Canoo appoints VDL Nedcar for the handler, production start 2022

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• German car experts as founders

The electric vehicle start-up CANOO, which works on a modular electroplate form with a variety of applications, has announced its coming steps. During the first investor Relations Day of the company, Tony Aquila, Chairman & CEO, known the Dutch VDL Group known as a commissioner. Accordingly, VDL NedCar will first produce the lifestyle vehicle for the US and EU market, while CANOO builds its own manufacturing facility in the USA parallel.

In this way, Canoo could fulfill its obligation to start production in the fourth quarter of 2022 and shortly thereafter to deliver the first vehicles. For the first models that arise on the variable CANOO platform, it is the lifestyle-called vehicle. Later, a multi-purpose delivery vehicle and a pick-up should follow. The lifestyle as initial praise CANOO in the basic version from a good 35.000 dollars, converted about 29.400 euros. The range will give the manufacturers with up to 400 kilometers, the performance with up to 257 kW (350 hp).

“We have conducted a comprehensive search, investing significant amounts of time and resources that extended throughout the globe to find our Phase 1 contract manufacturer. VDL Nedcar is the right partner, “said Aquila at the investor event. VDL is “the most trustworthy European manufacturer who developed high quality products for leading OEMs,” and have surpassed his competitors with considerable lead. VDL is likely to be known as a manufacturer of electric busts.

The strategic partnership will enable Canoo to bring vehicles to the market, while the company builds its own phase-2 plant in Oklahoma. “She also positions us strongly for the geographical expansion in Europe,” says Aquila. CANOO tarpaulin to build a permanent relationship with the VDL group.

According to the Communication, CANOO and VDL have already worked together in production planning to lay successful foundations for the US production plants to be built by CANOO. The plant of VDL NedCar in the Netherlands should produce 2022 up to 1000 units for the US and European market, from 2023 a year 15 are expected.000 units run from the tape.

German car experts as founders

The founders left the company at different times before CANoo 2020 passed a spac deal to the NASDAQ Stock Exchange. At times there were talks between Apple and the start-up. For the Korean Group Hyundai Kia, Canoo should contribute its skateboard platform for upcoming models, but from the cooperation was nothing according to media reports. Now Canooo, which now employs around 400 employees, alone his way and starts with the marketing of the models.

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