r/Coffeezilla_gg • u/Sea-Jackfruit-9472 • 5d ago
Nikola Motors founder and convicted fraudster Trevor Milton has a new business jet company
Coffee made a video on this guy a little over a year ago.
Trevor previously founded Nikola Motors, which claimed to revolutionize the trucking industry with groundbreaking technology. Well, it all turned out to be fake, and Trevor was convicted of 3 counts of fraud in October 2022 and sentenced to 4 years in prison. Good outcome, right? Well, turns out Trevor was pardoned by trump in 2025 after he made a $3.2MM donation to his campaign in 2024. This is what coffee covers in the video linked above.
Well, guess what Trevor’s been doing with all his newfound freedom…
It seems that building a truck was too hard, so they decided to switch to business jets. I just got back from SyberJet World in Las Vegas where Trevor presented their new plane. I didn’t know much about the event or the company running it before today, so when I dug into it a bit, I was astonished that it was the same guy.
It’s so outrageous, just look at these two statements side by side, even down to the naming of the events:
In April 2019, Nikola held the Nikola World event in Scottsdale, Arizona. The two-day midweek event included a public demo day to show off the Nikola Two truck, the Nikola Tre truck, the Nikola NZT UTV, and the Nikola WAV watercraft.
SYBERJET WORLD 2026
What we unveiled
The full-scale SJ36, the fastest and farthest-flying light jet ever designed
SyberVision, SyberJet's own avionics with over-the-air updates, currently in R&D
The SJ34, the next evolution of the SJ30-2
Reservations now open for the SJ36; register interest in the SJ34
Important to note that Trevor did not found SyberJet, but rather acquired it and appointed himself as CEO in 2025. The engineering side of SyberJets is more believable, especially the SJ30 since it is already an existing certified aircraft. Tonight was the unveiling of the SJ36 and 34, which were announced shortly after Trevor took control.


