Nissan Partners With Nikola And Kenworth To Deliver New Cars With Electric Trucks

Nissan is taking the next step in its electrification plans, but instead of launching new EVs in addition to the Nissan Ariya crossover, the Japanese automaker is instead focusing on reducing carbon emissions of your new SUV or pickup on its way to the dealership by delivering new cars by electric truck.

To this end, Nissan is partnering with Nikola and Kenworth via Avant-Garde Auto Logistics LLC, who will each provide electric trucks to pull traditional car haulers to dealerships.

To start, the automaker will utilize two heavy-duty Class 8 electric trucks to commence deliveries between the Port of Los Angeles and dealerships around LA. Aiding this, a new charging solution will be installed for these trucks by Nissan's logistics partner, Wallenius Wilhelmsen.

The first dealership to receive cars by BEV will be Downey Nissan in California, and included in the shipment will be the Ariya EV in FWD form, as AWD models will only arrive in the spring.

Nissan aims to use this initial pilot phase as a proof of concept to develop a more expansive network of electric delivery solutions. As many as four trucks will be used in the early phases, with additional haulers added in the LA area. After that, and pending its success, Nissan may expand the project elsewhere in its logistics network.

The move is a smart one; after all, your EV may be clean if you charge it using solar, but is it really environmentally friendly if it's still being delivered on the back of a big diesel-burning truck? Not quite.

As Nissan moves towards carbon neutrality by 2050 across all of its operations, it is targeting 40% electric sales in the US by 2030. By ensuring reduced emissions at every step of the car-buying process, Nissan is playing its part in cleaning the earth's atmosphere.