The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle is a battery electric

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announced by

Canoo Canoo is an American automotive startup based in Torrance, California, that develops and manufactures electric vehicles. It plans to sell a lifestyle vehicle by 2022. Canoo's research & development team is based in the Detroit region (Aubur ...

. Four models have been announced, with range estimates of 400 kilometers (250 mi) and an estimated 0–100 km/h (0–62 mph) time of 6.3 seconds. The base price of the vehicle is announced to be

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34,750. Production of the Lifestyle Vehicle is stated to begin in late 2022.

Design

The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle will be available in four trims. The Delivery trim, priced US$34,750, would offer two seats and 1464 lbs (664 kg) of cargo capacity. The Base trim would be able to sit 5 persons. The Premium trim, priced $49,950, would offer 7 seats with two additional seats mounted longitudinally on the rear doors, a glass roof, a front street view window, a 17 speakers audio system, ambient lighting and an ultraviolet air purifying system. The Adventure trim would add an exclusive paint color, a tow hitch and roof rack.

Specifications

The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle (LV) would be built on a chassis integrating the battery and driving elements in a single "

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". Suspensions would use a

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with a transverse composite

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. The LV would be equipped with a

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system, eliminating the need for mechanical connections like a steering shaft and allowing for a greater flexibility in designing the cabin. The body would be a steel structure covered by plastic panels. The LV is announced to have a battery with a range of about . The battery is to use 2170 cylindrical lithium-ion cells manufactured by

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and integrated into the chassis in eight structural battery modules.

Production

Lifestyle Vehicles will be assembled in factories to be built in

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and Pryor,

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. As of 2022, Canoo aims to build at least 3,000 vehicles in 2022, then 14,000 in 2023 and 40,000 in 2024 and 70,000 in 2025.{{Cite web, last=Miller, first=Caleb, date=2021-12-20, title=Startup Canoo Will Build Radical EVs in Arkansas and Oklahoma, url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38571536/canoo-ev-production-arkansas-oklahoma/, url-status=live, access-date=2022-01-04, website=www.caranddriver.com, language=en-US, archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220213940/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38571536/canoo-ev-production-arkansas-oklahoma/ , archive-date=2021-12-20

References

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