Nikola has secured an agreement to sell
all-electric garbage trucks to a waste disposal company in the United States.
As part of the deal, Nikola will provide Phoenix-based Republic Services with
2,500 all-electric refuse trucks with the possibility of 2,500 more at a later
date. Republic is the second-largest refuse hauler in the United States so this
agreement is quite a big deal and targets an area of the trucking market that
most EV manufacturers have neglected.
The electric garbage truck only exists in
the virtual world and a single rendering of it shows a futuristic-looking
design with sharp and aggressive design elements. Compared to the garbage
trucks you’re probably used to seeing, this one is much more appealing to the
eye.
Nikola says the electric trucks will be
electronically limited to 1,000 hp and include both side-loading and
front-loading configurations. The trucks may have a battery pack as large as
720 kWh and should be able to travel about 241 km on a single
charge. Interestingly, Nikola will deliver complete trucks to Republic as
opposed to just the chassis and leaving it up to the refuse hauler to get the
waste hauling body installed by a separate company, as is typically the case.
