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  • @bigbosstube
    @bigbosstube  Před 3 lety +1076

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  • @NSalonen
    @NSalonen Před 3 lety +6592

    "Okay our rival company is called 'Edison', what should we call ours?"
    "Uhhh, Thomas..?"

  • @juliandarby1837
    @juliandarby1837 Před 2 lety +5818

    The absolute balls of naming your company Nikola and then turning around to sue Tesla for causing brand confusion.

    • @reinhardreynecke300
      @reinhardreynecke300 Před rokem

      And then for Musk to steal the truck grift idea
      the gall

    • @reinhardreynecke300
      @reinhardreynecke300 Před rokem

      czcams.com/video/w__a8EcM2jI/video.html

    • @dannyzero692
      @dannyzero692 Před rokem +215

      Lmao I didn’t notice this up until now, speaking of hiding in plain sight!

    • @ChampionGold
      @ChampionGold Před rokem +135

      i gotta be real I though Nikola Motors was some euphemism he was using for Tesla Motors until I read this comment

    • @FizzleFX
      @FizzleFX Před rokem

      Absolutely
      Just imagine Elon would *STEAL THE NAME .THE BORING COMPANY*
      people would notice..........
      And not point at others

  • @ashtonlong9186
    @ashtonlong9186 Před rokem +984

    The fact a company called Hindenburg basically crippled a hydrogen fuel company is nothing short of heavenly coincidence

    • @Toskin
      @Toskin Před 5 měsíci +78

      Hindenburg: "We are on a mission from God"

    • @Marcos-ms1ij
      @Marcos-ms1ij Před 2 měsíci +1

      Lmaoo

    • @DustWolphy
      @DustWolphy Před 2 měsíci +4

      I'd think they found them by googling for hydrogen.

    • @HowToChangeName
      @HowToChangeName Před měsícem

      Gotta keep the supply for themselves

    • @TheFrantic5
      @TheFrantic5 Před měsícem +10

      They're a *short sale* firm. Their whole business model is looking for disasters before they happen. That is some morbidly on-point theme naming.

  • @dantesdiscoinfernolol
    @dantesdiscoinfernolol Před 3 lety +989

    "Things were going downhill quickly"
    _cuts to the Nikola Truck "driving footage"_
    11/10 editing

  • @joshmcdonald1141
    @joshmcdonald1141 Před 3 lety +9633

    Best part of this channel is forgetting it exists until you are pleasantly surprised in your sub box.

  • @juliankandlhofer7553
    @juliankandlhofer7553 Před 3 lety +5335

    The fact that the hedgefund exposing a hydrogen truck company is called "Hindenburg" is too perfect :D

    • @IammeoramI
      @IammeoramI Před 3 lety +385

      Idk bro sometimes the writing team seems a bit too on the nose. Oh well, here's hoping 2021 leads to even wackier hijinks

    • @sportstacker56
      @sportstacker56 Před 3 lety +148

      Coincidence?
      I THINK NOT

    • @falalalanlera4202
      @falalalanlera4202 Před 3 lety +122

      Oh, the humanity!

    • @akkico
      @akkico Před 2 lety +17

      wait, what do i miss? i don't understand

    • @anthonylopez1126
      @anthonylopez1126 Před 2 lety +234

      @@akkico the Hindenburg burned because it used hydrogen since it’s a flammable

  • @LongLiveHelghast
    @LongLiveHelghast Před rokem +798

    Update: Trevor Milton’s been found guilty of defrauding investors by misleading them about the technology in the trucks in order to increase the company’s share price

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Před rokem +5

      🥳

    • @blakksheep736
      @blakksheep736 Před rokem +8

      How many years?

    • @darkstars4695
      @darkstars4695 Před rokem

      What ? So he is legit?

    • @justinkaz
      @justinkaz Před rokem +41

      @@blakksheep736 "Sentencing has been delayed until June 2023 while Milton appeals the conviction and the court reviews his request for a new trial based on his claims that a juror lied during jury selection"

    • @juliusmatijosius2219
      @juliusmatijosius2219 Před 11 měsíci +2

      @@justinkaz ohhhhh it's about time too

  • @realedgyman5400
    @realedgyman5400 Před 2 lety +1690

    Most recent update: Trevor Milton is currently being indicted for criminal fraud

    • @civilizedhuman7875
      @civilizedhuman7875 Před 2 lety +30

      Lol

    • @zenoblues7787
      @zenoblues7787 Před 2 lety +89

      I'm amazed it took this long.

    • @TESkyrimizer
      @TESkyrimizer Před 2 lety +6

      finally

    • @TheGuruStud
      @TheGuruStud Před 2 lety +88

      Elon better be next. He has multiple scams running for years.

    • @CanterlotCrusader
      @CanterlotCrusader Před 2 lety +29

      Just that? We all know he's probably guilty of much more. All these wall street types who pretend to be innovators always are.

  • @bbsamik1999
    @bbsamik1999 Před 3 lety +3046

    This is literally "Fake it till you make it" except he never makes it

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 3 lety +73

      BUT HE SURE FAKED IT!
      Oha,i Theranos, how you-WHY ARE YOU RUNNING ???
      XD

    • @ryanrigley2558
      @ryanrigley2558 Před 3 lety +16

      @@Ramsey276one calm down

    • @xijinpingpong4426
      @xijinpingpong4426 Před 3 lety +25

      Iveco produced some working prototypes for them. So if they are able to sell the trucks that Iveco produces for them, they will succeed. So fake it till someone else makes it for you.

    • @bw4500
      @bw4500 Před 3 lety +61

      He does kind of make it though, in that he lives an extremely nice lifestyle whilst doing nothing of merit. He was paid handsomely the entire time.

    • @lanzer22
      @lanzer22 Před 3 lety +93

      Pocketing 3 billion dollars would be considered as making it in my book.

  • @SolvingTheMoneyProblem
    @SolvingTheMoneyProblem Před 3 lety +8317

    Nikola Motors was the largest distributed IQ test in stock market history.

    • @Owen_aesh
      @Owen_aesh Před 3 lety +72

      😂😂yeah basically

    • @aniketghosh6993
      @aniketghosh6993 Před 3 lety +478

      My sister invested in that cause she couldn't afford Tesla and thought it would succeed, with no prior knowledge of the company. She's dumb

    • @imanin9972
      @imanin9972 Před 3 lety +85

      @@aniketghosh6993 f

    • @lanzer22
      @lanzer22 Před 3 lety +306

      So glad I invested in NKLA... by shorting its stock.

    • @AndreasHorb
      @AndreasHorb Před 3 lety +32

      Until... doge

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick9130 Před 2 lety +1375

    Honestly if I had a legit company I’d probably wanna hire these guys for marketing, if they can push a company that far with no product imagine what they could do with one

    • @courier6960
      @courier6960 Před 2 lety +194

      No you don’t, these guys marketing is usually just straight up illegal and fraudulent numbers. Give it a couple of weeks and you’ll be overflowing with lawsuits

    • @migueeeelet
      @migueeeelet Před rokem +205

      @@courier6960 Yup, they'll turn your perfectly working product into a lie.
      "Why report 5% savings when you can report 50%?"

    • @magnitudedesigns8266
      @magnitudedesigns8266 Před rokem +1

      Well when you can make up any claims about your product of course it's going to sell. It's straight up fraud. Most real products have pros and cons not just 100% pros. Drawbacks are a part of reality.

    • @skipfred
      @skipfred Před rokem +77

      It's pretty easy to market something that doesn't exist, because you can say whatever you want about it.

    • @tommykarrick9130
      @tommykarrick9130 Před rokem +45

      @@skipfred yknow what that’s totally fair

  • @j.kadenjenson6080
    @j.kadenjenson6080 Před rokem +248

    They shared their first office with ours when I was going to a coding bootcamp. It was literally 2 rooms in the back, and that was shortly after they got their first "big break" back in 2015. I couldn't believe that was their HQ for a company that was supposedly creating the future of trade transportation. Everything that's happened to them after that has been no surprise to me

  • @alexanderg7940
    @alexanderg7940 Před 3 lety +2272

    “Honey wake up”
    “It’s 3AM”
    I know a Big Boss video just dropped”
    “Oh”

  • @tillson8686
    @tillson8686 Před 3 lety +2472

    I'm always surprised how far these scumbags get with just lying. We truely live in a society

    • @nova260q7
      @nova260q7 Před 3 lety +188

      I’m honestly surprised with how some people can get away with lying about the biggest things and is somehow still legal

    • @griffingamer8624
      @griffingamer8624 Před 3 lety +64

      Will Humanity ever develop tech to replace fossil fuels? Or will liars and cheats just drag us downward to Hell?

    • @caio5987
      @caio5987 Před 3 lety +110

      Exactly
      If you take a pile of shit and say it’s worth 2 billion dollars and someone agrees then there’s nothing illegal about it
      Modern artists know this too well

    • @MzaM
      @MzaM Před 3 lety +29

      Shame is what stops most of us from achieving greatness

    • @packerman7410
      @packerman7410 Před 3 lety +19

      @@griffingamer8624 fossil fuels is not even efficient, renewables is what we need, especially seeing how much destruction fossil fuels have done

  • @alexlun4464
    @alexlun4464 Před 2 lety +113

    Dude, I just wish I had the same persuasion skills as Trevor Miller, dude is literally making billions out of thin air just by talking.

  • @generalrubbish9513
    @generalrubbish9513 Před rokem +92

    I decided to look this company up to see what they're up to these days. I was surprised to learn that not only are they still in business, but they're apparently now manufacturing and selling actual electric semi trucks that work and are in active use. Mind you, these are NOT hydrogen-powered (they use conventional batteries, probably lithium-ion) and they promised to deliver "300 to 500" of them this year but have only managed to produce 125 and deliver 111 as of September, but still, I suppose that's a major improvement over rolling non-functional prototypes down a hill. At least they now have a product that exists, is for sale, and works as advertised.
    Never fear, though, their website says they'll deliver a hydrogen-powered model next year! Only about 7 years after they first presented the technology as basically ready to go! And coincidentally, it will be the same year Tesla plans to release their own (battery powered) electric semi truck! I sense great potential for a sequel to this video.

  • @xixi560
    @xixi560 Před 3 lety +1414

    "Things are going downhill quickly"
    *Shows the Nikola truck rolling down a hill*

  • @TySchmidt
    @TySchmidt Před 3 lety +3020

    I remember not being surprised at all when GM announced they were buying into Nikola. If there's a bankruptcy to be had, no doubt GM wants in on it.

    • @tommyortega7796
      @tommyortega7796 Před 2 lety +73

      Lmao

    • @domgoodwin8989
      @domgoodwin8989 Před 2 lety +100

      Gm and bankruptcies go together like Jack and coke

    • @kimjuanjun7124
      @kimjuanjun7124 Před 2 lety +44

      That’s how money is made. Pump and dump then short squeez

    • @dizzigurl212
      @dizzigurl212 Před rokem +25

      That's the funniest thing I've ever read in my life. I've been giggling like an idiot for 5 minutes and my wife is giving me the side eye

    • @LilnormieX
      @LilnormieX Před 9 měsíci +3

      ​@@domgoodwin8989isn't it Ford and bankruptcy
      Lr, jaguar, mazda etc

  • @daffertube
    @daffertube Před 3 lety +767

    Phenomenal editing!

  • @coreytaylor5386
    @coreytaylor5386 Před rokem +78

    a shorting investment company being called Hindenburg is quite possibly the more genius thing Ive ever heard

  • @squeakycamp207
    @squeakycamp207 Před 3 lety +1867

    I remember that Nikola released an article, where they talked about how their truck has got a supercomputer inside which powers it. The only problem is, that they said, that it ran on HTML (they claimed, that HTML was the global standard for all programmers). For anyone who doesn't know what that means, HTML is used to make websites. It cannot do anything to do with logic, all it can do is make the visual part of a website. It's like an ostrich, its technically a bird, but it cannot fly or do things that other birds can do. HTML is technically a programming language, but at the same time it can't do any logic or stuff like that, which an actual programming language has.

    • @JohnGardnerAlhadis
      @JohnGardnerAlhadis Před 2 lety +80

      Markup isn't programming.

    • @horsenuggets1018
      @horsenuggets1018 Před 2 lety +98

      @@JohnGardnerAlhadis html + css: now we are

    • @valletas
      @valletas Před 2 lety +188

      Of all languages they could have used why HTML lol
      I can imagin him searching for "most used programing language" before the interview and seeing people saying it was HTML on some forum post or some shit like that

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 2 lety +60

      How
      Treacherously
      Man
      Lies
      !?!

    • @LuizAlexPhoenix
      @LuizAlexPhoenix Před 2 lety +55

      I remember a bit of a snob programer at work going on rants about how "HTML is for little girls that add frills to everything. It's like adding a bunch of stickers to something, not building it." and I think it was because he just liked being a dick when we asked him for help, but it was funny how he came with weird insults to something so benign.

  • @nobody-tj1mv
    @nobody-tj1mv Před 3 lety +745

    The amount of shit that happens in the world that could make a movie but I've never heard of in my entire life, is insane

    • @67kingdedede
      @67kingdedede Před 3 lety +64

      There are like 7.6 billion seconds every second, thats a lot of history

    • @lebens3585
      @lebens3585 Před 3 lety +21

      @@67kingdedede there is 1 second per second.

    • @esaug644
      @esaug644 Před 3 lety +9

      Truth is stranger than fiction

    • @meetwheatpodcast9078
      @meetwheatpodcast9078 Před 2 lety +8

      Wait until you hear about the emu war

    • @nesty9289
      @nesty9289 Před 2 lety +18

      @@lebens3585 yes but there is one second for each and every person in the world

  • @phil9265
    @phil9265 Před 3 lety +102

    "A short selling company called Hindenburg" I fucken fell off my chair with laughter.

    • @toomanyaccounts
      @toomanyaccounts Před 3 lety +10

      they apparently pretty good at sniffing at fraud

  • @BlazeArceus777
    @BlazeArceus777 Před 4 měsíci +22

    As of 2024:
    -Nikola Motors is still around today
    -Trevor Milton was sentenced to 4 years in prison for fraud, effective December 2023
    -Their current CEO is Steve Girsky
    -They are currently developing 2 trucks: the Tre BEV (battery powered truck with 300+ mile range), and the Tre HCEV (hydrogen-electric battery powered truck with a 500 mile range)
    -They are active on CZcams, with footage of road tests of their trucks having been shared months prior to this post
    -As of 5:58 AM, Jan 8th 2024, their stock price is at 77¢ per stock

  • @OfficialMaxBox
    @OfficialMaxBox Před 3 lety +3500

    You and IH are like two slightly different flavors of soda. Similar yet distinct, both delicious.

  • @highquality3545
    @highquality3545 Před 3 lety +806

    Thankfully, CZcamss full-proof copyright policies meant that all CZcamsrs in question were completely safe from any abuse of the system- *they never stood a chance...*

    • @heistingcrusader_ad3223
      @heistingcrusader_ad3223 Před 3 lety +4

      The hell happened

    • @thegoldengamer9315
      @thegoldengamer9315 Před 3 lety +2

      What happened?

    • @sagarkapasi099
      @sagarkapasi099 Před 3 lety +37

      We all saw the video

    • @asandax6
      @asandax6 Před 3 lety +30

      Ahh yes CZcams copyright Abuse as much as you like no penalty for you but the CZcamsr gets screwed.

    • @TheArklyte
      @TheArklyte Před 3 lety +24

      Should CZcamsrs unionize?
      2009: no
      2010: nope
      2011: nope, we're fine
      ...
      2321: no, it's okay, we like being abused, our whining about it is a great content.

  • @quasimoto7767
    @quasimoto7767 Před 3 lety +40

    Imagine shutting down a website because it was too successful lol. That should really be warning sign for anybody new to this business

  • @grfrjiglstan
    @grfrjiglstan Před 2 měsíci +5

    I remember Patrick Boyle saying that the company should’ve been named “Newton,” since it created the world’s first gravity powered truck.

  • @leftlink_
    @leftlink_ Před 3 lety +789

    I love how Nikola Motors almost got scammed the same way they are scamming xD

    • @theaffablestranger3672
      @theaffablestranger3672 Před 3 lety +79

      Game recognize game.

    • @shawnjavery
      @shawnjavery Před 3 lety +44

      It's a surprisingly common occurrence. No one really wants to be in a position where they are scamming people, as it's going to blow up eventually, so it makes sense people try to find easy outs to their problems.

    • @u.v.s.5583
      @u.v.s.5583 Před 2 lety +23

      That would have been marriage made in heaven. What kind of batteries does a non-existing truck need? Correct, non-existing batteries!

  • @alexanderdidio
    @alexanderdidio Před 3 lety +748

    The three dislikes are from Trevor, Pinball Engineer, and Golf Course manager.

    • @comboballer
      @comboballer Před 3 lety +5

      Could be because of all the annoying fade out transitions

    • @zawadsadaf9194
      @zawadsadaf9194 Před 3 lety +16

      @@comboballer I hope it's not, that would be very petty and honestly didn't even notice it.

    • @Dkspardan
      @Dkspardan Před 3 lety +3

      What about his brother. The "hydrogen Expert"

    • @nxbis
      @nxbis Před 3 lety +9

      The Team Fortress 3 lineup is looking fresh

    • @lanzer22
      @lanzer22 Před 3 lety +1

      Wait a week and you'll find the head count of Nikola Motors Company through the dislikes. :)

  • @mukamuka0
    @mukamuka0 Před 3 lety +11

    4:35 I thought you gonna say "16X times of details" right here 😂

  • @edgallagher8675
    @edgallagher8675 Před 2 lety +101

    I almost bought 100 shares when it was still looked promising, but something smelled wrong and I didn't go through with it. It's astonishing to me that anyone would still be invested in this company.

    • @Saicofake
      @Saicofake Před 2 lety +9

      Sunk cost fallacy, probably.

    • @Strand0410
      @Strand0410 Před 2 lety

      You could have made money if you sold just before the Hindenburg report. Or wait an extra day and get fucked lol

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 3 lety +3199

    Your editing is astounding Sir! No wonder it takes months of work for each video!!! Kudos!!!

    • @giargg
      @giargg Před 3 lety +31

      Here before the verified comment gets any like

    • @ramenronin1230
      @ramenronin1230 Před 3 lety +11

      No kidding this is amazing.

    • @girrrrrrr2
      @girrrrrrr2 Před 3 lety +5

      Damn I see you everywhere that I don't expect. Lol

    • @mercenarygundam1487
      @mercenarygundam1487 Před 3 lety +5

      Hey there Guru Larry

    • @nobadi2297
      @nobadi2297 Před 3 lety +43

      bruh he just copied internet historian

  • @jakubjanicki9148
    @jakubjanicki9148 Před 3 lety +314

    It's good that I'm watching this before nikola strikes you down lmao

    • @angelplayzvr1905
      @angelplayzvr1905 Před 3 lety +5

      They are dead right now they aren’t going to strike big boss

    • @YangHajime
      @YangHajime Před 3 lety

      nah mate, at the start he made it system manipulation proof

  • @TheoEvian
    @TheoEvian Před 3 lety +162

    Buying the design for a truck called "Nikola" from a Croatian man is like the most ironic thing that can happen in history :D

    • @obiwankenobi8494
      @obiwankenobi8494 Před 2 lety +4

      He was serbian but ima say its close enough

    • @mrsupremegascon
      @mrsupremegascon Před 2 lety +28

      @@obiwankenobi8494 do not start this war again.

    • @obiwankenobi8494
      @obiwankenobi8494 Před 2 lety +8

      @@mrsupremegascon his parents were serbian but he was born in modern day croatia, those are just facts

    • @igcuric
      @igcuric Před 2 lety

      @@obiwankenobi8494 His grandpa was Croat who converted to orthodox.

    • @aluisious
      @aluisious Před rokem

      It's not ironic at all. You need to look up what irony is.

  • @Actual_Malice
    @Actual_Malice Před rokem +8

    OMG that little girl feeding spaghetti to her dog meme at 4:20 is ridiculous and I love it

  • @hades429
    @hades429 Před 3 lety +457

    Oh Weary Traveller, I must warn you of the seas of “when the world needed him most he returned” comments. If you must, relax at this campfire and rest...

    • @KbutYtho
      @KbutYtho Před 3 lety +25

      Thanks I brought some marshmallows

    • @citizensnips2348
      @citizensnips2348 Před 3 lety +9

      I'm gonna hang back here and roast me a bone.

    • @N8_DoubleYou
      @N8_DoubleYou Před 3 lety +15

      "Well, what do we have here? You must be a new arrival.
      Let me guess. Fate of the Undead, right? Well, you're not the first.
      But there's no salvation here. You'd have done better to rot in the Undead Asylum… But, too late now.
      Well, since you're here… Let me help you out.
      There are actually two Bells of Awakening.
      One's up above, in the Undead Church. The other is far, far below, in the ruins at the base of Blighttown.
      Ring them both, and something happens… Brilliant, right?
      Not much to go on, but I have a feeling that won't stop you.
      So, off you go. It is why you came, isn't it? To this accursed land of the Undead?
      Hah hah hah hah…"

    • @hades429
      @hades429 Před 3 lety

      @@N8_DoubleYou ayyyy

    • @kazmakazii
      @kazmakazii Před 3 lety +4

      Mind if I take a nap on that bedroll over there?

  • @TinyDeskEngineer
    @TinyDeskEngineer Před 3 lety +294

    When he brings out the Todd Howard clips you know what he's saying is going to be completely untrue

    • @McLovin18-88
      @McLovin18-88 Před 3 lety +35

      Dude don't worry it just works all of this just works

    • @rustydustyzeus1839
      @rustydustyzeus1839 Před 3 lety +11

      @@McLovin18-88 little lies ,stunning shows people buy, money flows, it just works

    • @mullinsgames1271
      @mullinsgames1271 Před 3 lety +6

      @@rustydustyzeus1839 it just works, it just works, earnings rise, take my word.

    • @neneray310
      @neneray310 Před 3 lety +1

      That fucking lying fuck Thief Howard.

    • @regulus7754
      @regulus7754 Před 2 lety +2

      SIXTEEN times the detail!

  • @quachhengtony7651
    @quachhengtony7651 Před 2 lety +20

    Nikola CEO: *sees Tesla*
    *smacks lips*
    I can do that

  • @daddymememaster5432
    @daddymememaster5432 Před 5 měsíci +11

    Update: Trevor Milton was just sentenced and will spend four years in prison, as well as pay a $1 million fine for defrauding his investors.

  • @theholycrusader8115
    @theholycrusader8115 Před 3 lety +468

    When we needed him the most. He came like the majestic hussars under Vienna.

    • @durianjaykin3576
      @durianjaykin3576 Před 3 lety +16

      When the winged hussars arrive!

    • @avranjones9980
      @avranjones9980 Před 3 lety +7

      Coming down the mountainside!!!

    • @aod.1
      @aod.1 Před 3 lety +4

      @@avranjones9980 *COMING DOWN, THEY TURNED THE TIDE!*

    • @eatathepizza4449
      @eatathepizza4449 Před 3 lety +1

      And these replies are why everyone hates sabaton fans

    • @aod.1
      @aod.1 Před 3 lety +1

      @@eatathepizza4449 ah it's all in good fun :D

  • @HiArt709
    @HiArt709 Před 3 lety +606

    I drive by Nikola HQ every day, and even used to deliver pizza to one of the night security guards there. Glad I decided not to invest in them lol.

    • @heistingcrusader_ad3223
      @heistingcrusader_ad3223 Před 3 lety +3

      Is the investment going well?

    • @ExySmexy
      @ExySmexy Před 3 lety +141

      @@heistingcrusader_ad3223 "Glad I decided not to invest in them lol."

    • @johnsalchichon777
      @johnsalchichon777 Před 3 lety +1

      Still delivering Pizzas?

    • @ExySmexy
      @ExySmexy Před 3 lety +75

      @@johnsalchichon777 "used to deliver pizza"

    • @Meilk27
      @Meilk27 Před 3 lety +2

      Did you walk by the HQ everyday?

  • @nananaszbefott
    @nananaszbefott Před rokem +29

    So a company named after Nikola Tesla got their truck design from a man from Croatia where Nikola Tesla is originally from.
    Croatia be like: *You Couldn't Live with Your Own Failure, Where Did that Bring You? Back to Me*

  • @hakimdiwan5101
    @hakimdiwan5101 Před 2 lety +72

    Investment Lesson 101 : Never invest in a company which doesn't have finished products yet.

    • @L30n4rdo6
      @L30n4rdo6 Před 2 lety +1

      People ant to get rich fast by buying cheap stocks to every startup. Repeat the same thing investors did with Apple, Amazon, Tesla, Netflix, Facebok and others back in the day, but htis time with Nikola, Theranos, among others.

    • @hakimdiwan5101
      @hakimdiwan5101 Před 2 lety +2

      @@L30n4rdo6 I don't think you should count Apple, Amazon, Facebook in it not only they had their business in operation but also they were profiting before issuing shares for expansion of business.

    • @L30n4rdo6
      @L30n4rdo6 Před 2 lety

      @@hakimdiwan5101 What I was trying to say is that people want to put their money in whatever they believe it Will brings them profits, and they will see these startups as an easy money tactics.
      I know Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Tesla and others are succesful, but others are frauds such as Theranos and Nikola motors.

    • @hakimdiwan5101
      @hakimdiwan5101 Před 2 lety

      @@L30n4rdo6 Oh in that case I agree. Emotions are the biggest enemy of an investor.

    • @Toven_WaveWatcherFi
      @Toven_WaveWatcherFi Před 2 lety

      @@L30n4rdo6 "people wanna put money in whatever they think will bring them profits" Yeah I should invest in things that are guaranteed to make me lose money instead

  • @oliverrugg3732
    @oliverrugg3732 Před 3 lety +264

    "Making them worth more than Ford Motor Company in 2 days"
    I do not understand how the retail investor can possibly have such a deep seated and fanatical hatred of their own money. I mean, at this point I'm sure you could put a couple of AA's in a Tonka truck and get a market valuation of $100 billion dollars

    • @jayswarrow1196
      @jayswarrow1196 Před 2 lety +36

      _"I do not understand how the retail investor can possibly have such a deep seated and fanatical hatred of their own money."_
      Hungrier the fisherman - Brighter the bait.

    • @benm3382
      @benm3382 Před 2 lety +21

      Honestly, the sheer arrogance to think this new thing you've never even seen is just blowing Ford out of the water...

    • @itsalwaysfunnyinphiladelph8885
      @itsalwaysfunnyinphiladelph8885 Před 2 lety +2

      Aren't rivian shorts looking tempting

    • @Strand0410
      @Strand0410 Před 2 lety +18

      Desperate people thinking they can get in on the ground floor of the next Tesla, and the dangerous power of greed coupled with wishful thinking

    • @leonrobinson8180
      @leonrobinson8180 Před rokem +13

      No surprise. Tech stocks are insanely overvalued, and every investor is looking for the next Apple.

  • @rogerlagaffe5032
    @rogerlagaffe5032 Před 3 lety +498

    When the world needed him the most, he came back

  • @candycorn6268
    @candycorn6268 Před 3 lety +602

    Saddest part is, hydrogen cars have a serious potential to help solve global warming, yet they used this a trope to boost their business and stock value, rather than actually making environmental-friendly transport vehicles.

    • @nadrewod999
      @nadrewod999 Před 2 lety +89

      Do you understand how VOLATILE and EXPLOSIVE pure hydrogen is? The reason why they have to perform electrolysis on water to separate hydrogen is because H2O is the STABLE FORM OF HYDROGEN: expose enough pure hydrogen to enough oxygen, and you will get a MASSIVE EXPLOSION OF ENERGY, with the main byproducts being water and a few other hydrogen-oxygen mixes.
      And you want them to put fuel tanks of pure hydrogen not only in a bunch of fuel stations across the country (stations which will almost certainly be located in/around major population centers and/or major traffic routes), but also in lots of BIG SEMI TRUCKS housing BIG FUEL TANKS driving along all of the major streets and highways of America.
      I don't want a "potential solution to global warming" if it BLOWS UP HALF THE GODDAMN COUNTRY JUST FROM MINOR TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS!!1!

    • @candycorn6268
      @candycorn6268 Před 2 lety +127

      Some of them may die, sure. But that's a sacrifice I'm willing to take

    • @serious_as_cereal399
      @serious_as_cereal399 Před 2 lety +32

      @@nadrewod999 Hydrogen Would be fantastic for semi trucks, or really lots haul/heavy lifting vehicles, because i dont know if you have heard but batterys are pretty heavy, and very bad for power to weight ratio, thats why i dont think you will be seeing battery powered planes for quite a while(commercially viable plane like a alterenative to a passenger jet.).

    • @Destroyahx2
      @Destroyahx2 Před 2 lety +25

      From what I understand, it has applications in large scale transportation such as trains, or industrial vehicles. This is because the amount of weight you save with hydrogen outweighs the inefficiency of producing it. However we do not have the technology to efficiently convert water into hydrogen then turn that into electricity around 3x more power loss compared to batteries using the power grid. Which mean batteries are more viable to be use in large scale operations like cars, and is better for the environment. Plus, the amount of infrastructure needed to make the consumer car viable similar to gas will take a long time to build up. It is also a lot more volatile than gas as seen by the chemical plant blowing up in CA, then a hydrogen refueling station going up in flames.

    • @connorkimball3064
      @connorkimball3064 Před 2 lety +7

      Maybe in specific applications but due to the physics of it being significantly inefficient compared to any electric alternatives. There is simply no way hydrogen will exist where batteries can touch it.

  • @MM-ux7kp
    @MM-ux7kp Před 3 měsíci +4

    17:55 the downhill joke was good shyt

  • @waran9560
    @waran9560 Před 3 lety +223

    The Tf2 references in this video are underrated.

  • @uncoolguy5722
    @uncoolguy5722 Před 3 lety +77

    I love the fact it's such a blatant rip-off of Teslas idea of a zero emission transport, that they used the SAME GUY FOR THEIR NAME

    • @lampard4
      @lampard4 Před 2 lety +5

      The first of many red flags.

  • @CrookedSkew
    @CrookedSkew Před 2 lety +20

    You're videos are excellent. Please make more.
    The reuse of some segments can actually enhance the experience for a variety of reasons including Todd Howard's broken promises.
    The film and movie references are my favourite - I try to remember where they're from. I really enjoy these :)

  • @dt9255
    @dt9255 Před 3 lety +260

    Bloody brilliant stuff man, never hear about this before but your story telling is great.

  • @TheMattsem
    @TheMattsem Před 3 lety +120

    I can't believe he name his company Nikola it's like making a phone company and name it Orange

    • @drent102
      @drent102 Před 3 lety

      oh wait

    • @freeshit2179
      @freeshit2179 Před 3 lety +31

      There's this European phone service provider named Orange

    • @paddaboi_
      @paddaboi_ Před 3 lety

      @@freeshit2179 yh but they like the colour not the the fruit

    • @KasumiRINA
      @KasumiRINA Před 3 lety +6

      Imma make Doors PCs

    • @Ramsey276one
      @Ramsey276one Před 3 lety

      I just played a Switch game by DADAI
      (Japanese for Orange. THAT IS THE LOGO)
      XD

  • @heavyhauler426
    @heavyhauler426 Před 2 lety +8

    12:07 "They're sued immediately." That bit caught me out. I cried Laughing

  • @Zach-oc4yh
    @Zach-oc4yh Před 2 lety +68

    I seriously doubt this guy ever had one real engineer working for him

  • @ludophobi4986
    @ludophobi4986 Před 3 lety +263

    THE LEGEND IS BACK

  • @pissjugbandit4126
    @pissjugbandit4126 Před 3 lety +42

    I find it funny, I started driving truck for US Xpress around the time that the announcement that they were going to invest in Nikola. They couldn't pay drivers dick all but could put potentially billions down on new trucks. At the time I drove about 3,000 to 3,500 miles a week, damn near maxing out my 70 hour clock and taking home only $530.

  • @thebetteralex2978
    @thebetteralex2978 Před 2 lety +7

    I KNEW HE BOUGHT IT OFF OF A MAN FROM AN EX YUGOSLAVIAN COUNTRY the name "Nikola" is literally a croatian name

  • @Slamdoxicalz
    @Slamdoxicalz Před 3 měsíci +3

    The truck rolling down the hill is glorious

  • @wfjhDUI
    @wfjhDUI Před 3 lety +277

    Honestly, Trevor earned every single cent. His "investors" should be thanking him for teaching them a lesson. These weren't little old ladies being intimidated into handing over their Social Security checks. These were sophisticated investors who had every resource and opportunity to know better and yet they *chose* to remain ignorant. They didn't even care if it was a scam as long as they thought they'd sell the hot potato before everything collapsed.

    • @KenLinx
      @KenLinx Před rokem +13

      No he didn’t. It was obvious in hindsight but not so much during the whole shtick. From
      his previous endeavors, it seemed like he was a well-made businessman. Confirmation of legitimacy was also hard to come by. People literally had to go look at the road the promotional vehicle was recorded at. Proof could only be provided with large sums of money like that deal for 7 upfront vehicles-money that the average investor doesn’t have.

    • @brine5862
      @brine5862 Před rokem +29

      @@KenLinx you should have seen the nikola subreddit at the time. They had a pinned post “debunking” a million red flags people were bringing up about the company

    • @antonioscendrategattico2302
      @antonioscendrategattico2302 Před rokem +8

      These big investors just have so much money that they can afford to just blindly throw it around, even in huge scams, because they've got their ass covered and know that if they get scammed, the courts will bend over backwards for them the way they wouldn't for the little old ladies previously mentioned.

    • @Rafalgahr
      @Rafalgahr Před rokem +12

      Wall Street in a nutshell, make gargantuan amounts of virtual money betting on wind and fool's gold and if it crashes, just pass the hot potato and pretend nothing ever happened, that's how the 2008 crash went.

    • @echomjp
      @echomjp Před 11 měsíci +2

      I hate him for being a swindler, but I also frankly put the vast majority of blame on investors for falling for such stupidity.
      When investors just want to make sure they aren't the last ones holding a worthless company's stock, rather than actually investing in a company they have properly vetted that has good business fundamentals, then I can only blame the investors in the long run. Companies without a proven track record should not be given valuations in the billions of dollars, and they definitely shouldn't be going public before they have actually managed to create something of value.
      @KenLinx
      If investors are incapable of getting proof of legitimacy of a company, they shouldn't invest in that company.
      For most successful large-scale companies, such proof is easy to find and research.
      If you can't find "confirmation of legitimacy," maybe don't prop a company up to a $30 billion+ valuation.

  • @trialsted
    @trialsted Před 3 lety +52

    So frustrating, as someone who's worked in startup electric vehicle companies, it's massively underestimated at how difficult it is to make a mass produced vehicle of any sort but also totally achievable with the right goals and leadership.
    It seems like this focus on share values is muddying the waters for a lot of these companies but, as Tesla shows, it's a much quicker way to make money than actually producing cars.

  • @koppp_
    @koppp_ Před rokem +21

    Update: he was convicted of fraud 24 hours ago 😬

  • @erikurizita6702
    @erikurizita6702 Před 3 lety +25

    “Call me Nikola Tesla, impeccably dressed” -- ERB
    This Guy: *WRITE THAT DOWN, WRITE THAT DOWN!!!!!!!!!*

  • @DrunkieCat
    @DrunkieCat Před 3 lety +187

    The car is bullsh*t powered. Such a green energy isn't it.

    • @aarosundvall
      @aarosundvall Před 2 lety +5

      But the methane!

    • @DrunkieCat
      @DrunkieCat Před 2 lety +5

      @DHRMP You missed the joke my dude.

    • @itsalily_lei_lei
      @itsalily_lei_lei Před 2 lety +5

      @@DrunkieCat Neat, the car is powered by cow manure. Let’s all buy cows to s*** in our cars!

    • @possiblyrandom6703
      @possiblyrandom6703 Před 2 lety +7

      Put a twitter user in it. Infinite power.

    • @jayswarrow1196
      @jayswarrow1196 Před 2 lety +3

      @@DrunkieCat The production of the fuel is *free,* self-sufficient in *gigantic* scales, and you don't even need an engine to run it in. That's some 23rd century stuff, and we're complainin'..

  • @gxfo705
    @gxfo705 Před 3 lety +151

    "I thought you were dead"
    "My death was greatly exaggerated"

  • @echomjp
    @echomjp Před 11 měsíci +7

    In the modern stock market, hype wins over actual business fundamentals pretty much every time.
    People invest in whatever seems like it will make them a quick buck, rather than ever ensuring that business fundamentals are solid. People invest in the "future" without really understanding anything about the businesses they invest in, and as a result you see companies valued in the billions which are realistically only worth a fraction of that.
    Of course, the problem is that this "win" is only for the people who start the companies and early investors that profit from everyone buying in. In the long run these companies often end up not being profitable even remotely to the point that justifies their share value, and the companies either fold - or they become irrelevant.
    In the process, billions of dollars are siphoned from ignorant "everyday investors" towards the privileged groups that can invest in companies before they go public or who have insider knowledge letting them get out before everything is destroyed.
    Personally, I think we need to have very strict criminal penalties for people who lie to the point that they raise billions of dollars based on their lies. If they are caught in their lies and actively mislead people to the point many might even be bankrupted, for starters their wealth from that company should be confiscated, and prison time should also be involved.
    Maybe if there was a risk of actual consequences for such lies, companies would be more careful about them.

  • @memeyoshi6290
    @memeyoshi6290 Před 3 lety

    These videos are so well made and really rewatchable! Amazing Editing!

  • @hectorg362
    @hectorg362 Před 3 lety +151

    9:58 Legit thought to myself that his ex employee looked a lot like Eminem only to realize it was part of a joke.

    • @chikinnunget5231
      @chikinnunget5231 Před 2 lety +5

      Yep it’s a scene from a movie called The Interview that Eminem was actually in. But no it had nothing to do with Nikola lol

  • @Larry
    @Larry Před 3 lety +318

    21:22 Bernie Madoff also died today coincidentally!

  • @Benjo69420lelol
    @Benjo69420lelol Před 2 lety +9

    9:58 is the funniest clip in this video xD

  • @kurumitokisaki831
    @kurumitokisaki831 Před 3 lety

    Literally the most educational channel ive ever seen! Keep up the good work sir!

  • @connorcastilla4707
    @connorcastilla4707 Před 3 lety +34

    When big boss puts out a video I drop everything. Work, cooking, my baby. My wife is upset because he won’t stop crying, but I’m sure they’d understand if they could watch this.

  • @flashcraft7412
    @flashcraft7412 Před 3 lety +33

    20:24 The youtube copyright bit...
    Absolute gold ✨ 😁 ✨

  • @crocs_n_socks
    @crocs_n_socks Před 10 měsíci +4

    This guy is the Tommy Tallarico of the motor industry.

  • @stas4017
    @stas4017 Před rokem

    I am just amazed, this channel is as good as internet historian yet i only discovered it just now. Keep up the good work!

  • @RD500v2
    @RD500v2 Před 3 lety +31

    Hindenburg is such a great name for a company given their operations, also great video!

  • @HulksterHogan
    @HulksterHogan Před 3 lety +27

    Never heard of this company before and I was wondering why their logo looked so familiar and I realized it looks exactly like the Natron logo, an open source node based compositing software.

  • @sprite_eater5400
    @sprite_eater5400 Před 3 lety +3

    Man, lovin these daily uploads!

  • @marioskoutras6583
    @marioskoutras6583 Před 2 lety

    Best editing I've ever seen! Can't watch 15 seconds straight without laughing! This never happened to me with any other channel.

  • @brockobama2599
    @brockobama2599 Před 3 lety +15

    19:29 i just realise that the voices are saying "oh shit"

    • @chocov1233
      @chocov1233 Před 8 měsíci +1

      I didn't even realize. I played a video with a cuss word in it without even realizing it. And my parents heard it. 😂😭

  • @TomNashTV
    @TomNashTV Před 3 lety +265

    loved this video

  • @franchiser_
    @franchiser_ Před 2 lety +11

    After 6-7 months of waiting and curiosity he finally returned after so long we hope to see more of you. You are so entertaining and exciting covering amazing topics. You should talk about voodoo an awful mobile game company sorta like EA only for phones.
    Hope you stay safe and cool
    - Doge Franshiser

  • @sounakbatabyal
    @sounakbatabyal Před 5 měsíci

    This is the most entertaining and informative Nikola motors documentary i have ever seen complete with several high quality gifs and endless humor. 😊😊😂😂

  • @ronanmurray503
    @ronanmurray503 Před 3 lety +9

    10:15 I don't know why but that knock sound effect made me think it was coming from the window behind my desk and scared the shit out of me.

  • @tmssora531
    @tmssora531 Před 3 lety +40

    so happy to see you back, also could have done with this a month sooner before putting £200 into nikola haha
    fuck

    • @fenrirgg
      @fenrirgg Před 3 lety +4

      Damn, f 😩

    • @Rokiriko
      @Rokiriko Před 3 lety

      You can't be that, well dumb...

    • @YangHajime
      @YangHajime Před 3 lety +3

      F honestly they have lied several times to investors and customers you should prob try and get the 200£ back and get maybe a 50£ compensation for using tech that isn't theirs and liying to investors and customers, I can see the court case: The people vs Nikola

    • @TheTakecarer
      @TheTakecarer Před 5 měsíci

      f.

  • @JohnSmith-gu2dx
    @JohnSmith-gu2dx Před 2 lety +2

    bruh this channel is a gold mine, please keep posting

  • @user-ks5ny7ht1f
    @user-ks5ny7ht1f Před 4 měsíci +3

    I love the 'however's

  • @ThreeSixFour
    @ThreeSixFour Před 3 lety +72

    Nikola is a clothing company, they produce bag holers out of their shareholders. 99 % of their "investors" at $12/share

  • @Kraboter
    @Kraboter Před 3 lety +7

    Dude hats off... you even masked the guy at 6:44 for a couple frames that noone would notice. I noticed; my fellow perfectionist.

  • @curtishaley3606
    @curtishaley3606 Před 2 lety +2

    High quality, reminds me of internet historian, great content.

  • @mohit13reddy
    @mohit13reddy Před 3 lety

    Dude your video editing is just too good, I laughed so hard at the part about the iphone from china. Keep bringing us more content

  • @cryton00
    @cryton00 Před 3 lety +32

    Randomly encountered your profile, and you shot to my top fav channels.
    That smooth delivery,.subtly sarcasm, and the fact you cover urban legends, or topics that not everyone knows is epic.
    Dont change a thing, you're perfect 👌

  • @Informedphysician
    @Informedphysician Před 3 lety +40

    It's always a good day when big boss uploads

  • @wesleyt7388
    @wesleyt7388 Před 3 lety +2

    I work just 3 minutes away from their headquarters in phoenix. I’m still surprised they haven’t completely gone out of business.

  • @jerrytang9514
    @jerrytang9514 Před 3 lety

    Man your stuff is so funny, smart, and informative. Thank you!

  • @LOFoph
    @LOFoph Před 3 lety +25

    i love the amount of The Wolf of Wall Street scenes

  • @somebodyyouneverknew1095
    @somebodyyouneverknew1095 Před 3 lety +72

    When we needed him most, the legend returns

  • @dislikecounter1171
    @dislikecounter1171 Před 2 lety +5

    Current like to dislike ratio:
    👍38K 👎479
    Status: Positive like to dislike ratio

  • @owotuna
    @owotuna Před 3 lety +2

    I actually can't believe, so many months checking your channel for uploads, and now that you did, youtube actually took a month to recommend me this vid. Fuck this algorithm.