Tesla's U.S. Rival Breaks Ground On Its First American Factory 

A day after Tesla picked Austin, Texas, for its next U.S. Gigafactory, its newest competitor in zero-emission vehicle manufacturing, Nikola Corporation, broke ground on its first manufacturing facility in Arizona, bringing its vision to start manufacturing hydrogen heavy-duty trucks closer to reality. Nikola expects to start producing hydrogen trucks from its factory in Coolidge, Arizona, in the second half of 2023.    Its first truck ever will be produced in Europe in 2021, at Iveco's factory in Ulm, Germany, under a partnership with…