CNH Industrial brands IVECO and FPT together with Nikola Motor Company announce future Nikola TRE production in Ulm, Germany
February 06 2020 - 8:30AM
The IVECO manufacturing facility in Ulm,
Germany, will host the production hub for the Nikola TRE battery
electric and fuel-cell electric heavy-duty truck models.
London, February 6, 2020
IVECO and FPT Industrial, the commercial vehicle
and powertrain brands of CNH Industrial N.V. (NYSE: CNHI/ MI:
CNHI), and Nikola Motor Company will manufacture, through their
European Joint Venture, the Nikola TRE in Ulm, Germany, at the
IVECO manufacturing facility.
This strategic and exclusive Heavy-Duty Truck
partnership saw CNH Industrial taking a $250 million stake in
Nikola as the lead Series D investor. The partnership announcement
at the CNH Industrial Capital Markets Day in September 2019, was
quickly followed in December with the unveiling of the Nikola TRE,
a battery electric vehicle (BEV) heavy duty truck, which is the
first step towards the fuel-cell electric (FCEV) model.
Today, the site in Ulm is IVECO’s chassis
engineering hub, ideally situated at the heart of the
Baden-Württemberg region, which is striving to become a leading hub
for fuel-cell mobility thanks also to its skilled workforce and
research labs. The region has committed a substantial investment to
fund research and development projects in the area which has a
strong automotive industry, with strategic project partnerships,
meaning the Ulm facility will benefit from close proximity to key
suppliers.
Furthermore, the German Federal Government
recently released its draft National Hydrogen Strategy, which has
the aim of expanding the pioneering role of Companies in hydrogen
technologies. In this strategy, it commits a total of two billion
euro to fund the hydrogen innovation programme, incl. the
development of the necessary distribution infrastructure.
“Our European joint-venture with NIKOLA and
today’s announcement, is real proof that zero-emission long-haul
transport is becoming a reality, resulting in tangible
environmental benefits for Europe’s long distance hauliers and its
citizens,” said Hubertus Mühlhäuser, Chief Executive Officer, CNH
Industrial. “The decision to build the Nikola TRE in Ulm – a center
of heavy-duty truck engineering excellence – underscores the site’s
strategic location at the heart of Germany’s fuel cell technology
cluster.”
In the first stage of the project, €40 million
will be invested by the joint-venture Company to upgrade the
manufacturing facility, which will focus on final assembly of the
vehicle. Start of production is anticipated within the first
quarter of 2021, with deliveries of the Nikola TRE beginning in the
same year.
“The Nikola TRE is proving to be the most
advanced articulated truck in the world and will continue to
set the standard for zero-emission vehicles today and in the
future” said Trevor Milton, Chief Executive Officer, Nikola Motor
Company. “The decision to volume produce the TRE in the city of Ulm
is a fitting example of how to create jobs, foster innovation,
provide certainty to new zero-emission part suppliers and
serve as an example to other OEM’s. The world is ready
for zero-emission freight transportation, and the joint venture
between Nikola and IVECO will be the first to deliver. I look
forward to seeing the first production vehicles come off the
line.”
The first models to enter production will be the
battery-electric 4x2 and 6x2 articulated trucks with modular and
scalable batteries with a capacity of up to 720 kWh and an electric
powertrain that delivers up to 480 kW of continuous power
output.
The Ulm facility will receive module supplies
from IVECO´s manufacturing locations in Valladolid and Madrid,
Spain, which will enable a rapid ramp up to meet expected customer
demand. Fuel-cell electric versions, built on the same platform,
will be tested under the EU-funded H2Haul project during 2021 for
an expected market launch in 2023.
The Nikola TRE currently in development is based
on the new IVECO S-WAY platform and integrates Nikola’s truck
technology, controls and infotainment. Testing is expected to
begin in mid-2020 with prototypes showcased at the IAA 2020
commercial vehicle exhibition in Hannover, Germany this
September.
“By drawing on our Gold standard World Class
Manufacturing sites in Madrid and Valladolid, Spain, where the
IVECO S-Way is produced, we are able to accelerate final assembly,
powertrain integration and high-end customization of the Nikola TRE
for a timely market introduction in 2021” said Gerrit Marx,
President Commercial and Speciality Vehicles, CNH Industrial.
This Joint Venture forms part of a wider
partnership established with Nikola to accelerate industry
transformation towards emission neutrality of Class 8 heavy-duty
trucks in North America and Europe through the adoption of
fuel-cell technology. The primary focus of the collaboration is to
leverage each partners’ respective expertise to successfully deploy
zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and to disrupt the industry with an
entirely new business model.
CNH Industrial
N.V. (NYSE: CNHI / MI: CNHI) is a global leader in
the capital goods sector with established industrial experience, a
wide range of products and a worldwide presence. Each of the
individual brands belonging to the Company is a major international
force in its specific industrial sector: Case IH, New Holland
Agriculture and Steyr for tractors and agricultural machinery; Case
and New Holland Construction for earth moving equipment; Iveco for
commercial vehicles; Iveco Bus and Heuliez Bus for buses and
coaches; Iveco Astra for quarry and construction vehicles; Magirus
for firefighting vehicles; Iveco Defence Vehicles for defence and
civil protection; and FPT Industrial for engines and transmissions.
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