In September 2020, Hindenburg Study introduced its report on Nikola, saying it was “an intricate fraud.” The firm acknowledged a truck appearing to cruise down a desert street under its personal electrical power in a online video was not. The SEC released an inquiry. Eventually, Trevor Milton, Nikola’s founder, was convicted of fraud. Nikola settled with the SEC for $125 million. In 2021, J Cash Exploration posted a report contacting Faraday Upcoming “nothing but a bucket to obtain funds from U.S. traders and pour it into the black hole of personal debt designed by its founder.” A enterprise spokesperson explained “the substantive allegations of inaccurate disclosures” in the report “ended…