EV startup Canoo this week confirmed fleet-management firm Zeeba has ordered a minimum of 3,000 of its electrical vans.
The latter firm has signed an settlement for five,450 autos, with an preliminary binding settlement of three,000 autos via 2024, Canoo mentioned in a press launch. Zeeba will lease these autos to small- and medium-sized companies, however Canoo continues to be imprecise on a manufacturing timeline.
Canoo Life-style Car
Canoo is “finalizing our multi-year allocations for 2023 buyer deliveries and can share our manufacturing plan with the broader market shortly,” Canoo CEO Tony Aquila mentioned in an announcement. Late final 12 months Canoo shifted its manufacturing plan away from the Netherlands to Arkansas, the place it says it’ll construct autos earlier than it once more shifts manufacturing to Oklahoma.
Zeeba’s order contains each the Life-style Car that was Canoo’s initially mentioned manufacturing mannequin and the Life-style Supply Car, a cargo-only model with as much as 120 cubic ft of cargo area, Canoo claims. The fleet supervisor joins Walmart in ordering autos from the EV startup—which was on the snapping point.
Canoo battery – June 2021 iinvestor presentation
Canoo began with a mannequin that was aimed towards private customers, and provided the autos solely by subscription. It additionally had an early partnership with Hyundai, however that has since dissolved. It is proven a compact pickup truck based mostly on the identical structure because the vans, which appeared to tack again towards private customers.
The quirky electrical vans are resulting from be made with Tesla-style 2170 cylindrical cells provided by Panasonic, with a structural battery and in-house-developed parts. With some agency orders on the books, maybe these vans will lastly see manufacturing and be sure that its engineering work does not go to waste.
