The all-electric pickup segment just got a little bit bigger with the announcement of the new Nikola Badger.
Offered by the Arizona-based EV startup Nikola Motor Company, the Nikola Badger is framed as a do-it-all, high-powered battery-electric pickup truck. Not only is the Badger slated to offer all-electric power as a BEV (battery electric vehicle), but it will also come in a FCEV (fuel cell electric vehicle) configuration for those who may be interested in hydrogen power.
The Nikola Badger will be able to operate in a blend of power modes when equipped with fuel cell tech, offering up an estimated range of 600 miles with H2 fuel, or 300 miles while in BEV mode. Output is rated at a healthy 906 horsepower and 980 pound-feet of torque, with the 60-mph sprint completed in about 2.9 seconds.
“The electric pickup is designed to handle what a construction company could throw at it and is engineered to outperform all electric pickup trucks on the market in both continuous towing, horsepower and range,” the automaker states in a press release. Nikola also says the new BEV/FCEV will come equipped with an electrical outlet for tools, lights, compressors, and other such equipment.
The startup automaker also claims that the Nikola Badger will launch from a standstill on a 30 percent grade with a fully loaded trailer and combined vehicle weight of 18,000 pounds without stalling.
Inside, there’s seating for up to five passengers, and a futuristic dash design highlighted by a large central infotainment screen.
The new Nikola Badger will debut in September. Pricing information is currently unavailable, but the automaker says it plans on taking limited reservations later this year. When it debuts, the Nikola Badger is primed to rival the all-electric Ford F-150 and Tesla Cybertruck, not to mention the recently announced GMC Hummer EV.
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Obviously they need to merge with Tesla. Then it would be the Nikola Tesla company as it should be! 🙂
I have no issues with Nikola Motor Company, but they’ve done a lot of announcements over the years with no product to be had.
Now that is a well designed truck. Amazing looking actually. I hope GM INVESTS IN IT and sub brands this exact truck. Gm needs to find this designer and get them to do all GM TRUCKS. if the Colorado and Canyon looked like this they woulda done way better against the Tacoma. My Grade 12 Daughter is begging us for a Tacoma even though we are GM LOYALISTS. she said nooooo way, all the guys and girls in school love the Toyota Tacoma its aggressive, mean looking and sporty she said. GM NEEDS TO MAKE THE NEXT TRUCKS LOOK LIKE THIS NICOLA Truck. WOWWWW!!!
I think Nikola needs to “MAKE” a truck that looks like this one. Amazingly, it’s easier to draw a truck than actually build one.
Avtar Herr
1. If building a truck was so easy Nissan or Honda would have gotten it right by now.
2. My son is 27. His group of friends is over the whole Asian vehicle thing. Now firmly locked in the Ford vs. Chevy debate.
3. GM Is investing $1 Billion to expand production in Wenzville Mo. Toyota is pulling Tacoma production out of the U.S. moving it to a smaller plant just completed in Mexico.
Great looking truck!.
The partnership is with FCA. (that not so little Franco-Italian company)
If they actually make this truck, it will be great. Best looking electric truck so far and makes the blob from Tesla look like a mechanical dog just left a turd.
But why are these companies bragging about such fast 0-60 times? These are trucks and not race cars. They don’t and won’t have the suspensions (if they will be an actual truck) to handle and corner. So it’s obvious these companies are already marketing these vehicles to people who will NEVER use it as a real truck. So let’s see the real range tests for towing 5,000 lbs behind it. Let’s see how being in a 4WD low (if offered) mode will affect the range. Cold? Heat? If they don’t start showing these types of tests, then all they will be is an open bed, higher sitting electric car made for going to the mall.
Even the numbers they do give (range, horsepower, torque, 0-60, towing) are somewhat meaningless. None of it is EPA/SAE/3rd party/real life tested