Who is the ceo of nikola labs? Zell is the CEO of Nikola Labs, a startup based in Columbus, Ohio, whose energy-harvesting technology was invented by Chi-Chih Chen, a research associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Ohio State University.Should you invest in nikola motor company? Investor interest in Nikola began to grow in 2020 when it touted its plans for a pickup truck and tractor trailer cab powered by hydrogen fuel cells. The company went public in June 2020 through a merger with a special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC.Who is nikola founder trevor milton? Trevor Milton, the founder of electric-truck startup Nikola, was indicted Thursday on charges of lying to investors by, among other fraudulent claims, pushing a truck down a hill to pretend it was “fully operational.”What lies did milton tell investors about nikola one? Among the lies Milton told investors were claims he made about the Nikola One, a semi-truck prototype, according to the indictment. Prosecutors said Milton knew the prototype did not work and didn’t even have its own internal power source, but repeatedly called it “fully functioning.”
Nonetheless, a fuller story about Nikola Labs emerged this week at a TechCrunch event where the group presented their product, an iPhone 6 case, which can harvest electricity from the air. Mike Butcher, editor-at-large of TechCrunch, summed it up: "It converts the wasted 90 percent of energy the phone produces trying to pump out a cellphone