Like most other automakers, GM wants a stake in the electric car game. However, the company might have made a huge costly mistake.
Stop Putting Deposits Down on Non-Existent Electric Pickup Trucks
If you look into buying a brand-new electric pickup truck, you’ll be met with several options available from various companies. However, they all have one thing in common; none of their pickup trucks have ever made it to production. Despite this, almost all of these EV companies will allow buyers to put down deposits of …
Nikola Gives General Motors Cold Feet
Recently, it seems like General Motors was ready to go all-in by partnering with Nikola to provide parts for their electric vehicles. Now it looks as if GM could be considering backing out of the deal. Will General Motors partner with Nikola? According to AutoBlog, General Motors and Nikola have not finalized their deal to …
General Motors Backs Nikola Electric Trucks With $2 Billon
General Motors feels confident about partnering with Nikola because they spent $2 billion to build a strategic partnership. With this deal, GM gets 11% of the ownership of this electric truck start-up business. General Motors partners with Nikola Nikola electric trucks just got pretty serious by merging with General Motors to secure lower battery and …
Nikola Motors Adds Electric Powersports to Pickup and Semi Lineup
Nikola Motors is a name that may have been heard in relation to electric vehicles. The company has an electric pickup about to be launched, as well as three different types of electric semi tractor-trailers. Nikola was also recently on the news for having raised more in its public offering in the stock market than …
Nikola Is Matching Deposits For Its Badger Truck
Tesla may have recently unveiled its Cybertruck, but the electric pickup wars are just starting up. Nikola Motors is a relatively new automaker that’s aiming to make electric cars and trucks just like Tesla is doing. However, Nikola’s electric pickup truck, the Badger, has something that Teslas don’t have, and it’s now available for pre-order. …
Nikola Exec Claims the Electric Badger Truck Beats the Ford F-150
It’s that time of year when new vehicles are being revealed, and the smack talk starts to fly. Ford has been using the new Ford Bronco to diss the Jeep Wrangler and the Ford Explorer to flex on the Kia Telluride. Only now, Ford gets a taste of their behavior as Nikola’s founder claims that …
Nikola Motors’ Hydrogen Semi-Trucks Are One Step Closer to Production
Although they have some advantages over battery-powered EVs, hydrogen fuel-cell vehicles still have a ways to go. And a lot of their issues, especially with semi-trucks, is down to access. EV fast chargers are still not ubiquitous—hydrogen refueling stations are even rarer. Really, California is the only place in the US where they work. However, …
How Nikola’s Badger Truck Is Gaining on the Tesla Cybertruck
With the Nikola and Tesla companies both named after the same inventor and electrical engineer, it might be expected that they’d both develop electric pickup trucks. The Tesla Cybertruck had a splashy launch last fall, and the Nikola Badger was just recently announced. Here’s a look at both. The Tesla Cybertruck Tesla unveiled the Cybertruck …
Nikola Badger Is a Hydrogen Truck With Range for Days
Another competitor has just jumped into the already-crowded electric pickup truck pool. But at least Nikola Motors is bringing something new to fight against GMC, Tesla, Rivian, and Bollinger. That ‘something new’ is a different approach to extended EV range. Simply building larger batteries won’t cut it. But fast-charging infrastructure isn’t quite extensive enough, and …
