Early this summer, electric-vehicle startups Hyliion Inc., Fisker Inc. and Lordstown Motors Corp. were tiny companies with staff numbers measuring in the dozens. Two had built little more than a prototype. None have reported any revenue.

Today, they are valued at more than $3 billion apiece by stock-market investors.

A frenzy has hit the sector….

This post first appeared on wsj.com

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