Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership (4)

FORM 4

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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

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Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * Erickson Michael Lee	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Nikola Corp [ NKLA ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director                    _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below)    _____ Other (specify below) President, Nikola Powersports
(Last)          (First)          (Middle) 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (MM/DD/YYYY) 6/3/2020
(Street) PHOENIX, AZ 85040 (City)        (State)        (Zip)	4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed (MM/DD/YYYY)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) _X _ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Trans. Date	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	3. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price

Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivate Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Trans. Date	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any	4. Trans. Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Stock Option (right to buy)	$1.05	6/3/2020		A		936307		(1)	5/6/2028	Common Stock	936307	(2)	936307	D

Explanation of Responses:
(1)	Option is fully vested and exercisable.
(2)	Received pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of March 2, 2020, by and among VectoIQ Acquisition Corp. ("VectoIQ"), Nikola Corporation ("Legacy Nikola") and VCTIQ Merger Sub Corp., a wholly-owned subsidiary of VectoIQ ("Merger Sub"), pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Nikola, with Legacy Nikola surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of VectoIQ (which subsequently changed its name to "Nikola Corporation", the "Issuer"), in exchange for an option to purchase 492,534 shares of Legacy Nikola common stock.

Reporting Owners
Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Erickson Michael Lee 4141 E BROADWAY ROAD PHOENIX, AZ 85040			President, Nikola Powersports

Signatures
By: /s/ Michael L. Erickson		6/5/2020
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date