Nikola wins order for 2,500 battery electric Tre refuse trucks
By Jim Gibbins - 1st September 2020
USA - Nikola Corporation, the Phoenix, Arizona-based contender in zero-emission and infrastructure solutions, has announced a minimum order of 2,500 electrified Tre refuse trucks from Republic Services Inc. (Republic Services, also based in Phoenix, Arizona, is the second largest recycling and solid waste provider in the USA).
This order, which includes an option to double this to 5,000 units, requests full production deliveries to begin in 2023 with on-road testing likely to begin in early 2022. The refuse trucks are anticipated to carry up to 720kWh of energy storage. Nikola says whilst the powertrain software will be limited to 1,000hp (746kW), it is expected to outperform current diesel and natural gas competitors. The new platform, Nikola maintains, can give refuse trucks nearly three-times the power of natural gas and diesel options, giving operators the ability to go up hills with full loads without issue.
