Niligence – What’s Missing from the Nikola-GM Brouhaha

by guest blogger Stan Thompson

New Testament, Book of Matthew, Chapter 7, verse 3:  And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother’s eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye?

This familiar passage is quoted not because scripture proves anything about GM, Nikola or pundit journalism but because—in Western culture—it’s probably the most quoted metaphor for what’s going on just now. Pundits are all over General Motors like ants on a dropped lollypop for not having come up to their approved standards of diligence, “appropriate” versus “due.”

But GM’s critics omit a much more profound body of relevant information than overlooked video peccadilloes.

In partnering with Nikola, GM’s main consideration must be that the truck industry has bought into Trevor Milton’s viewpoint en masse.  At least for long-haul trucking, battery bunnies are road kill on the hydrogen highway. Here are a few reflecting signs pointing to the H2 onramp:

Daimler’s liquid H2 trucks

Fair disclosure:  I own a few shares of NKLA stock.

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