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Latest SPAC News: Nikola taps former GM vice chairman to serve as CEO, and Jet.AI announces commercial and private aviation carbon offset program
Nikola Hires GM Veteran for Top Role at Troubled EV Maker
Nikola Corp. is tapping a former General Motors Co. (NYSE:GM) vice chairman to serve as its chief executive officer, replacing the current CEO after less than a year of running the electric truck maker.
Steve Girsky, Nikola’s chairman, will take over as CEO of the troubled manufacturer that he helped take public three years ago. He replaces Michael Lohscheller, effective immediately, the company said Friday in a statement.
Nikola completed its business combination with VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. in 2020.
Jet.AI Announces Commercial and Private Aviation Carbon Offset Platform, DynoFlight
Jet Token Inc. (Reserved NASDAQ: JTAI, JTAIW), an innovative private aviation, artificial intelligence company, today announced the launch of DynoFlight, a carbon offset transaction platform built for both commercial and private aviation operators. The platform enables aviation businesses to offset their carbon emissions through the purchase of carbon removal credits that fund the direct extraction of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
Jet Token inked its $45 million deal with Oxbridge Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ: OXAC) earlier this year in February.
Terms Tracker for the Week Ending December 1, 2023 Welcome to our weekly column where we discuss the findings from our IPO terms tracker based on the previous week’s pricings. For the most part, this was a quiet week for filings being that it followed the Thanksgiving holiday. Ideally, bankers, lawyers and teams got a...
Aimei Health Technology Co., Ltd (NASDAQ: AFJKU) announced the pricing of its $60 million IPO this evening. Its units are expected to begin trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “AFJKU” on Monday, December 4, 2023. After the securities comprising the units begin separate trading, the Class A ordinary shares and rights are expected to...
PROOF Acquisition Corp I (NYSE: PACI) announced this afternoon that it has closed its business combination with private aviation company Volato after shareholders approved the deal at a meeting on November 28. In total, including previous shareholder votes, shareholders opted to redeem an aggregate of 99.93% of PACI’s trust, leaving it with less than $215,000...
Adit EdTech (NYSE: ADEX) announced this morning that its shareholders have approved its business combination with bitcoin self-mining company Griid Infrastructure at a special meeting held yesterday, November 30. A total of 8,520,710 shares of common stock, representing approximately 95.7% of the outstanding shares entitled to vote, were present at the meeting, constituting a quorum...
At the SPAC of Dawn There had been hopes that this week would take one world conflict off the board, but combat has resumed in the Middle East as other eyes are likely to be fixed on new Fed comments today. The fighting in Gaza continues to not appear to have appreciable affects on the...