Enlarge / A prototype of the Nikola Tre battery electric truck. (credit: Nikola) Aspiring electric truck maker Nikola has admitted to the Securities and Exchange Commission that nine statements made by founder Trevor Milton were "inaccurate." Milton was forced to resign from Nikola in September, shortly after the falsehoods first came to light. Between 2016 and 2020, Milton told a series of whoppers about his fledgling truck maker.