“Trevor Milton, the CEO of Nikola he had a project called D hybrid for swift transportation. It fails amid accusations of misused funds, hinting at future deception. In 2014 he founds the Nikola motor company after selling D hybrid touting red revolutionary hydrogen electric trucks with hefty seed investments.”
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