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      <amendmentNo>1</amendmentNo>
      <securitiesClassTitle>Common Stock</securitiesClassTitle>
      <eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>03/31/2025</eventDateRequiresFilingThisStatement>
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        <issuerName>NIKOLA CORP</issuerName>
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          <ns1:street1>4141 E Broadway Road</ns1:street1>
          <ns1:city>Phoenix</ns1:city>
          <ns1:stateOrCountry>AZ</ns1:stateOrCountry>
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        <designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>Rule 13d-1(b)</designateRulePursuantThisScheduleFiled>
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      <reportingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</reportingPersonName>
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        <issuerPrincipalExecutiveOfficeAddress>4141 E Broadway Road
Phoenix, ARIZONA
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        <filingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</filingPersonName>
        <principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>40 TEMPERANCE STREET
TORONTO, Ontario, Canada
M5H 1Y4</principalBusinessOfficeOrResidenceAddress>
        <citizenship>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA - CANADA (FEDERAL LEVEL)</citizenship>
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        <otherTypeOfPersonFiling>a parent holding company, in accordance with 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(g)</otherTypeOfPersonFiling>
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        <certifications>By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the securities referred to above were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer of the securities and were not acquired and are not held in connection with or as a participant in any transaction having that purpose or effect, other than activities solely in connection with a nomination under ?? 240.14a-11.

By signing below I certify that, to the best of my knowledge and belief, the foreign regulatory scheme applicable to The Bank of Nova Scotia is substantially comparable to the regulatory scheme applicable to the functionally equivalent U.S. institution(s). I also undertake to furnish to the Commission staff, upon request, information that would otherwise be disclosed in a Schedule 13D.</certifications>
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      <reportingPersonName>BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA</reportingPersonName>
      <signatureDetails>
        <signature>Raj Sachdeva</signature>
        <title>Vice President, Head of GBM&amp;T Compliance Canada</title>
        <date>05/07/2025</date>
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