Exposed Empire
Every empire tells a story. Exposed Empire investigates the greatest business frauds, corporate collapses, and financial crimes in American history — but also the builders who created something real. Power, greed, vision, and collapse. One story at a time.
Exposed Empire
Nikola: The $34 Billion Truck That Never Moved Under Its Own Power
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A truck that couldn't move. A company worth $34 billion. And a founder who allegedly knew the truth the entire time.
Trevor Milton built Nikola Motor Company on a single promise: hydrogen-powered trucks that would revolutionize clean transportation. General Motors believed him. Institutional investors poured in billions. The entire market believed him.
Then a 67-page report changed everything.
This is the full story of Nikola — how one man built a $34 billion company around a product that didn't work, and how it all came crashing down.
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