"Behold," boasted the electric vehicle (EV) company Nikola. "The 1,000 HP, zero-emission Nikola One semi-truck in motion."

The claim was technically true. The lorry was indeed moving. But as the Arizona-based start-up admitted last week, it was moving because it had been towed up a hill and then left to roll.

"Nikola never stated its truck was driving under its own propulsion in the video," a spokesman defiantly declared.

"As Nikola pivoted to the next generation of trucks, it ultimately decided not to invest additional resources into completing the process to make the Nikola One drive on its own propulsion."

After the admission forced Nikola's chairman and founder Trevor Milton to resign, shares in the company plunged on Monday.

https://climatechangedispatch.com/the-electric-car-hype-machine-is-just-that-hype/

Yeah, these corporations make a big deal about retiring the combustion engine, but nothing ever happens.  How long has the electric car been around, over 100 years?  If your battery goes dead on the road, what do you do, tow a combustion engine generator?

Quote from: MAMGA on September 22, 2020, 11:18:29 AM
Yeah, these corporations make a big deal about retiring the combustion engine, but nothing ever happens.  How long has the electric car been around, over 100 years?  If your battery goes dead on the road, what do you do, tow a combustion engine generator?

Go to ACE and get a 50 mile Elec extension cord and hope you can find a plug-in.