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COMMERCIAL CARRIER JOURNAL | OCTOBER 2016 41 FIND A LOCAL DISTRIBUTOR AT MINIMIZER.COM OR CALL 800.248.3855 MINIMIZER POLY PRODUCTS • TESTED AND TORTURED TM • DAILY BY TRUCKERS FOR TRUCKERS TESTED AND TORTURED TIRE BENCH Times change. So should you. NICE TRY NAILED IT Custom Molded Floor Mats Guaranteed for Life! Typical worthless floor mats Guaranteed to fail TOOL BOXES FENDERS TOOL BENCH TIRE MASK Emissions-free Nikola One to be powered by hydrogen N ikola Motor Co., which is developing a Class 8 electric tractor, announced that the electric drivetrain used in the U.S. and Canadian markets will be powered by a cus- tom-built hydrogen-electric 800-volt fuel cell and will have a range of over 1,200 miles between fill-ups. The company said the tractor will achieve nearly 20 mpg with zero emissions under full load, surpassing all of the government mandates set forth for the next 10 years, in- cluding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's recently announced Phase 2 greenhouse gas standards. "The desire to be 100 percent emissions-free in the U.S. and Canada is a critical piece of our long-term engineering and environmental efforts, not just in vehicle energy con- sumption, but also in how energy is produced," said Trevor M ilton, Nikola chief executive offi cer. Nikola said it plans to have a nationwide network of over 50 hydrogen stations for customers to begin fueling by 2020. "This will make Nikola Motor Company the first company in the world to be 100 percent emissions-free from energy production to transportation to consump- tion," Milton said. "Say goodbye to the days of dirty die- sels and aftertreatment in the heavy-duty Class 8 market." More information will be announced about Nikola's nationwide sales, service and warranty network in the com- ing weeks. The CNG turbine version of the Nikola One is planned in countries where hydrogen is not available. "Nikola will produce hydrogen via zero-emissions solar farms built by Nikola Motor Company," Milton said. "These solar farms will produce over 100 megawatts each and will use electrolysis to create hydrogen from water. Even our manufacturing facilities will be run off of zero-emissions hydrogen energy." – Jason Cannon Nikola Motor Co. said its Nikola One tractor will achieve nearly 20 mpg with zero emissions under full load and have a 1,200-mile range.