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Warpy

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1. Spiffy design but the ground clearance sucks

Reply to nationalize the fed (Original post)

Tue Aug 30, 2016, 08:31 PM

Aug 2016

I think they're going to want to change that just a bit. It's not a sports car for a mid life crisis, it's a truck that's going to have to cope with rough pavement, big speed bumps, and all sorts of junk on the roads.

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The Nikola One- a 100% Emission Free All Electric Class 8 Truck [View all] nationalize the fed Aug 2016 OP

Spiffy design but the ground clearance sucks Warpy Aug 2016 #1

According to the specs… OKIsItJustMe Aug 2016 #12

I didn't see anything stating they've actually built one yet NickB79 Aug 2016 #2

It looks like a possible game changer.....cheaper to operate, cleaner and more torque burfman Aug 2016 #3

Hydrogen will not be close to being "emissions free" in the lifetime of anyone... NNadir Aug 2016 #4

The nuclear industry has been salivating over the inefficiency of hydrogen for decades. kristopher Aug 2016 #5

They will be using solar power to generate their hydrogen burfman Aug 2016 #6

Solar power is not, and never will be a significant form of energy. NNadir Aug 2016 #7

Solar power is actually becoming competitive in price now burfman Aug 2016 #8

I've been hearing that one, about solar being "competitive" my whole adult life as well. NNadir Aug 2016 #10

Nothing right now is a 100% fix burfman Aug 2016 #11

The amount of energy we get from wind and solar on this planet, this for... NNadir Aug 2016 #13

Is there anywhere on the website giving the round trip energy penalty? kristopher Aug 2016 #9