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In a recent article on Jalopnik.com, Shep McAllister talks about the Nikola Motor Company and the Nikola One. The Nikola One will be the first hybrid hydrogen-electric class-8 semi.
Six months ago the Nikola Motor Company came out of nowhere and announced it was going to put the first electric-powered big rig on American roads. We've been skeptical, but Nikola just revealed a full-sized model that apparently works, and more importantly a plan to build and sell it at scale.
[...] The Nikola One is a semi-truck sleeper cab, meaning it's got a little apartment behind the driver's seat. The Nikola Two will be a day cab version that's a little shorter and cheaper, but running the same hyrdogen[sic]-charged electric motor set.
[...] So the Nikola truck is supposed to be able to cover 1,200 miles without refilling its hydrogen supply, but we've been hearing that figure and the 1,000 horsepower, 2,000 lb-ft of torque claims since the first renders of this thing were unveiled back in the summer.
It's an interesting concept and if it works out we might be seeing the end of diesel trucking in the US.
(Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Sunday December 04 2016, @10:38PM
Because, unlike the Beatles and Apple, [wikipedia.org] people in the automotive industry behave honorably and don't insult the intelligence of their users in knowing that those users can tell the difference between a sedan and a semi and a first name vs. last name.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday December 05 2016, @07:19PM
heh good one.
If automotive industry were not evil, you would be able to replace a failed light yourself, in under 5 minutes. You know, like you did back in the 1970s.
Also, have you seen the plastic caps over the battery? Is that possible that a 5$ micro sd card is sold in a sturdier plastic package than the caps in a car who is supposed to last at least 10yrs?
If I ever seen a signature of Evil, it is that.