Truckers Preview Next-Generation Electric Big Rigs At Port Of Stockton

CBS San Francisco

March 24, 2023

STOCKTON -- Parked on the Port of Stockton grounds Thursday were two black and white Nikola zero-emission semi-trucks that were being shown to truck driver fleets.

Nikola Motor is a truck original equipment manufacturer and energy company that focuses on making one hundred percent zero-emission semi-trucks while also making hydrogen energy, according to Damon Owens, head of truck marketing at Nikola motors.

One of the trucks shown was a hydrogen fuel cell vehicle that had a range of 500 miles and the other was a battery electric vehicle that had nine battery packs that delivered 733-kilowatt hours of battery capacity with a 330-mile range.

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