ZachF
Active Member
Back when the truck
Rocket launchers pay ~$7 per Kg of Hydrogen, and they buy in bulk. The few hydrogen stations charge like $16-17 per kg. There is a huge mark-up with hydrogen compared to other fuels because it is a huge, gigantic, monumental PITA to handle, transport, and store. Providing an at-the-pump cost of less than $2 per kg is pure fantasy.
Back when this truck was a hybrid NG powered truck I thought it was a sensible idea that could greatly reduce fuel consumption from trucking... now its gone into crazy land.
With a required input of a minimum 50 kWh per kg of hydrogen, and the cost of natural gas being 2.7 USD/million BTU, the absolute minimum cost of hydrogen produced from natural gas is 4.7 USD/kg. Right there, Nikola Motor Company has guaranteed a loss 148k USD per truck they sell. And this doesn't include the fueling stations, hydrogen production equipment, engineering, sales, administration, management, etc.
Rocket launchers pay ~$7 per Kg of Hydrogen, and they buy in bulk. The few hydrogen stations charge like $16-17 per kg. There is a huge mark-up with hydrogen compared to other fuels because it is a huge, gigantic, monumental PITA to handle, transport, and store. Providing an at-the-pump cost of less than $2 per kg is pure fantasy.
Back when this truck was a hybrid NG powered truck I thought it was a sensible idea that could greatly reduce fuel consumption from trucking... now its gone into crazy land.
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