NEW YORK – General Motors will not take an initial stake in the electric vehicle company Nikola, which announced Monday that it would scuttle on of its marquee vehicles, an electric and hydrogen-powered pickup that was to be called the Badger.
Shares of Nikola plunged 21% at the opening bell. Nikola on Monday released updated terms between the companies for a supply agreement related to GM's fuel-cell system , replacing an agreement signed in September.
That deal would have given GM an 11% stake in Nikola in exchange for engineering and building Nikola’s Badger hydrogen fuel cell and electric pickup truck.