Hydrogen Powered Long Haul Trucking with Nikola's Chief Engineer Christian Appel

Hydrogen Powered Long Haul Trucking with Nikola's Chief Engineer Christian Appel | The InEVitable

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MotorTrend's Ed Loh & Jonny Lieberman chat with Nikola's Chief Engineer & Head of Vehicle Platforms - Christian Appel! The guys explore Nikola's ground-breaking Hydrogen Fuel Cell Electric Semi Truck, and the future of Hydrogen powered long haul trucking! Get the full story HERE ➡️ bit.ly/49xC4w6
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3:46 - So, what is a Hydrogen Fuel Cell?
8:45 - Drivetrain architecture.
12:49 - 70 Kilograms of Hydrogen. MPK (Miles Per Kilogram).
15:12 - What's the range?
15:47 - How does Hydrogen power the truck?
17:52 - EV Mode.
19:30 - "Backpack style" hydrogen tank design.
23:04 - European perspective on the truck.
26:30 - Thoughts on Tesla Semi & Decarbonizing the trucking industry.
27:55 - New designs & new innovations.
31:24 - Refueling?
37:36 - Working on infrastructure with Volterra.
39:05 - Decarbonizing - Who's making the hydrogen?
43:25 - Feedback from drivers.
46:18 - Cab environment & suspension.
49:10 - Feedback from fleet owners.
52:42 - Comparing fuel prices.
54:42 - Full battery electric version.
57:32 - Solid State Batteries.
01:00:31 - Cooling system.
01:03:41 - Road to autonomy.
01:07:05 - Product line & Origin Story.
01:10:29 - Where are they built?
01:15:04 - Nikola's customers.
01:17:48 - Christian's background.
01:23:03 - Chinese market.
01:25:08 - "This is really a unique time in history."
01:28:06 - The Software Defined Revolution.
01:34:58 - Christian's personal fleet.
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@chetcalhoun613 6 ай бұрын

This was a great interview. Lengthy, but the most in depth about the fuel cell and the EV power train capabilities. Wish you talked more about the infrastructure build out, Hyla, and the mobile fueling solutions that are offered for those companies that would want to try the FCEV Tre now. I believe Nikola is on to something big, and they are out front leading the way. Really pulling for them to succeed. And like Christian said, we are living in an extraordinary time period of transition.

@user-fu4mu1dl3v 6 ай бұрын

gooo Nikola💪💪💪

@blagotarutovic9168 5 ай бұрын

Great interview, go Nikola!

@flyhigh4755 6 ай бұрын

Who would have thought three years ago that Nikola would actually offer a BEV and an FCEV with impressive specs for sale? 🎉

@Urfinchannel 6 ай бұрын

@georgecostanza2695 6 ай бұрын

I love the relationship between Ed and Johnny… their interactions are almost like that of an old married couple😂

@drjnaqvi 6 ай бұрын

Workhorse should be next. They are also Ohio based. They can probably bring their van which will be class 4-5 and 5-6!

@TheArtesianwell 6 ай бұрын

Nikola Motor & Nikola Energy Hyla a Trilion Dollar Corporation with best BEVs & FCEVs and Worlds Largest Hydrogen Infrastructure Network

@lucasrandolph8117 6 ай бұрын

You should invite the guys from Edison motors on your show.

@flyhigh4755 6 ай бұрын

Cmon they have a soapbox screwed together in their shed...

@patgee81 6 ай бұрын

really nice podcast .. liked it very much!!

@nineteenthmaynineteennineteen 6 ай бұрын

No Gears I am falling in tears😂 thats amazing

@johntheux9238 6 ай бұрын

The Tesla Semi did 1'076 miles in a single day during the run on less event so I really don't see what's the advantage of hydrogen. Fast charging 30 minutes instead of filling the hydrogen tank in a few minutes doesn't really make a big difference since there are mandatory breaks anyways.

@flyhigh4755 6 ай бұрын

But just if the truck transporting lays chips ?

@johntheux9238 6 ай бұрын

@@flyhigh4755 The average load during testing was over 70'000 lbs.

@patgee81 6 ай бұрын

350 miles max on a single charge .. 3 rechargings necessary during this trip .. and a 24 hour test .. don´t think the FCEV will fall behind this achievment in any way ..

@johntheux9238 6 ай бұрын

@@patgee81 It has 500 miles of range fully loaded. They leave 10% range to be safe just like a FCEV does. They start the day at 100% but it's true that for all rechargings after that they don't go over 80% unlike a FCEV which has fast charging all the way to 100%

@williampmcd8548 4 ай бұрын

Fortunately, truth remains constant under all terms and conditions.

@urbanstrencan 2 ай бұрын

Love the Investible series of podcast when are you hosting Mate Rimac ❤❤

@xrotaryguy 6 ай бұрын

Tesla M3 $0.04/mi V6 Camry $0.13/mi Mirai (H2) $0.50/mi An H2 car costs 4x more to fuel than a typical gas car (and 10x more than electric). Why does your truck cost the same as fueling a diesel truck?

@xrotaryguy 6 ай бұрын

There's only 42 comments. Nikola needs to answer this question.

@LDP.. 6 ай бұрын

Its because they are subsidizing the cost of hydrogen themselves ,giving a discount to their customers that is one of the reasons why the company is losing so much money

@maxrava4339 6 ай бұрын

Chiederei se possibile All'ing Cristian Apple quanti brevetti detiene Nikola ,grazie .Max

@MarkSmith-lf6sx 6 ай бұрын

Where is the Infrastructure for Hydrogen powered trucks. Not many truckstops with Hydrogen pumps. Nice truck, but the Infrastructure needs to be in place for them to work.

@RULE3O3 6 ай бұрын

Industrial scale hydrogen production using Natural Gas or Water. Which one.?

@ardennielsen3761 6 ай бұрын

burning hydrogen in a spark based ignition system using atmospheric air full of nitrogen creates Nitrous acid Nitric acid that cause acid rain.

@teratoid9727 6 ай бұрын

This is just a based on case studies where industrial oil and natural gas plants were switched to hydrogen burning plants and analyzed the pollutants. If these numbers for nitrous oxide nitric acid are overestimated, like Georgia tech thinks, certainly internal combustion engines that aren’t at a full scale industrial plant level of pollution are not a relevant concern.

@larzlarz1140 6 ай бұрын

Nikola trucks are fuel cell vehicles, yeah? Fuel cells directly convert hydrogen to electricity. They don’t burn hydrogen.

@larzlarz1140 6 ай бұрын

So 1 kg of hydrogen is roughly equal to 1 gallon of diesel, right? How much does a kg of H2 cost? $5? $6?

@FentoZ 6 ай бұрын

Millions of pounds are burned and wasted in something called flaring at oil wells , cant they turn all that into hydrogen? Instead

@jamielombardo5292 6 ай бұрын

Only half of the country get snow that thing's going to get stuck quick

@mattspychala7251 6 ай бұрын

Are we doing this with Nikola again? Come on guys….

@HardNorthOutdoors 6 ай бұрын

Edison motors just revolutionized trucking. Everything else is a stunt.

@flyhigh4755 6 ай бұрын

😂😂

@patgee81 6 ай бұрын

😀

@DuulHomes 6 ай бұрын

Nikola really? How dare you.

@SAGERODS250REM 6 ай бұрын

This is a sketchy company, I wouldn't buy any of that trash.

@Ash-db9cb 6 ай бұрын

You must be talking bout the past Nikola is a new chapter has come a long way and has lots of potential, clean energy transportation is currently being mandated and at least customers will have options available