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Electric van maker Canoo announced on Monday that it has received Individual Vehicle Approval (IVA) regulatory certification in the UK, confirming that its right-hand drive electric commercial vans meet the national technical requirements.
Last month, Canoo’s CFO Greg Ethridge revealed in a webinar that the company expects “to have vehicles” in the UK and “pilot with them by the end of the year”.
On Monday, Canoo stated that it is preparing for pilot testing the RHD variants of its LDV 130 and LDV 190 electric vans “with a prestigious fleet in the United Kingdom”.
Canoo stated that the next step will be registering both models with the UK’s Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA), allowing them to be legally driven on UK roads.
The EV startup said it secured the regulatory approval “in just three months with less than 2% changes to Bill of Materials (BoM)” of its US-certified RHD LDV 190.
In late September, the company said it was expanding its operations to the United Kingdom with the establishment of a customer and activation center in Bicester Motion.
The company will offer test drives of the commercial electric vans later this year and a brand activation center which is planned to open later this month.
Ethridge has recently detailed that the pilots do not require a big investment they allow the company to start “building relationships with the largest fleets in these markets”.
Tony Aquila, the chief executive, highlighted the UK’s “high-potential market that provides incentives including the plug-in van grant (PIVG)”.
“We’ve been able to enter into two very respectable and supportive markets, the UK and Saudi Arabia,” the CFO stated before saying that Canno is focused on large commercial fleets such as USPS and Walmart.
Besides the UK, the company led by Tony Aquila is also eyeing the Middle East region following its partnership with Red Sea Global.
Last April, Canoo announced that Red Sea Global would pilot its Lifestyle Vehicle (LV), Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV) 190, and the Bulldog pickup truck.
Canoo has recently withdrawn its guidance for revenue, manufacturing run rates, as well as the production and delivery of vehicles for 2024 and subsequent periods.
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