For those who have never been to IAA, held every other year in Hanover, Germany: the show is massive. Like “walking city blocks from one gigantic booth to another” massive. I dropped by the booths of the North American Class 8 manufacturers to get a look at what they’re offering in the European market and perhaps caught a glimpse into what might make it to our market. Check out the videos below to take your own stroll around IAA 2018 booths.
“We’re real and we’re here.”
Michael Lohscheller, CEO of Nikola Trucks, watches his Class 8 Nikola Tre battery-electric truck, sporting nine battery packs for 733 kWh of energy to reach a range up to 330 miles, pull up to the front of the Orange County Convention Center, home to the TMC Annual Meeting last March. Suit coat discarded on the back of a folding chair, sleeves rolled up, he shakes the hand of a rider climbing out of the truck and holds the door for the next fleet manager in line. The battery-electric truck quietly rolls away to take another lap around Orlando.
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