The company had been in talks for the same kind of loan from the Biden administration that Rivian was just awarded, only to be denied at the last moment.

Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and will "cease operations immediately." The company is liquidating its assets in a

The move comes as the company failed to obtain support from the US Department of Energy's Loan Program Office.

EV startups are dying left and right, with Canoo the latest to file for bankruptcy after struggling to stay afloat in harsh economic conditions

Canoo was founded in 2017 by two former Faraday Future executives, changing its name from Evelozcity in 2019. That same year, it unveiled its so-called lifestyle vehicle prototype model. It made no revenue in 2022 and almost none in 2023. Development costs kept piling up, with more than $1 billion in loans.

Canoo announced yesterday it is ceasing operations “immediately” and that it has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in Delaware. The EV startup estimates in its filing that its assets are worth $126 million and that it owes over $164 million to its creditors, TechCrunch noted yesterday.

The EV start-up had at one point allegedly been in conversations with Apple and had signed contracts with both NASA and Walmart.

Electric vehicle maker. (Nasdaq: GOEV) has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will cease operations immediately, becoming another casualty among EV companies that went public through

Electric vehicle (EV) startup Canoo announced on Friday that it will file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy, ceasing operations effective immediately. The company, known for its innovative microbus-inspired cargo vans,

Canoo said on Friday it would file for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and cease operations, effective immediately. The EV startup has been dealing with rapid cash burn and has struggled to raise additional funding amid uncertain demand for its microbus-inspired cargo vans.

The US electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and will cease operations immediately. This marks the end of the road for the company that emerged from the Californian EV startup Evelozcity in 2019.