said Thursday that it has received nearly 300 orders for its new hydrogen fuel cell semitruck – but it's facing what will be a costly recall of its earlier battery-electric trucks., 209 in total, in August following a fire caused by a coolant leak in a truck's battery pack. It said on Thursday that after an investigation into the causes, it has decided to replace the battery packs on all 209 trucks at an estimated cost of $61.8 million.
It expects to resume delivering battery-electric trucks to customers in the first quarter next year. Despite the recall, a dealer ordered 47 battery-electric during the third quarter, Nikola said. Nikola said it currently has 277 "non-binding" orders for its new fuel-cell truck, from 35 different fleet customers. It shipped a total of three trucks during the third quarter, versus 63 in the year-ago quarter.30 cents vs. 14 cents expected by Wall Street analysts polled by LSEG, formerly known as RefinitivNikola's net loss was $425.8 million, or 50 cents per share. On an adjusted basis, excluding stock-based compensation, it lost 30 cents per share.
Nikola raised $250 million during the third quarter. As of Sept. 30, it had $362.9 million in cash, up from $226.7 million as of June 30 and just $121.1 million