Christian Appel
About Christian Appel
Christian Appel is the Global Chief Engineer for Tre FCEV and Propulsion Engineering at Nikola Motor Company.
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Christian Appel serves as the Global Chief Engineer, Tre FCEV and Propulsion Engineering at Nikola Motor Company. He took on this role in 2021 and is based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States.
Current Company
Christian Appel is currently employed by Nikola Motor Company, where he works as the Global Chief Engineer, Tre FCEV and Propulsion Engineering. He has been with the company in this role since 2021, contributing to the advancement of fuel cell electric vehicle technology and propulsion engineering.
Past Roles at Nikola Motor Company
Before becoming the Global Chief Engineer, Tre FCEV and Propulsion Engineering, Christian Appel held several other key positions at Nikola Motor Company. He was the Global Head of the FCEV Technical Program in 2021 for a brief period of 4 months. Prior to that, he was the Chief Engineer for Fuel Cell Truck Development from 2020 to 2021, a role in which he oversaw critical advancements in fuel cell truck technology.
Previous Experience at Bosch USA
Christian Appel has a notable tenure at Bosch USA. From 2018 to 2021, he served as the Customer Chief Engineer and Account Manager in Phoenix, Arizona. He was also a Senior Systems Engineer from 2016 to 2018 in Palo Alto, California, focusing on advanced system design and engineering.
Roles in Germany
Christian Appel's career also includes significant roles at German companies. At Bosch Engineering GmbH, he worked as an Expert in System Development and Simulation for Electrification from 2012 to 2015. Prior to that, he was involved in SOC and SOH Algorithm Design at Deutsche Accumotive GmbH & Co. KG from 2011 to 2012, specializing in state of charge and state of health algorithms.