American electric vehicle maker Nikola files for bankruptcy

LOS ANGELES, Feb. 19 (Xinhua) -- American electric vehicle (EV) maker Nikola Corporation announced on Wednesday that the company has filed for bankruptcy protection.

The EV auto startup, based in Phoenix, the capital of the southwestern U.S. state of Arizona, said in a statement that "the company and certain of its subsidiaries have filed voluntary petitions under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware."