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U.S. judge puts Bollinger Motors into receivership; assets frozen after founder’s lawsuit

Bollinger B4 electric trucks.
Unsold Bollinger B4 electric trucks sit at company headquarters in Oak Park, Mich. (RICHARD TRUETT/AUTOMOTIVE NEWS)
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By:
Richard Truett
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By:
Kurt Nagl, Crains Detroit Business
May 08, 2025 04:45 PM

DETROIT — Troubled electric vehicle startup Bollinger Motors has been put into court receivership by a federal judge after founder Robert Bollinger sued owner Mullen Automotive Inc. of California over breached repayment terms of a $10 million loan he made to Mullen late last year.

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