A new electric pickup truck with a longer range than Tesla's Cybertruck will beat the hotly anticipated EV to market - check out the Badger
The truck will have an estimated range of 600 miles using both FCEV and BEV. For those who don't want the hydrogen option, the 160-kilowatt-hour battery-powered pickup truck will have a range of 300 miles.
The pickup truck can reach 60 mph in about 2.9 seconds and tow over 8,000 pounds. Its powerplant is rated at 455 horsepower but peaks at 905.
The Badger was designed to be heavy-duty enough for a construction company to utilize. To optimize it for such use, its maker included a power outlet on the truck for plug-in tools that can last 12 hours without an external generator.
The Badger can also operate in a negative 20-degree Fahrenheit climate. Milton claims there isn't any other electric pickup truck that can operate in the same "temperatures and conditions."
The truck weighs 18,000 pounds and has 980 foot-pounds of torque. It can also start on a 50% incline hill without any stalling.
The truck is 9.36 feet long, 6.07 feet tall, 7.09 feet wide, and has a bed width of 5.12 feet.
Nikola partnered with reality TV personality Heavy D from "Diesel Brothers" for designing and testing, and another manufacturer — which is set to be announced soon — for parts and facility use.
The Cybertruck isn't the Badger's only competition.
Last year, Bollinger Motors announced its $125,000 SUV just a few months before Tesla's infamous Cybertruck unveiling. Ford — which also backed electric pickup truck developer Rivian — has also announced that it is currently working on an all-electric F-150.
Lordstown Motors most recently announced its own pickup truck this year.
Nikola also announced that it is creating 700 hydrogen stations in North America, with the first few planned to be introduced by this quarter. However, its pickup truck won't make its first public showing until Nikola World 2020, which is set for September.
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