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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Guilty of Defrauding Investors

Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton was convicted of fraud Oct. 14 for misleading investors in the electric truck company.

October 14, 2022
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Trevor Milton Fraud Case Goes to Jury After Passionate Closing Statements

The U.S. launched its closing statement in Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton’s trial on Oct. 13, claiming Milton defrauded investors with breathless hype about the electric truck maker.

October 13, 2022
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Nikola Founder Trevor Milton Won’t Testify in Fraud Trial

Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton said he wouldn’t take the witness stand in his criminal fraud trial, as the defense prepares to rest its case.

October 3, 2022
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Nikola Takes Next Steps to Expand Global Operations

HANOVER, Germany — Nikola Corp. unveiled a prototype of a European-spec fuel cell-powered Nikola Tre Class 8 model and also announced that it is taking orders for the battery-electric version in the region.

September 23, 2022
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Nikola Pickup Had No Nikola Parts, GM Engineer Testifies

Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton wasn’t truthful when he claimed his company was responsible for most of the components in a planned pickup truck General Motors Co. was to build for the electric vehicle maker, a GM engineer testified.

September 22, 2022
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Nikola Execs Threatened to Quit If Trevor Milton Didn’t Step Down

Three top Nikola Corp. executives threatened to resign in 2020 if the electric vehicle maker’s founder, Trevor Milton, didn’t step down as executive chairman, according to a filing in the federal fraud case against him.

September 20, 2022
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Batteries Battle Fuel Cells for Top Spot for Electric Trucks

Nikola President Michael Lohscheller was beaming when he unveiled the U.S. startup’s fuel cell truck for the European market at the region’s biggest commercial vehicle show this week.

September 20, 2022
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Nikola CEO Mark Russell Says Trevor Milton Was Prone to Exaggerate

Nikola Corp.’s chief executive officer told a jury he learned only after joining the company that its debut electric truck had neither a gas-powered turbine nor a fuel cell when founder Trevor Milton unveiled it.

September 19, 2022
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Nikola Cannibalized a Ford for Hyped Badger Electric Pickup, Jury Told

A Nikola Corp. prototype of the electric vehicle startup’s planned Badger pickup truck was made partly of components from a Ford Motor Co. F-150 Raptor, the jury in the criminal trial of Nikola founder Trevor Milton was told.

September 15, 2022
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Nikola Whistleblower Made $600,000 Off Short Sale, Jury Told

A former Nikola Corp. contractor whose allegations of fraud at the electric truck company helped spur a criminal investigation told a federal jury he made $600,000 off a short seller’s report on Nikola.

September 14, 2022