Nikola SPAC Presentation Deck
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PARTNERSHIP
WITH CNHI IVECO
NIKOLA/ CNH IVECO
INDUSTRIAL
WHO IS CNHI IVECO?
One of World's Leading Capital Good Companies with
Annual Revenue of $308+
• CNHI's Iveco business is a leading truck, bus, and light
commercial vehicle manufacturer in Europe, South America, and
Asia with 175,000+ annual unit volume
.
Currently the leader in CNG/LNG alternative propulsion for the
European trucks market, complementary to investment in Nikola
BEV and FCEV technology
• Announced plan to spin-off as an independent company in 2021
INVESTMENT SUMMARY
CNHI Iveco's invested $250M in Nikola as Part of
Series D Round
• $100M cash investment
- $150M investment in form of in-kind services related to North
America engineering and production
• Announced September 3, 2019
ADDITIONAL DETAILS
• CNHI Iveco engineers to embed with Nikola team to develop
production-ready truck and leverage its expertise across all
elements of the manufacturing process
- Nikola/CNHI Iveco product to be produced on dedicated lines
within existing Iveco manufacturing facilities
Partnership with CNHI Iveco significantly de-risks
North America production execution and
accelerates penetration of attractive
European market
PARTNERSHIP AND JV
North America Engineering and Production Alliance (100% of N.A. Business
Retained by Nikola)
• Significantly de-risks Nikola operational execution by leveraging the expertise and
capabilities of one of the world's leading commercial vehicle manufacturers
• CNHI Iveco to provide $150M of engineering and production to support bringing
Nikola trucks to market
Europe Joint Venture (50/50 Split)
• Allows Nikola to accelerate penetration of attractive European addressable market
while minimizing execution risk and optimizing Nikola management bandwidth
• Nikola and CNHI's Iveco truck business to operate 50/50 joint venture leveraging
Iveco's engineering expertise and existing production and sales/service footprint
Significant potential financial contribution from joint venture is
incremental to existing Nikola North America model
KEY BENEFITS
• Production alliance significantly de-risks truck manufacturing execution by providing:
Global license to the S-Way platform the most recently introduced Class & truck
in the world
Ability to leverage existing parts bin and capture purchasing savings
- Access to engineering support
- Potential assembly capabilities
Enables Nikola to enter significantly larger European market
1 CNH delivered "175,900 vehicles in 2018; includes trucks, buses, light commercial, and specialty vehiclesView entire presentation