Umkhiqizi wesikhathi esizayo we-heavy-duty hybrid hydrogen propulsion, u-Nikola Motors usola uTesla ngokuthi, ngeloli lakhe likagesi i-Semi, "ngokunamandla" ukukhiqiza kabusha umklamo walo we-One.
Ecaleni elifakiwe, inkampani yaseSalt Lake City, e-Utah yafaka izicelo zelungelo lobunikazi eziyisithupha ekwakhiweni kwe Nikola One ngoDisemba 30, 2015, ezaklonyeliswa yi-US Patent and Trademark Office, ekugcineni, phakathi kukaFebruwari no-April 2018. Lezi zibhekisela kuwindi lomoya elizungezile, umnyango wokungena wekhabini obekwe phakathi kwawo, i-fuselage, ama-fenders, i-side trim kanye uhlaka lweloli lakho le-Nikola One.
“I-Nikola Motors ilinganisela ukuthi umonakalo obangelwe yiphutha likaTesla ungaphezu kwama-euro ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezimbili” , inkampani ibuye ibhale esikhalazweni sayo.
I-Nikola One yenziwa yaziwa ngoMeyi 2016. I-windshield "ye-visor" kanye nokufinyelela ku-cabin ngomnyango ophakathi nendawo kuyizici eziyinhloko ze-One. I-Aerodynamic coefficient ye-0.37 nje.
"Isikhalazo asinasisekelo," kusho uTesla
Ebhekene nesikhalazo sikaNikola Motors, inkampani eyasungulwa ngu-Elon Musk isivele yenqabe ukufaneleka okufanayo, ivikela, ngomkhulumeli obuye wezwa yiReuters, ukuthi "kungaphezu kokusobala ukuthi le nqubo ayinaso isisekelo".
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Khumbula ukuthi uTesla wembula imoto yokuqala esindayo emlandweni wayo (oseyimfushane), iSemi, ngoNovemba 2017, Izinyanga ezingu-18 ngemuva kokukhululwa kwesithombe sokuqala sikaNikola One , ngo-May 2016. Futhi kuze kube manje, inkampani evela ku-Palo Alto namanje ayikavezi okuningi mayelana neloli, ngaphandle uma izongena ekukhiqizeni ekuqaleni kuka-2019. Ngokuqondile usuku olufanayo olubekwe nguNikola ukuqala ukukhiqizwa kwe-One.