![]() Among them are Daimler, Hyundai Motor, Tesla, Toyota and Volvo Trucks.Rose Law Group Reporter, which provides Dealmaker’s content and service, is contracted by Rose Law Group. Nikola is one of a number of truck makers racing to commercialize battery-electric and hydrogen fuel big rigs to meet greenhouse emissions standards across the globe. Lucid broke ground last year at the Casa Grande plant where it will produce its first car, the Lucid Air luxury sedan. Ducey also is credited for helping attract electric vehicle manufacturer Lucid Motors to Casa Grande in Pinal County. Doug Ducey for helping bring the innovative truck maker to the state. At build out, the project will represent a $1 billion capital investment and the creation of up to 20,000 direct and indirect jobs, company officials have said. Initially, 2,000 workers will be employed to build the plant. “We have a need to build trucks even sooner than what we planned on, and we are working on how we can do that.” Nikola plant to support jobs on both sides of border ![]() We are very early in the development of that plan,” Mark Duchesne, Nikola’s global head of manufacturing told Transport Topics this week. “ will be a partial facility so we can start as soon as possible. The goal is to eventually compete with popular trucks like the Ford F-150 crown, said Trevor Milton, executive chairman and founder. Nikola also is taking preorders for its battery and fuel-cell Badger pick-up. “Badger” to compete with Chevy, Ford pickups Anheuser-Busch has committed to buying 800 trucks. Nikola already has 14,600 orders for the longer-haul trucks. The truck will have up to 1,000 horsepower and travel 500 to 750 miles between fill ups, company officials said. Nikola “Two” fuel-cell big rig to offer more horsepower, distanceīy 2023, the company plans to produce its first fuel cell semi, which will use hydrogen gas to power an electric motor. ![]() Production of the Tre in North America will start in Coolidge next year after the slightly smaller European model has been tested. Nikola will start producing the Tre model in the next few months as part of a joint venture with European truck maker Iveco at a plant in Ulm, Germany. These trucks are designed for urban deliveries with travel routes of less than 300 miles. The battery-electric cabover Tre model will be the first truck off the assembly line next year. Nikola will produce heavy-duty and pickup trucks in phases including: At build out, the plant is expected to produce 35,000 battery and hydrogen fuel cell electric trucks a year. The startup has raised over $200 million from investors for the $600-million project that will eventually encompass 1-million square-feet. It will first produce Nikola’s battery-electric Class 8 “Tre” semi-trucks. Initially, the plant is expected to hire 2,000 workers to start building the plant. Last week, the battery-electric and hydrogen-electric truck maker broke ground on 430 acres near Houser and Vail roads in Coolidge in Pinal County. New plant in Coolidge to hire 2,000 workers to build plant The manufacturing project is part of the race by Nikola and other truck makers to commercialize heavy-duty vehicles to meet standards to reduce greenhouse emissions across the globe. ![]() Called the Badger, it is being hailed by company officials as future competition for America’s most popular truck, the Ford 150 Crown. ![]() for its new manufacturing plant that will start rolling out emission-free big rigs next year, company executives said.Ī carbon-free pickup truck also is in the works. Nikola Motors has broken ground in Coolidge, Ariz. ![]()
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