Zero-emissions truck startup Nikola introduced it would pause the manufacturing of its Tre Class 8 Battery Electrical Automobile (BEV) as a result of it has too many autos within the stock and too few orders.

In line with Teslarati, Nikola mentioned that it manufactured 63 items of the Tre BEV within the first quarter of this yr, with simply 31 of them making their solution to sellers. Moreover, within the final quarter of 2022, the corporate mentioned it produced 133 Tre BEV items, out of which 20 have been delivered to sellers.

In consequence, the stock has swelled a lot that manufacturing might be stopped on the firm’s facility in Coolidge, Arizona.

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Nikola additionally makes a hydrogen gas cell model of the Iveco-based truck, which noticed a “vital enhance” in gross sales in Q1 2023, with orders from 12 prospects that quantity to 140 whole items of the FCEV Tre.

“As now we have adequate stock of the battery electrical truck, we’ll briefly pause manufacturing in Coolidge as we modify the meeting line to accommodate each hydrogen gas cell and battery electrical builds on the identical line,” the corporate mentioned in an announcement. “After we resume manufacturing in Coolidge, the battery electrical Tre will stay in our lineup as a build-to-order product.”

Yesterday, the truck startup introduced some modifications to the settlement it has with Iveco. The European truck maker will assume full possession of the three way partnership in Ulm, Germany, whereas Nikola can be granted the license to make use of the Iveco S-Manner platform in North America and can acquire joint possession of the mental property for the first-generation eAxles developed along with Iveco Group’s powertrain model, FPT Industrial.

Now, Nikola has added that it’s going to give attention to the North American market:

“Nikola had a really strong quarter, constructing gross sales momentum with Class 8 battery electrical truck deliveries to prospects, and orders for 140 hydrogen gas cell vehicles from prospects,” Nikola CEO Michael Lohscheller mentioned. “We’ve the fitting merchandise on the proper time, and as we transfer ahead, we can be specializing in the North American market, hydrogen gas cell vehicles, the HYLA hydrogen refueling enterprise, and autonomous applied sciences.”

With all this being mentioned, the American truck producer had a less-than-ideal monetary quarter, with losses rising from $152.94 million to $169.09 million.

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