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Nikola Motor lays off 15% of its workforce. (www.electrive.com)

submitted 22 hours ago by TheOne@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] palordrolap@fedia.io 12 points 19 hours 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.

[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 10 points 19 hours ago

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

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.