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Another one bites the dust as Canoo files for chapter 7 bankruptcy

Jo Borrás| Jan 18 2025 - 6:40 am PT
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[COdogman]

Canoo, we hardly knew ye.

 

[Count Orlok]

The Count in not amused.

 

[Donald Stanfield]

There goes my chance of having my own lunar rover.

 

[DuoRivians]

Oh well

 

[RWerksman]

That's really unfortunate. It's a shame that they could never quite get it together.

I do hope that we get to see the inner workings of them however, sorta how they're tearing down the Arrival vans on Youtube now.

 

[moosetags]

I hate to hear that. I thought it was a very cool vehicle that could have found a niche to flourish in.

Brian

 

[iansriv]

The Count in not amused.

Could his highness be bemused?

 

[iansriv]

Tesla, Scout, etc do peak my interest but, sorry to say Canoo never did anything for me. I didn't hate it or like it. Sort of indifferent to it.

 

[BCondrey]

I don't like to see any startup like this fail. Techcrunch article about it:

EV startup Canoo files for bankruptcy and ceases operations | TechCrunch

 

[bike123.com]

I hate to hear that. I thought it was a very cool vehicle that could have found a niche to flourish in.

Brian

The ID made a lotta buzz zooming down the hi way leaving Canoo in the stream to sink.
Agree it woulda been a go to addition to the livery.
Any of you visionaries have a take on Aptera?
We bought into the accelerator leaderboard 2 years after our ‘21 orders.

 

[Paradigm_Shift]

I wanted the Canoe before I reserved our Rivian. I saw this image and I was hooked. So sad this never came to be.

 

[Gen(R3)Xer]

The ID made a lotta buzz zooming down the hi way leaving Canoo in the stream to sink.
Agree it woulda been a go to addition to the livery.
Any of you visionaries have a take on Aptera?
We bought into the accelerator leaderboard 2 years after our ‘21 orders.

I love the concept and design of Aptera, but they’re struggling to get funding as well. They’ve already gone bankrupt once after people were brought in to save them. Then the original founders bought the rights to everything and started again.

According to several EV YouTubers who saw the production intent Aptera at CES they’re still really far behind and need more money for testing. One of them even claimed that the CEO said they won’t have ABS on the final production model and that they weren’t required to add it because it’s a three-wheeled vehicle.

I personally think that $40K for a 2-seater that is estimated to go 400 miles, hasn’t been crash tested, and isn’t required to have certain safety features is a risky proposition.

 

[Kevinbuiltit]

Rivian should buy design rights and make an R1V. I personally loved the canoo from time it was announced.

 

[sacramentoelectric]

I requested a refund on my $100 deposit a few months ago. To my great surprise, they sent it back quickly with no fuss.

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