Electric truck manufacturer delivers first trucks

Michael Lohscheller in front of a Nikola truck

The last chance for the start-up.

(Photo: PR)

Phoenix, Coolidge Pick-up trucks are parked in the icebox-cold lobby of the Nikola headquarters. rally vehicles. A beach buggy with a trailer, jet skis on it. They are toys for big boys, memorials to discontinued projects. Your former owner is no longer wanted here.

We’re talking about Trevor Milton: Founder, CEO, Defendant. He is currently out on $100 million bail. He has been in court for the last year. He lied “in almost every aspect of the business,” according to the Manhattan federal attorney’s office, and misled investors. As was announced on Sunday, the process of securities fraud is scheduled to begin this week. Milton denies all allegations.

“I never met him,” says Michael Lohscheller, the head of Nikola, when he visited the Handelsblatt – without even mentioning Milton by name. “Wouldn’t we rather talk about the future?” his press officer seconded.

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