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The Mirage
Nikola Motor Company / Lordstown Motors
A self-proclaimed visionary’s promise to revolutionize the trucking industry is revealed to be an “intricate fraud.”
Prelude: The arrival of Lordstown Motors revitalizes a small Ohio town.
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