Nikola Corp. is unlikely to sell any battery-electric trucks this year because of semiconductor shortages for critical components, but it will let select customers and dealers use the trucks to build mileage and get retrofits later.
The company said Tuesday it expects to deliver 25-50 nonsaleable “pre-series” battery-electric Class 8 Tre cabover models in Q4. That is half as many as it previously predicted and well below the original projection of up to 600 trucks.
The trucks will be missing...