Texas-based EV startup Canoo unveiled a brand new, extra rugged model of its all-electric pickup dubbed the American Bulldog.
When you’ve been following the EV house, Canoo might need come onto your radar at the very least as soon as. It’s been attempting to convey an unconventional, boxy EV to marketplace for about 4 years, beginning with its so-called Life-style Car, which is sort of a minivan, whereas an extended-cab pickup primarily based on the identical skateboard platform was alleged to comply with.
Nonetheless, to one of the best of my data, none of those really made it into manufacturing within the kind they had been initially unveiled in. As an alternative, Canoo entered the industrial market with a van model of its EV and has orders for over 19,000 items from Walmart, Zeeba, and Kingbee. It additionally delivered some automobiles to NASA, which had been used to move the astronauts, flight assist crew, and a few gear to the launch pad of the Artemis lunar missions.
Furthermore, it despatched a rugged single-cab model of its pickup for testing to the U.S. Military final 12 months, and it’s this car that acts as a base for the newly-revealed American Bulldog.
With this being mentioned, particulars are paper-thin on the brand new EV. We all know it has 4 doorways and a mattress within the again, and that’s about it. The official press launch is stuffed with statements like “this car performs like a battleship,” “a powerhouse of engineering,” and “this car is a masterclass in kind and performance.”
With this being mentioned, the corporate stops wanting providing concrete particulars and, possibly extra importantly, bombastic estimates for supply and beginning costs. So, with all issues thought-about, that is presently an idea automotive and a fairly cool one at that.
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The official identify that seems on the startup’s web site is Canoo LTV Quad-Cab, which presumably means it’s a Light-weight Tactical Car, so – similar to the single-cab variant from final 12 months – it’s in all probability meant for the Military.
The only-cab LTV had an general size of 184 inches and a width of 78 inches, however seeing how the double-cab American Bulldog has flared wheel arches, it is likely to be a bit wider than its two-seater sibling. The only-cab LTV additionally had a most payload capability of 1,800 kilos, 32-inch all-terrain tires, all-wheel drive, and as much as 600 horsepower.
Against this, the civilian model of the pickup has a focused energy output of over 500 hp and an estimated vary of over 200 miles because of an 80-kilowatt-hour battery pack.
I reached out to Canoo asking for some arduous numbers on the American Bulldog and I’ll replace this text once I hear again from the corporate.
Within the first half of the 12 months, Canoo misplaced $161.6 million, in line with its second-quarter monetary report, and had money and money equivalents of $5 million. Throughout Q2, the corporate generated its first income from car deliveries and its contract with the federal government.