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Canoo Oklahoma Vehicle Manufacturing Facility

Canoo

Oklahoma City, OK, USA

-97.684879, 35.4563259

The Big Green Machine Site ID: 86

Additional Information:

Sector: EVs

Activity: Manufacturing

Product: EVs


Project Announcement Date: 11/2/2022

Target for Starting Production: 2023

Date Commercial Production Started: 11/13/2023

Announced Post Inflation Reduction Act: Yes


Target Annual Production: 20000 EVs

Operating Status: Closed


Target Jobs: 500

Current Jobs: 100

Capital Investment: $230 million

Congressional District: OK5

Government Subsidies:

Local/State: $1 million


Federal:

Advanced Technology Manufacturing Loan: $0 million

Bipartisan Infrastructure Funding: $1 million

Selected Sources:


“Canoo to build battery plant in Oklahoma”, Chris Randall, electrive.com, 02 Nov 2022. 🔗


“Canoo buys OKC plant for $34.27 million as it prepares for electric vehicle manufacturing”, Steve Lackmeyer, The Oklahoman, 06 Apr 2023. 🔗


“Canoo Finalizes Incentive Package with Oklahoma, Cherokee Nation”, Canoo, PR Newswire, 14 Aug 2023. 🔗


“Canoo: Oklahoma plants on schedule”, John Magsam, arkansasonline.com, 15 Aug 2023. 🔗


“Will a third attempt at hundreds of millions in economic incentives work out for Canoo and Oklahoma?”, Clifton Adcock of The Frontier, KOSU, 22 Aug 2023. 🔗


“Canoo Inc Shifts Focus to Fleet Vehicles, Secures High-Profile Clients Like Walmart and NASA”, Steve Darling, Proactiveinvestors NA, 09 Oct 2024. 🔗


“Oklahoma Warns Canoo $113M Incentives Tied to Performance Compliance”, Cláudio Afonso, EV, 09 Nov 2024. 🔗



“We have no choice.' Canoo's capital woes led to furloughs, pause at OKC factory”, Rebecca Heliot, The Oklahoman, 18 Dec 2024. 🔗




“State receives first made-in-Oklahoma electric vehicles from Canoo”, Office of Management and Enterprise Services, 28 Dec 2023. 🔗


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