Canoo Inc. (Nasdaq: GOEV) ("Canoo"), a company developing breakthrough electric vehicles ("EV") with a proprietary and highly versatile EV platform for personal and business use, today announced its financial results for the second quarter of 2021.

"At Canoo we are focused on bringing sustainable and affordable mobility to the working people of America and beyond. We awarded two significant contracts - phase 1, contract manufacturing with VDL Nedcar and phase 2, selecting Oklahoma as our partner for our owned manufacturing plant," said Tony Aquila, Investor, Chairman & CEO of Canoo Inc. "The state of Oklahoma has committed approximately $300 million in non-dilutive financial incentives to support our facility. We target to bring 2,000 high-paying jobs, with a goal to hire at least 40% of the workforce from the local community – which consists of Native Americans and veterans. We remain focused on execution as we start the countdown to SOP for our Lifestyle Vehicle when we enter the fourth quarter of this year."

Recent Updates:

• Strengthened executive bench and named Josette Sheeran President, in addition to her board role, and announced that Ramesh Murthy, Chief Accounting Officer, has been promoted to the additional title of SVP Finance.
• Received an AA ESG rating from leading ESG ratings firm, MSCI.

Second Quarter Business Highlights:

• Awarded VDL Nedcar as contract manufacturer to meet Q4 2022 SOP for Lifestyle Vehicle.
• Selected Oklahoma as our partner for Phase 2 manufacturing. The state of Oklahoma has committed approximately $300MM in non-dilutive financial incentives to support our facility – which we target to bring 2,000 high-paying jobs, with a goal to hire at least 40% of the workforce from the local community – which consists of Native Americans and veterans.
• We've achieved approximately 500K miles of Beta testing and locked engineering and design to commence our Gamma builds. 
• 87% of components sourced, compared to 74% in the first quarter of this year, and excluding bulk material, 95% component sourcing complete.
• Completed engineering design for 67% of the Lifestyle Vehicle components and moved those into tooling.
• Surpassed 9,500 non-binding refundable preorders across Lifestyle Vehicle, Pickup Truck and Multi-Purpose Delivery Vehicle.
• Our workforce increased by 230 to 656 total employees, compared to fourth quarter 2020, or a 54% increase. In the second quarter alone, we added 112 employees, or up 21% sequentially.
• Over 70% of total workforce are hardware and software engineers.

Second Quarter Financial Highlights:

• Cash and cash equivalents of $563.6 million as of June 30, 2021.
• GAAP Net loss and comprehensive loss of $112.6 million and $127.8 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to a GAAP Net loss and comprehensive loss of $23.2 million and $54.1 million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively. The GAAP Net loss and comprehensive loss for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, included a loss of $8.2 million and a gain of $(75.4) million on fair value change of earnout right liability.
• Adjusted EBITDA of $(76.7) million and $(126.5) million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $(17.7) million and $(40.7) million for the three and six months ended June 30, 2020, respectively.
• Net cash used in operating activities totaled $108.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $42.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2020.
• Net cash used in investing activities were $28.7 million during the six months ended June 30, 2021, compared to $1.0 million during the six months ended June 30, 2020.   

Third Quarter 2021 Business Outlook

Based upon our current projections Canoo expects:

• Operating Expenses (excluding stock-based compensation and depreciation) of: $75M - $85M
• Capital Expenditures of: $45M - $55M

Conference Call Information

Canoo will host a conference call to discuss the results today, August 16, 2021, at 5:00 PM ET.

To listen to the conference call via telephone dial (877) 407-9169 (U.S.) and (201) 493-6755 (international callers/U.S. toll) and enter the conference ID number 13722169. To listen to the webcast, please click here. A telephone replay will be available until AUGUST 30, 2021, at (877) 660-6853 (U.S.) and (201) 612-7415 (international callers/U.S. toll), with Conference ID number 13722169. To listen to the webcast replay, please click here.

Non-GAAP Financial Measures

EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA

"EBITDA" is defined as Net loss before interest expense, income tax expense or benefit, and depreciation and amortization. "Adjusted EBITDA" is defined as EBITDA adjusted for stock-based compensation, restructuring charges, asset impairments, and other costs associated with exit and disposal activities, acquisition and related costs, changes to the fair value of contingent earnout shares liability, and any other one-time non-recurring transaction amounts impacting the statement of operations during the year. Adjusted EBITDA is intended as a supplemental measure of our performance that is neither required by, nor presented in accordance with, GAAP. We believe Adjusted EBITDA, when combined with net loss, and EBITDA, is beneficial to an investor's complete understanding of our operating performance. We believe that the use of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA provides an additional tool for investors to use in evaluating ongoing operating results and trends and in comparing our financial measures with those of comparable companies, which may present similar non-GAAP financial measures to investors. However, you should be aware that when evaluating EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA we may incur future expenses similar to those excluded when calculating these measures. In addition, our presentation of these measures should not be construed as an inference that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. Our computation of EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA may not be comparable to other similarly titled measures computed by other companies, because all companies may not calculate EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA in the same fashion.

Because of these limitations, EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA should not be considered in isolation or as a substitute for performance measures calculated in accordance with GAAP. We manage our business utilizing EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA as supplemental performance measures.

Second Quarter 2021 Financial Results

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ADJUSTED EBITDA RECONCILIATION TABLE

The following table reconciles Net loss to EBITDA and Adjusted EBITDA:

About Canoo

Canoo has developed breakthrough electric vehicles that are reinventing the automotive landscape with bold innovations in design, pioneering technologies, and a unique business model that defies traditional ownership to put customers first. Distinguished by its experienced team with employees from leading technology and automotive companies – Canoo has designed a modular electric platform purpose-built to deliver maximum vehicle interior space and adaptable to support a wide range of vehicle applications for consumers and businesses. For more information, please visit www.canoo.com. For Canoo press materials, including photos, please visit press.canoo.com. For investors, please visit investors.canoo.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

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