Meg Scarbrough
· How the Inflation Reduction Act will help fuel new
generation of trucks
Pablo Koziner, Nikola’s president of energy,
talks about the Inflation Reduction Act.
This fireside chat recap is from FreightWaves’ second Autonomous and
Electric Vehicles Summit on Wednesday.
FIRESIDE CHAT TOPIC: Building hydrogen fueling infrastructure
from pipelines and electrolyzers to stations.
uilding A Hydrogen Fueling Infrastructure From Pipelines And
Electolyzers To Stations
DETAILS: The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) promotes the
production of low-carbon hydrogen, which is good news forNikola
Motor Corp., which wants to produce and sell the fuel for
long-distance trucks in North America. Pablo Koziner talks about the
IRA and the rest of Nikola’s lineup of projects, including electric
trucks and how to charge them.
SPEAKER: Koziner is the president of Nikola Energy.
BIO: Koziner leads Nikola’s hydrogen fueling and battery
charging business.
KEY QUOTES FROM KOZINER:
On the Inflation Reduction Act: “I think it’s a clear demonstration
that the U.S. government, Congress and the Senate stand behind the
investments in hydrogen that are required to bring higher levels of
decarbonization into our energy infrastructure by providing tax
credits, like the [clean] hydrogen production tax credit that could
provide up to a benefit of $3 per kilogram of hydrogen.”
On embracing electric vehicles: “There’s a lot of work ahead as the
market starts to embrace more electric vehicles. Today, we are highly
reliant on grid power. Now, as you have more vehicles charging on the
grid, that grid will create more demand and demand at different times
of day. … And that’s something that ultimately we’re all going to be
wrestling with.”
On thinking outside the box: “One of the best-kept secrets at Nikola
is our people, who are passionate, highly innovative. And every day we
come to work, and as we try and be a part of a growing industry,
whether it be battery electric charging or the fuel cell trucks
solution, we’re thinking [about the] customer in terms of how we can
support early adoption, the reliability and uptime of products, and we
understand it takes time to scale these solutions.”
