a concept car at CES Las Vegas.

Image : www.dezeen.com
The Truck has a 150-galon-dHybrid storage behind its cab, which can fuels a turbine generator to charge 320-kilowatt hour battery. Then the battery makes the move by driving six motors, one motor per each wheel. Company call this truck by their name as “Nikola One”.

Image : www.overdriveonline.com
Company has plans to make a nationwide network of refueling stations to support their customers same way like Tesla did.

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