UTrevor Milton uthetha kumsitho weNikola World 2019 ePhoenix, eArizona.Imoto yeNikola Kwi-2020 enesidubedube eyonakalise uqoqosho lwehlabathi kwaye Amashishini aneminyaka engama-100 ubudala ngaphesheya kweMelika, iPhoenix, ukuqala kweelori zombane ezisekwe eAriz, uNikola Motor, ibeyinkwenkwezi ekhulayo engalindelekanga kwicandelo lobuchwephesha.
Eyilwe ngo-2015 ngusomashishini osisigxina kunye nomthandi weelori uTrevor Milton, uNikola wenza iilori ezinomthwalo onzima eziqhutywa ziiseli zepetroli ye-hydrogen, enye indlela enokuphikisana neebhetri ze-lithium-ion ezidumileyo kwizithuthi zombane.
Ukusukela ukwenza intengiso yayo yoluntu e-Nasdaq nge-4 kaJuni, ixabiso lesabelo likaNikola linyuke ngaphezulu kweepesenti ezili-100, lityhala ixabiso lemarike lenkampani lidlula elo leFord, iFiat-Chrysler kunye nezinye izinto ezininzi ezenziweyo. Ngexesha lokushicilela, isitokhwe sikaNikola sithengiswa nge- $ 74 ngesabelo ngasinye, ukuxabisa inkampani kwi-26 yeebhiliyoni zeedola.
Nangona kunjalo, ngokungafaniyo nezigebenga zeemoto zegesi ezithengisa izigidi zezithuthi minyaka le, uNikola akakahambisi naziphi na iilori okwangoku. Kwaye, njengoko igama lenkampani lihamba phambili, itekhnoloji yayo engundoqo, iiseli zepetroli yehydrogen, zijongana nokukhula kwamathandabuzo kwiingcali zezithuthi zombane-zikhokelwa ngu-CEO we-Tesla u-Elon Musk-abathi i-hydrogen ayisebenzi kwaye iyabiza kakhulu ukuba ingasetyenziswa njengamandla amakhulu iimoto.
Kudliwanondlebe noMqapheli ekuqaleni kwale nyanga, uMilton, ngoku ongusihlalo olawulayo kaNikola, uphendule kwezi mpikiswano kwaye wathetha ngokhuphiswano lukaNikola noTesla. Ukwabelane ngengcinga malunga nokuxabisa kwenkampani esibhakabhakeni ngoku-kwaye kutheni engakhathazwa yinto yokuba uFord noChrysler banokucaphuka.
(Le Q&A ilandelayo ihleliwe yaza yagqityelwa ukucaciswa.)
Ukugqibela kwethu ukuthetha , Kwiinyanga ezisixhenxe ezidlulileyo, iiseli zepetroli zeNikola kunye nehydrogen zombini zazingumbono omtsha. Ngoku, enkosi I-blockbuster IPO, wonke umntu unomdla ngequbuliso kwiimoto ze-hydrogen, kubonakala ngathi. Ngaphambi kokuba singene kwimibuzo malunga ne-IPO kunye nengxoxo yebhetri ye-hydrogen, ungachaza ngokufutshane ukuba iyintoni iseli ye-hydrogen? Ihamba njani imoto?
Iseli yeoyile sisibane sombane kwisithuthi sakho esenza umbane uphume kwihydrogen xa uhamba. Timveliso yakhe kuphela kule nkqubo ngamanzi. Mnasifana nomvelisi osisigxina kwisithuthi esingaphelelwa ngamandla, ukuba nje unayo i-hydrogen.
Yahluke njani kuneemoto zombane ezixhaswe ziibhetri ze-lithium-ion?
UKUYAImoto yombane yebhetri (i-BEV) ihlawuliswa ivela kumthombo ongaphandle wamandla. Njengoko uqhuba, iphela nje. Ke, uhlala ufuna ukuyiplaga. Ngemoto ye-hydrogen, usenayo ibhetri emotweni, kodwa incinci kakhulu. Kwaye uneseli yeoyile ehlala igcina ezo bhetri zihlawulisiwe, ke oko kukunika uluhlu olude kakhulu.
I-Hydrogen nayo ilula kakhulu. AI-hydrogen semi truck ingaba nobunzima obungama-10 000 eepawundi ezikhaphukhaphu kuneloli yombane.
Ngaba kungenxa yoko le nto ukhethe ukugxila kulori olungelulo endaweni yeemoto ezihambayo, umzekelo?
Ewe. Xa iilori, ubunzima yonke into. Ubungakanani betraki enobunzima obungenanto bumisela ukuba ingahamba kangakanani imithwalo. Tilula ilori yakho, kokukhona usenza imali kuwo wonke umthwalo. Kwaye, ukunyaniseka nawe, kuninzi kakhulu ekufuneka kwenziwe ekuthengiseni iilori, ngelixa kukho ii-almost Akukho mali [ethengisa] iimoto. Kungenxa yoko le nto sithanda iilori.
Ngaphambi kokuba kufike uNikola, zazikho ngenene iimoto zabakhweli behydrogen (iToyota's Mirai, iHyundai's Nexo SUV, njl.) Kwiimarike ezinqunyelwe. Kubonakala ngathi enye yemiceli mngeni emikhulu yokwenza ukuba ifumaneke ngokubanzi ngakumbi kukwakha uthungelwano olubanzi lwezikhululo zokugcwalisa i-hydrogen njengezinto esizibonayo kwinethiwekhi yokutshaja kaTesla. Yeyiphi indlela kaNikola kule ngxaki?
Sikwinkqubo yokwakha izikhululo zehydrogen ezingama-700 ngaphesheya kweU.S. Ezi zinkulu kakhulu ezinokuthi ziphinde zizalise amawaka eemoto ngaphandle komcimbi.Kwaye ezi zikhululo ziya kusasazeka kwilizwe lonke. Kungekudala abantu bazokwazi ukuqhuba iilori zehydrogen kulo lonke ilizwe.
Ngaphandle kwengxaki yeziseko zophuhliso, kukwakho nokuthandabuza ekusebenzeni kweemoto zehydrogen. Ngokwenyani omnye wabagxeki abakhulu ngu-Elon Musk, onaye bahlekisa ngeeseli zepetroli amaxesha amaninzi ngezihlandlo ezahlukeneyo. Umcimbi wakhe ophambili kule teknoloji kukuba kuthatha amandla amaninzi ukwahlula i-hydrogen emanzini ngaphambi kokuba usebenzise i-hydrogen. Kwaye kuyabiza kakhulu ukuyigcina ngokukhuselekileyo. Ithini impendulo yakho kuloo ngxoxo?
Ndicinga ukuba eyona ndlela ilula yokucinga ngale nto kukuba uElon akasebenzisi iibhetri ukumilisela iirokethi zakhe emajukujukwini.
Iibhetri azilungisi yonke into.Ngaba kuthatha amandla ngakumbi ukwenza ihydrogen? Ngaba ayisebenzi kangako ekusebenzeni ngokupheleleyo? Ewe kunjalo, kwezinye iimeko. Kodwa ukusebenza ayisiyiyo ngxaki inkulu apha. Wonke umntu akanako ukusebenza. Ngaba uyazi ukuba kuninzi kangakanani ukungasebenzi kakuhle kwigridi etshisa igesi yendalo okanye amalahle ukunika amandla imoto yombane? Ubunzima kunye neendleko-zemayile ukuhambisa isithuthi esibalulekileyo.
Senza i-hydrogen 24/7 ngesivumelwano ngeefama zomoya kunye neefama zelanga. Singayivelisa ekugqibeleni ngexabiso eliphantsi njenge- $ 2 okanye i- $ 3 ngekhilogram. Siphantsi kwe- $ 4 ngoku. Kubalulekile oko kuba iidola ezi-4 zitshiphu kunedizili. Xa siyifumana iye kuthi xhaxhe kwi- $ 2 okanye kwi- $ 3, iya kuba zitshiphu kuneemoto zebhetri. 
UTrevor Milton kunye nabasebenzi bakaNikola kumsitho weNikola World 2019.Imoto yeNikola
Kwiveki enye ye-IPO kaNikola, uTesla uthe uza kunyusa imveliso yelori yayo, iTesla Semi. Wenza ntoni ngezi ndaba? Ngaba uziva usoyiswa kukhuphiswano?
Ndicinga ukuba luhlobo lokuncoma. Ndiyathetha, kulungile ukwazi ukuba sichaphazela izigqibo zika-Elon. Asinanto ngokuchasene noTesla. Kodwa ngokuqinisekileyo unokuxela ukuba siyaboyikisa kuba ngoku unikezele zonke izixhobo zikaTesla kwiprojekthi yelori. Ndikwacinga ukuba uyeza emva kweshishini leelori kuba ekugqibeleni waqonda ukuba kukho imali engcono kuyo.
Ukuthetha ngokhuphiswano lweTesla, uNikola kutshanje utyhile impendulo kwiCybertruck, i-Badger pickup. Sixelele ngakumbi malunga naloo nto. Kutheni le nto kuyinto enkulu?
Ndikhulele efama, kwaye bendineelori ubomi bam bonke. Ndicinga ukuba uCybertruck kaTesla akakhelwanga abanini beelori bokwenyani; Zakhelwe abalandeli beTesla. Akukho nto igwenxa kuloo nto. Mnakuthetha ukuba, ukuba unokufumana abantu ukuba bathenge imveliso yakho, kulungile kuwe.
Kodwa i-Badger pickup yitraki yokwenyani. Yakhelwe kuyokhuphisana neFord F-150. Sithetha ngokwazi ukubeka ileli kuyo, ukutsala iinqwelwana ngayo kunye nokuhamba nayo endleleni. Unokwenza yonke into ngayo.Kwaye kuthathwa i-zero-emissionkuzo zombini [i-lithium-ion] iibhetri kunye neeseli zepetroli. Ufumana konke ukusebenza kwisithuthi sombane kunye namandla kunye noluhlu lwesithuthi se-hydrogen.Ingakunika ukuya kuthi ga kwiimayile ezingama-600 kwityala ngalinye. Akukho mntu usondeleyo kuloo nto.
Kutheni usanikezela ngenketho yebhetri ukuba i-hydrogen inkulu kangaka, njengoko uchazile ngaphambili?
Ngenxa yokuba andikholelwa ukuba ubungakanani obulingana nabo bonke. Ndiyathetha kakhulu ngaloo nto. Ibhetri ilungele ukuqhuba ujikeleze isixeko. Kodwa xa utsala iinqwelomoya okanye uqhuba umgama omde, kukulumkile ukuba nehydrogen. Wonke umntu ufuna ukhetho. Kungenxa yoko le nto sinikela ngazo zombini.
I-Badger iya kuqala ukuthatha ii-odolo zangaphambili kwiveki ezayo (nge-29 kaJuni). Ijongeka njani imveliso kunye nokuhanjiswa kwexesha? Kwaye h izakubiza malini?
Sikhetha i-OEM yethu ngoku, eya kubhengezwa kungekudala. Silindele ukuba imveliso iqale malunga ne-2022, kuxhomekeka ukuba ngubani i-OEM yethu. I-Badger iya kubizwa ixabiso eliphakathi kwe- $ 60,000 kunye ne-90,000 yeedola ngokuxhomekeke kukhetho. 
Ilori yeveni kaNikola Badger.Imoto yeNikola
Yitraki ebiza kakhulu! Ukusukela oko ujonge imveliso ngo-2022. Ngaba ukhathazekile malunga nokudodobala kwezoqoqosho okunokulimaza intengiso yeepoksi eziphezulu kule minyaka izayo?
Hayi ncma. Siyinkampani entsha kraca, ke konke ekufuneka sikwenzile kuphezulu. Asijonge ukwakha iimoto ezizigidi ezintathu ngonyaka. Ukuba sifumana ukwakha iilori ezingama-30,000 ngonyaka, loo nto iyamangalisa. Uthetha ngeebhiliyoni zeedola kwingeniso. Kungathatha ixesha ukuya apho. Kodwa abatyali mali banomonde kuthi. Abantu abalindelanga ukuba sibe namakhulu amawaka eemoto ngaphandle ngosuku lokuqala.
Ixabiso lesabelo likaNikola lingene eluphahleni ukusukela nge-IPO yayo. Inkampani ixabise ngaphezulu kwe- $ 20 yezigidigidi, ngaphezulu kweFord neFiat-Chrysler, kodwa kusafuneka ihambise nayiphi na imveliso. Ucinga ntoni ngexabiso lesitokhwe ngoku? Ngaba ucinga ukuba ixabise kancinane?
Andijongi kakhulu kwixabiso lesitokhwe kangako. Ewe, sixabiseke ngaphezu kwezinye zezona automaker zinkulu ziphaya. Oko kuyabacaphukisa. Abayithandi loo ngcamango yokuba umntu omtsha angaze ababethe.
Kodwa into abayiqondiyo kukuba isizukulwana sam sifuna utshintsho olupheleleyo lube ngcono. Aba bantu abakholelwa ngokwenyani kufakelo lombane. Bakha imoto enye okanye ezimbini zombane ukugcina nje imisebenzi yequmrhu.Isizukulwana esidala sinokusihlekisa ngayo yonke into abayifunayo. Kodwa isizukulwana sam sikhathalele ngakumbi malunga nokulungisa iingxaki ezinkulu, ezinzima. Ishishini lam alikho malunga neenzuzo zekota kuphela;imalunga nokuba bangaphi abantu endinokukunceda. Kungenxa yoko ixabiso lethu liphezulu. Abasoze bayiqonde kuba abafani nabantu esingabafanelanga.
