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Nikola reduces targets, but still wants to deliver in 2021

In the future, conventionally powered vehicles will be a thing of the past. This step is necessary in order to still achieve the ambitious goals of the Paris Climate Agreement and to protect our planet from a dark future. It is therefore all the more important that bright minds around the world come together and develop sustainable solutions that are also competitively priced to their dirty counterparts.

One company with a pretty ambitious vision is Nikola. Yes, the company is still around after pretty much anything that can go wrong went wrong last year. Its hydrogen-powered truck was announced in a large promotional video, only so that critics would later find out that the truck shown does not drive on its own. Because in the video it just rolled down a hill.

Nikola actually wanted to be a pioneer (Image: Nikola)

That is also one reason why Nikola founder Trevor Milton now has to assert himself in court. Nikola has misled investors that the technology that was promised again and again but never delivered didn’t even exist at the time of the video. Nevertheless, the press celebrated a great deal at the time.

Now the company will contact you again. During the current turbulent times, they have rethought their own goals and this year only want to deliver half as many vehicles as announced in the preview for 2021. At the same time, the company reserves the right that this reduced goal may not be feasible either, as the effects of the coronavirus can lead to delivery bottlenecks.

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So for the time being, the employees at Nikola only have hope. The hope that the company will be trusted again, the hope that everything will go smoothly and the hope that this year will end better than it has been in the last few months.

Own opinion:

Nikola was a promising company in the industry, but the fraudulent behavior (rightly) caused displeasure. Now it remains to be seen whether the manufacturer can actually deliver or whether ultimately hardly any trucks roll off the assembly line.

Via The Verge

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