Nikola Motor Company unveils hydrogen-powered truck
For quite some time now scientists and engineers have been looking into hydrogen fuel cells as a strong alternative to gasoline and diesel. These fuel cells pose many benefits such as being emissions-free, being produced from renewable resources, running silently and having easy maintenance.
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But even though this is a promising solution, there is still one problem preventing the large scale use of hydrogen powered cars and that’s infrastructure.
No one will buy a hydrogen car without being able to easily refuel it and because of the lack of demand; no one is willing to implement a hydrogen refuelling infrastructure with no consumers to profit from.
Well it seems now that there is someone who is willing to take the risk. A few weeks ago in Salt Lake City, a startup truck manufacturer, known as the Nikola Motor Company, revealed their latest design, an 18-wheeler named the Nikola One.
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