Nikola Motors | The Future of Transport 

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The absolute balls of naming your company Nikola and then turning around to sue Tesla for causing brand confusion.

"Okay our rival company is called 'Edison', what should we call ours?" "Uhhh, Thomas..?"

The fact a company called Hindenburg basically crippled a hydrogen fuel company is nothing short of heavenly coincidence

Update: Trevor Milton’s been found guilty of defrauding investors by misleading them about the technology in the trucks in order to increase the company’s share price

Nikola Motors was the largest distributed IQ test in stock market history.

Best part of this channel is forgetting it exists until you are pleasantly surprised in your sub box.

Most recent update: Trevor Milton is currently being indicted for criminal fraud

Honestly if I had a legit company I’d probably wanna hire these guys for marketing, if they can push a company that far with no product imagine what they could do with one

The fact that the hedgefund exposing a hydrogen truck company is called "Hindenburg" is too perfect :D

This is literally "Fake it till you make it" except he never makes it

"Things were going downhill quickly" _cuts to the Nikola Truck "driving footage"_ 11/10 editing

Phenomenal editing!

“Honey wake up” “It’s 3AM” I know a Big Boss video just dropped” “Oh”

"Things are going downhill quickly" *Shows the Nikola truck rolling down a hill*

They shared their first office with ours when I was going to a coding bootcamp. It was literally 2 rooms in the back, and that was shortly after they got their first "big break" back in 2015. I couldn't believe that was their HQ for a company that was supposedly creating the future of trade transportation. Everything that's happened to them after that has been no surprise to me

Dude, I just wish I had the same persuasion skills as Trevor Miller, dude is literally making billions out of thin air just by talking.

I remember not being surprised at all when GM announced they were buying into Nikola. If there's a bankruptcy to be had, no doubt GM wants in on it.

You and IH are like two slightly different flavors of soda. Similar yet distinct, both delicious.

a shorting investment company being called Hindenburg is quite possibly the more genius thing Ive ever heard

I decided to look this company up to see what they're up to these days. I was surprised to learn that not only are they still in business, but they're apparently now manufacturing and selling actual electric semi trucks that work and are in active use. Mind you, these are NOT hydrogen-powered (they use conventional batteries, probably lithium-ion) and they promised to deliver "300 to 500" of them this year but have only managed to produce 125 and deliver 111 as of September, but still, I suppose that's a major improvement over rolling non-functional prototypes down a hill. At least they now have a product that exists, is for sale, and works as advertised. Never fear, though, their website says they'll deliver a hydrogen-powered model next year! Only about 7 years after they first presented the technology as basically ready to go! And coincidentally, it will be the same year Tesla plans to release their own (battery powered) electric semi truck! I sense great potential for a sequel to this video.

I remember that Nikola released an article, where they talked about how their truck has got a supercomputer inside which powers it. The only problem is, that they said, that it ran on HTML (they claimed, that HTML was the global standard for all programmers). For anyone who doesn't know what that means, HTML is used to make websites. It cannot do anything to do with logic, all it can do is make the visual part of a website. It's like an ostrich, its technically a bird, but it cannot fly or do things that other birds can do. HTML is technically a programming language, but at the same time it can't do any logic or stuff like that, which an actual programming language has.

The amount of shit that happens in the world that could make a movie but I've never heard of in my entire life, is insane

As of 2024: -Nikola Motors is still around today -Trevor Milton was sentenced to 4 years in prison for fraud, effective December 2023 -Their current CEO is Steve Girsky -They are currently developing 2 trucks: the Tre BEV (battery powered truck with 300+ mile range), and the Tre HCEV (hydrogen-electric battery powered truck with a 500 mile range) -They are active on RU-vid, with footage of road tests of their trucks having been shared months prior to this post -As of 5:58 AM, Jan 8th 2024, their stock price is at 77¢ per stock

"A short selling company called Hindenburg" I fucken fell off my chair with laughter.

I'm always surprised how far these scumbags get with just lying. We truely live in a society

Your editing is astounding Sir! No wonder it takes months of work for each video!!! Kudos!!!

I remember Patrick Boyle saying that the company should’ve been named “Newton,” since it created the world’s first gravity powered truck.

Imagine shutting down a website because it was too successful lol. That should really be warning sign for anybody new to this business

The three dislikes are from Trevor, Pinball Engineer, and Golf Course manager.

I love how Nikola Motors almost got scammed the same way they are scamming xD

I almost bought 100 shares when it was still looked promising, but something smelled wrong and I didn't go through with it. It's astonishing to me that anyone would still be invested in this company.

The truck rolling down the hill is glorious

Thankfully, RU-vids full-proof copyright policies meant that all RU-vidrs in question were completely safe from any abuse of the system- *they never stood a chance...*

It's good that I'm watching this before nikola strikes you down lmao

Saddest part is, hydrogen cars have a serious potential to help solve global warming, yet they used this a trope to boost their business and stock value, rather than actually making environmental-friendly transport vehicles.

Update: Trevor Milton was just sentenced and will spend four years in prison, as well as pay a $1 million fine for defrauding his investors.

When we needed him the most. He came like the majestic hussars under Vienna.

When the world needed him the most, he came back

Nikola CEO: *sees Tesla* *smacks lips* I can do that

Buying the design for a truck called "Nikola" from a Croatian man is like the most ironic thing that can happen in history :D

When he brings out the Todd Howard clips you know what he's saying is going to be completely untrue

The Tf2 references in this video are underrated.

OMG that little girl feeding spaghetti to her dog meme at 4:20 is ridiculous and I love it

I love the 'however's

"Making them worth more than Ford Motor Company in 2 days" I do not understand how the retail investor can possibly have such a deep seated and fanatical hatred of their own money. I mean, at this point I'm sure you could put a couple of AA's in a Tonka truck and get a market valuation of $100 billion dollars

I can't believe he name his company Nikola it's like making a phone company and name it Orange

In the modern stock market, hype wins over actual business fundamentals pretty much every time. People invest in whatever seems like it will make them a quick buck, rather than ever ensuring that business fundamentals are solid. People invest in the "future" without really understanding anything about the businesses they invest in, and as a result you see companies valued in the billions which are realistically only worth a fraction of that. Of course, the problem is that this "win" is only for the people who start the companies and early investors that profit from everyone buying in. In the long run these companies often end up not being profitable even remotely to the point that justifies their share value, and the companies either fold - or they become irrelevant. In the process, billions of dollars are siphoned from ignorant "everyday investors" towards the privileged groups that can invest in companies before they go public or who have insider knowledge letting them get out before everything is destroyed. Personally, I think we need to have very strict criminal penalties for people who lie to the point that they raise billions of dollars based on their lies. If they are caught in their lies and actively mislead people to the point many might even be bankrupted, for starters their wealth from that company should be confiscated, and prison time should also be involved. Maybe if there was a risk of actual consequences for such lies, companies would be more careful about them.

4:35 I thought you gonna say "16X times of details" right here 😂

Oh Weary Traveller, I must warn you of the seas of “when the world needed him most he returned” comments. If you must, relax at this campfire and rest...

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You're videos are excellent. Please make more. The reuse of some segments can actually enhance the experience for a variety of reasons including Todd Howard's broken promises. The film and movie references are my favourite - I try to remember where they're from. I really enjoy these :)

I seriously doubt this guy ever had one real engineer working for him

Bloody brilliant stuff man, never hear about this before but your story telling is great.

I love the fact it's such a blatant rip-off of Teslas idea of a zero emission transport, that they used the SAME GUY FOR THEIR NAME

12:07 "They're sued immediately." That bit caught me out. I cried Laughing

21:22 Bernie Madoff also died today coincidentally!

Honestly, Trevor earned every single cent. His "investors" should be thanking him for teaching them a lesson. These weren't little old ladies being intimidated into handing over their Social Security checks. These were sophisticated investors who had every resource and opportunity to know better and yet they *chose* to remain ignorant. They didn't even care if it was a scam as long as they thought they'd sell the hot potato before everything collapsed.

So a company named after Nikola Tesla got their truck design from a man from Croatia where Nikola Tesla is originally from. Croatia be like: *You Couldn't Live with Your Own Failure, Where Did that Bring You? Back to Me*

Investment Lesson 101 : Never invest in a company which doesn't have finished products yet.

I find it funny, I started driving truck for US Xpress around the time that the announcement that they were going to invest in Nikola. They couldn't pay drivers dick all but could put potentially billions down on new trucks. At the time I drove about 3,000 to 3,500 miles a week, damn near maxing out my 70 hour clock and taking home only $530.

loved this video

9:58 is the funniest clip in this video xD

If anyone is curious I helped build the first factory in Coolidge, Arizona. They do actually have test models that have been built that match a lot of the things they initially said. My Dad is the PM of the electrical company they hired. I worked on part 1 and our company needed up renewing the contract when we won the second bid. They have gone broke and are scraping by to even pay our company. They’ve also had a lot of issues when they’ve had them running on the test track.

So frustrating, as someone who's worked in startup electric vehicle companies, it's massively underestimated at how difficult it is to make a mass produced vehicle of any sort but also totally achievable with the right goals and leadership. It seems like this focus on share values is muddying the waters for a lot of these companies but, as Tesla shows, it's a much quicker way to make money than actually producing cars.

I drive by Nikola HQ every day, and even used to deliver pizza to one of the night security guards there. Glad I decided not to invest in them lol.

Update: he was convicted of fraud 24 hours ago 😬

big boss? I have one question and one question only; why so little content? Your stuff is pure gold man and I love it so much. Ah well...gold is scarce so...cest la vie.

9:58 Legit thought to myself that his ex employee looked a lot like Eminem only to realize it was part of a joke.

"I thought you were dead" "My death was greatly exaggerated"

17:55 the downhill joke was good shyt

That battery bit is great, scammers scamming scammers, allegedly.

The car is bullsh*t powered. Such a green energy isn't it.

19:29 i just realise that the voices are saying "oh shit"

The ending is absolutely gold 😂😂

Man, lovin these daily uploads!

20:24 The youtube copyright bit... Absolute gold ✨ 😁 ✨

Never heard of this company before and I was wondering why their logo looked so familiar and I realized it looks exactly like the Natron logo, an open source node based compositing software.

Hydrogen could never work as of now. Had a guy from a natural gas company say they couldnt hold it in their pipes because it would slip out and leak. Its the smallest element and extremely explosive so its a terrible idea unless they have some sort of liner for it to catch and bond with.

After 6-7 months of waiting and curiosity he finally returned after so long we hope to see more of you. You are so entertaining and exciting covering amazing topics. You should talk about voodoo an awful mobile game company sorta like EA only for phones. Hope you stay safe and cool - Doge Franshiser

Hindenburg is such a great name for a company given their operations, also great video!

When big boss puts out a video I drop everything. Work, cooking, my baby. My wife is upset because he won’t stop crying, but I’m sure they’d understand if they could watch this.

This ages like fine wine…..

Nikola was the first stock i bought when getting into stocks on robinhood. I was skeptical but when GM bought in i figured it must be legit. Lmao. Welcome to the stock market me

10:15 I don't know why but that knock sound effect made me think it was coming from the window behind my desk and scared the shit out of me.

so happy to see you back, also could have done with this a month sooner before putting £200 into nikola haha fuck

Naming your stock shorting company Hindenburg is crazy and I respect it

These videos are so well made and really rewatchable! Amazing Editing!

It's always a good day when big boss uploads

Nikola is a clothing company, they produce bag holers out of their shareholders. 99 % of their "investors" at $12/share

Dude your editing and video rocks

"Tesla was already taken", the company.

Dude hats off... you even masked the guy at 6:44 for a couple frames that noone would notice. I noticed; my fellow perfectionist.

That Elon Musk meme review clip is the strawberry on top

You know what's funny? While this fuss was going on in US, there actually was one company in the world who was already making hydrogen vehicles. Hydrogen cars, hydrogen buses, AND hydrogen trucks. Hyundai was already making hydrogen trucks for domestic market and Europe at that time. And apparently, Nikola approached Hyundai to 'cooperate' for technology. But Hyundai just saw through Nikola's fraud, a company that has nothing to provide - no technology, no no-how, no infra, just nothing - and Hyundai just totally ignored Nikola's request.

Literally the most educational channel ive ever seen! Keep up the good work sir!

i love the amount of The Wolf of Wall Street scenes

19:59 SWEET HOME ALABAMA 🇺🇲🇺🇲🦅🦅

I am just amazed, this channel is as good as internet historian yet i only discovered it just now. Keep up the good work!

When we needed him most, the legend returns