AJR Trucking to Order 50 Nikola Tre FCEVS – Gas Smarts
AJR Trucking expects to obtain competitively priced hydrogen gasoline delivered by Nikola to its terminals in assist of the FCEV deployment.
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AJR Trucking, a provider for the U.S. Postal Service and drayage provider working within the Ports of Los Angeles and Lengthy Seashore, introduced it is ordering 50 Nikola Tre hydrogen gasoline cell electrical vehicles from Tom’s Truck Facilities.
Nikola and its Southern California supplier, Tom’s Truck Facilities, will assist AJR obtain an anticipated $270,000 per FCEV in point-of-sale incentives by way of CARB’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Undertaking program. An extra $40,000 in federal tax credit is anticipated from the Inflation Discount Act. After incentives, the corporate anticipates tough value parity with its current fleet of vehicles in its postal service and drayage operations.
AJR Trucking and Nikola will discover the alternatives to deploy Nikola’s 10,000 psi (700 bar) cellular fueling resolution at AJR Trucking properties in Compton, California, and Santa Clarita, California. AJR Trucking expects to obtain hydrogen gasoline delivered by Nikola to its terminals in assist of the FCEV deployment.
“We’re assured the way forward for trucking is zero-emissions, and based mostly upon our operational wants, the Nikola Tre FCEVs had been the one zero tailpipe emission autos that would meet our vary, efficiency, and price targets,” mentioned Jack Khudikyan, proprietor of AJR Trucking, in an announcement. “We sit up for working with Nikola and USPS to combine the FCEVs into our mail hauling operations beginning in Southern California and envision increasing using these vehicles all through our operations nationwide.”
AJR Trucking pioneered a number of the first compressed pure gasoline vehicles in operation for the USPS and in 2022 positioned the biggest order for Class 8 battery-electric autos from Kenworth so far. Moreover, AJR Trucking invested in an on-site CNG fueling station in partnership with U.S. Achieve at its services in Compton.
Deliveries of the Nikola Tre FCEV vehicles are anticipated to happen between This autumn 2023 and Q1 2024.
