USA - Nikola Corporation of Phoenix, Arizona, has signed a new global supply agreement with General Motors Company of Detroit, Michigan for the latter to supply it with hydrogen fuel cell systems for integration by Nikola into its heavy-duty on-highway trucks and tractor units – this  agreement supersedes and replaces the transaction announced on September 8, 2020.

Under the terms of the new so called non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), Nikola and GM are to work together closely to integrate GM’s Hydrotec fuel-cell technology into Nikola’s Class 7 and Class 8 zero-emission semi-trucks for the medium- and long-haul trucking sectors. Nikola states it expects to begin testing production-engineered prototypes of its hydrogen fuel-cell powered trucks by the end of 2021, with testing for the beta prototypes expected to begin in the first half of 2022. In addition, Nikola and GM will discuss the potential for the utilisation of GM’s versatile Ultium battery system in Nikola’s Class 7 and Class 8 vehicles.