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Nikola Motor lays off 15% of its workforce. (www.electrive.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 14 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I think they thought they could be the "true Tesla" to rival the "Edison" thief or mangler of ideas that the company named Tesla is or, at least appears to be*.

Ironically, that seems to have been the only truly good idea they've had.

* For legal reasons this is a hypothetical opinion I believe, in some form, might have belonged to the founder(s) of Nikola Motor, and says nothing of my own ~~disappointment~~ opinion.

[โ€“] [email protected] 12 points 2 months ago

I love that Edison Motors jokes that they chose their name because "we stole Tesla's idea and made it better"

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For those that hadn't heard of them, Edison Motors is building electric (and hybrid) semi trucks after putting down a deposit of Tesla's semi truck and not seeing any follow-up in more than 3 years.