The US manufacturer Nikola, best known for his plans for fuel cell and battery trucks, has placed a $ 30 million order with the Norwegian hydrogen specialist Nel to supply electrolysers.


With the alkali electrolysers from Nel, Nikola wants to equip the first five hydrogen filling stations in order to generate the necessary hydrogen on site. The production capacity per unit is eight tons per day, making a total of 40 tons.

"These electrolyzers will support five high-performance hydrogen stations that span multiple states and truck routes," said Trevor Milton, founder of the Nikola Corporation, according to the release. "Since the beginning of our partnership in 2017, we have worked together to develop a massive hydrogen filling station on a large scale," said Jon André Løkke, CEO of Nel. "It was amazing to see the significant progress the Nikola team has made in terms of vehicle development and station design, and now we can start building."

Most of the electrolysers are to be manufactured in the “mega factory” that Nel is currently building in Norway. "The framework agreement was one of the triggers that we made the decision for the mega-factory in Norway," said Løkke, "and Nikola immediately reserved capacity."

According to Nikola, the remaining equipment will be covered by a separate order, which is expected to be completed in the coming months.

In addition, the Nikola IPO announced at the beginning of March becomes concrete through the merger with the already listed company VectoIQ Acquisition Corporation: Since June 4, the shares have been traded under the symbol NKLA on the US stock exchange Nasdaq.

In the course of this, Trevor Milton's role in the company he founded will also change: he will give up his position as CEO and will continue to develop the company as Executive Chairman. Mark Russell becomes CEO.

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