Nikola and General Motors tie-up sets new mobility template

The rapidly changing mobility ecosystem has prompted excitement and concern in almost equal measures. Start-up companies brimming with new ideas and technological innovation are keen to find a foothold in a well-established industry while the incumbents scramble to reinvent themselves to serve a new set of customer requirements. Everyone has been talking about partnerships and the need to join forces, but few arrangements so aptly portray the form these might take as the recently announced collaboration between Nikola and General Motors.