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

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Enlarge / This is what the Nikola Two will look like. (credit: Nikola Motor Company)

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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