GM scales back partnership with electric truck startup Nikola

Post by 14u2c » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 7:49 AM UTC

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #28

Trevor Milton invited me to his headquarters to prove his trucks weren't fake. While we were having lunch I asked him about the longtime friend of his (15 years, went to his wedding) who he had framed for extortion. The friend later committed suicide when he got out of jail. This was all happening during the Nikola reverse-IPO process. After a recording of our conversation was posted online, a bunch of women came for…

Post by ALittleLight » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 10:09 AM UTC

ct0 wrote: post #33

omarforgotpwd wrote: post #28

Trevor Milton invited me to his headquarters to prove his trucks weren't fake. While we were having lunch I asked him about the longtime friend of his (15 years, went to his wedding) who he had framed for extortion. The friend later committed suicide when he got out of jail. This was all happening during the Nikola reverse-IPO process. After a recording of our conversation was posted online, a bunch of women came for…

After listening to the recording it's pretty clear that this guy is a fraud. what is the lethal dose of acid? thanks, ill wait.

Post by omarforgotpwd » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 10:59 AM UTC

nefitty wrote: post #85

belval wrote: post #83

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think your missed the point of the comment you were replying to. Why would we on HN, care about whether or not the recording was legal?

At the very least, people might do some additional research before engaging in surreptitious “journalism”.

Post by Triv888 » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 12:03 PM UTC

mwfunk wrote: post #92

I know it's petty but literally the fact that it was named Nikola was reason enough for anyone to think they're shady or uninspired or a straight up scam. I would be equally skeptical about wannabe Apple competitors named Banana or Dragonfruit, or a Microsoft competitor named Megahard, or a Burger King competitor named Hamburger Aristocrat. If the best someone can come up with for their own name is a joke pointed at…

Post by ehvatum » Tue, Dec 01, 2020, 4:06 PM UTC

ponker wrote: post #57

renewiltord wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, no company is 'worth' its market cap since you can rarely exchange it for that value in total. But of course the only meaningful notion of absolute 'worth' of something like this is the value as determined by the market. Of course it may not have been worth it to you at the marginal clearing price, but that's because the value to you is a function of the valuer and the thing being valued.

If a guy is selling sandwiches on the street for $1 million and a hungry Jeff Bezos happens to wander by and purchase one, the sandwiches still aren't worth $1 million.