Short-selling Tesla fanboys love to overstate rumors of Mullen Automotive’s demise. But all conspiracy theories aside, anyone not following the automotive industry with a fine-tooth comb has likely never even heard of Mullen, a new-ish EV company based in Southern California with intentions set on beginning production of a consumer Tesla competitor this coming year dubbed the Mullen FIVE. ‘New-ish’ refers to the fact that Mullen’s founder, David Michery, started the company in 2014 after founding Mullen Technologies in
