Behind the Money

An electric truck start-up founder goes to trial

Trevor Milton and his electric vehicle start-up Nikola became Spac darlings in 2020 with his plan to transform the trucking industry. Then it all came crashing down. The FT’s Claire Bushey explains the boom and bust of entrepreneur Trevor Milton’s career and what we can learn from his story.  Clips from Nikola - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  For further reading: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/059954cf-297c-43c7-ba50-a8a7f1d26485" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikola founder Trevor Milton accused of misleading investors at fraud trial</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/168be1c5-5f54-473f-b373-096b8a511ba9" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Nikola: the clues in Trevor Milton’s past that investors missed or ignored</a><a href="https://www.ft.com/content/a45a6638-167b-4e27-a9fd-576e7229f959" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">US justice department inquires into Nikola fraud claims</a> - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  On Twitter, follow Claire Bushey (<a href="https://twitter.com/Claire_Bushey" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Claire_Bushey</a>) and Michela Tindera (<a href="https://twitter.com/mtindera07" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mtindera07</a>)  <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/26099593-f941-4f63-a251-af90ec9b8708" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Read a transcript of this episode on FT.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

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