Trevor Milton has been in the trucking industry for the better part of six years, but his big break came – like a meteor through a skylight – earlier this year when he announced plans to build an electric Class 8 truck.
Milton founded Nikola Motor Company (NMC) two years ago, named in homage to engineer and inventor Nikola Tesla. With the looming December launch of its electric drivetrain truck NMC is poised to become the Tesla of trucking.
It’s fitting that Milton, who has fewer than 200 Twitter followers, only follows one account – Tesla Motor Company boss Elon Musk.
Prior to establishing Nikola, Milton was CEO of dHybrid Systems, a company that made natural gas storage technology for trucking that was acquired in October 2014 by Worthington Industries.
But Milton isn’t your typical trucking CEO.
A co-founder of five start ups, he considers himself a “serial entrepreneur” and is fluent in Portuguese, English and is semi-fluent in Spanish. He brings his dog to work every day.
