Over $114M worth of Nikola hydrogen trucks, raw materials up for auction

Potential customers include existing hydrogen fuel suppliers and fleets running Nikola semis in search of future spare parts.

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Updated May 22, 2025
This is the final show of the once promising but now bankrupt manufacturer of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell semis.
This is the final show of the once promising but now bankrupt manufacturer of battery-electric and hydrogen fuel cell semis.
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Here's what you need to know:

  • Nikola Motors has officially ceased to exist following its bankruptcy earlier in the year.
  • Over $114 million worth of unsold hydrogen trucks and related components (like batteries, fuel cell modules, and more) are being auctioned by Gordon Brothers.
  • Lucid Motors bought Nikola’s Ariz. production facility in April and hired 300 former Nikola employees.

Nikola Motors is officially no more following its bankruptcy earlier this year.

[Related: Nikola Motors, once a Wall Street darling, files for bankruptcy]

And now its unsold hydrogen trucks and other related materials are hitting the auction block with a value in excess of $114 million.

A week ago, Gordon Brothers auction house struck a deal with Nikola in a Delaware bankruptcy court to purchase the trucks and has since released the listing and a brochure detailing everything for sale.

A total of 103 completed Class 8 hydrogen fuel cell (FCEV) trucks are for sale, as well as items like hydrogen fuel cell stack modules, batteries, tires, axles, steering & braking components, and DC converters. 

For sale: Bosch electric powertrain systemFor sale: Bosch electric powertrain system Gordon Brothers

But the question is who'll want to buy these vehicles and hardware given that there's no nationwide refueling infrastructure and a Trump administration unfriendly to hydrogen fueling. Another consideration is the price of hydrogen fuel itself, which is currently running as high as $35/kg. The national average price of traditional diesel fuel, to compare, is around $1.04/kg, according to AAA's latest data.

Also available are the contents of an advanced hydrogen testing storage facility, valued at over $7 million. 

What could be of special interest to hydrogen fuel suppliers, like FirstElement, is Nikola's hydrogen fueling subsidiary, HYLA. Several of these components are brand new, having never been used.  

Hydrogen fuel suppliers could be interested in hydrogen transport trailers.Hydrogen fuel suppliers could be interested in hydrogen transport trailers.Gordon Brothers

The auction items are currently sitting in Nikola's former production facility in Coolidge Ariz. and its nearby corporate Phoenix headquarters as well as Calif. and Canada.

The factory itself was purchased in April by luxury EV passenger vehicle company Lucid, which also hired 300 Nikola employees. 

[Related: Lucid wins Nikola bankruptcy auction, buys factory and assets]

Aside from hydrogen fuel sellers, fleets currently running Nikola Tre FCEVs are highly likely to be interested in acquiring critical spare parts; this auction could be a golden opportunity that may never come again. 

Jay Traugott has covered the automotive and transportation sector for over a decade and now serves as Senior Editor for Clean Trucking. He holds a drifting license and has driven on some of the world's best race tracks, including the Nurburgring and Spa. He lives near Boulder, Colorado and spends his free time snowboarding and backcountry hiking. He can be reached at [email protected].

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