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Electric and hydrogen-powered heavy truck maker Nikola Corp. has named board Chairman Stephen Girsky as its new CEO. The former General Motors executive and auto industry analyst replaces Michael Lohscheller, who will step down immediately as CEO, and as a board member on Aug. 31. The Phoenix-based company says in a statement Friday that Lohscheller made the decision due to a family health matter and will return to Europe.

How would you feel about a 5% increase in price? i mean, it's going to be tough. 25% increase would probably be disaster. i don't know how we would deal with that. we have 115 employees that depend on us, and depend on selling these vehicles. so i am concerned. and i don't want to see them affected in a bad way. >> this comes after a tough year for u.s. automakers who have had slumping auto sales, record layoffs, and also those tariffs on aluminum and steel. and kate, one auto industry analyst is warning that if these tariffs do go into effect, u.s. vehicles sold here in the united states coul...

Famed auto industry analyst. this opens this door up for women. >> it's amazing. it opens it up not only for women but for people with any kind of aging population kind of issues. >> can't reach into the doggone thing and climb right in here. >> you have this secret little step that just allows you then to get up. >> how tall are you? >> i'm 5 feet tall. >> and can you go all the way up? >> i can go right in and suddenly i have full access to the pickup truck bed which is of course is why you buy a pickup truck in the first place. >> interesting, and people have asked, is this tail gate gate s...