Was thinking the same. Theranos was valued $10 billion pre ipo. Nikola hit $35 billion when the sharepice almost reached $100.
So they will try (or someone else), this, with cargo only. Wonder what went wrong with passanger idea. Well, was worth trying out. How else, if not through failure.
They were literally trying to reinvent the wheel LOL The title of the Bloomberg article sounds like something out of The Onion "United Nations to shut down after failing to achieve world peace"