GM will build electric pickup for Nikola under partnership

General Motors revealed its all-new modular platform and battery system, Ultium, in March 2020. (General Motors/Steve Fecht for Genreal Motors)

September 08, 2020 12:51 PM

DETROIT -- General Motors is taking an 11 percent stake in startup electric truckmaker Nikola Corp. under a partnership that calls for GM to engineer and assemble Nikola's first vehicle, the companies said Tuesday.

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