Very wide consensus that this is patent trolling. They’re trying to claim patents for wrap-around front windshield and other design elements which have existed previously, NOT for any core Tesla technology.
The funny part is that their name is even a play off of Tesla. (Nicola was Tesla’s first name.)
When I worked for a cell phone service provider I worked with the legal department. One thing they had to constantly deal with was patent trolls. They would scour our phones’ physical design to identify attributes that were not patented. They would then file a patent for the design, and when granted, sue us for patent infringement.
Or something like that.
Yep - they ride off Tesla’s name with the “Nikola and then claim patent infringement because an electric truck has more potential than their Hydrogen truck.....like, who’s zoomin’ who here as far as copying?