
Nikola founder sentenced for misleading investors with staged …
2023年12月18日 · Specifically, prosecutors pointed to an infamous video used to promote the Nikola One semi truck prototype that falsely claimed that the electric truck was fully functional and operating under its own power when in actuality, the truck was filmed rolling down a hill.
Electric Vehicle Company Admits It Faked Fuel-Cell Semi Truck …
2020年9月17日 · In January 2018, the company posted a video titled "Nikola One Electric Semi Truck in Motion" that showed the vehicle trucking down a deserted road. Hindenburg claimed this demo was faked --...
Nikola admits prototype was rolling downhill in promotional video
2020年9月14日 · A 2018 Nikola video showed the Nikola One prototype rolling down a shallow hill in Utah. Nikola now says it never claimed the truck was driving under its own power.
Nikola (NKLA) admits to faking video of driving prototype in weak ...
2020年9月14日 · Nikola Motors (NKLA) has issued a somewhat weak response to the allegations made in a recent report, and even admitted to faking the video of their electric hydrogen truck driving on the road.
Nikola truck company founder Trevor Milton is convicted of fraud - NPR
2022年10月14日 · Those prosecutors alleged that Nikola — founded by Milton in a Utah basement six years ago — falsely claimed to have built its own revolutionary truck that was actually a General Motors Corp....
Nikola's Fake Hydrogen Truck Was Actually Plugged In During ... - Futurism
2021年7月30日 · Nikola became the laughingstock of the automotive world last year when it emerged that it had rolled its (purportedly) hydrogen-electric semi truck down a hill in a high-profile demo because...
Nikola Corp founder gets 4 years prison for exaggerating ... - CBS News
2023年12月18日 · The founder of Nikola Corp. was sentenced Monday to four years in prison for his conviction for exaggerating claims about his company's production of zero-emission 18-wheel trucks, causing...
Founder of electric-truck startup Nikola charged with fraud, lying to ...
2021年7月29日 · Trevor Milton, the founder of electric-truck startup Nikola, was indicted Thursday on charges of lying to investors by, among other fraudulent claims, pushing a truck down a hill to...
Nikola Founder Claimed To Be Able To Produce Hydrogen-Fueled Trucks …
2022年10月5日 · Milton’s meteoric rise as the founder of electric vehicle company Nikola — and his sudden fall last year after whistleblowers released a damaging report tearing into the entrepreneur’s claims that he had created a new hydrogen fuel cell technology to transform America’s trucking industry — are explored in the latest episode of “American Greed,” ...
'Zero emission' semi truck maker charged with securities
2021年7月29日 · Prosecutors specifically point to a video used to promote the Nikola One semi truck prototype that falsely claimed that the electric truck was fully functional and operating under its own power. In the complaint filed against Milton by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, authorities allege that the prototype truck was filmed rolling ...