CAUTIONARY NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This prospectus, any prospectus supplement and the documents incorporated by reference herein or therein contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), that are subject to risks and uncertainties. We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations and projections about future events. All statements, other than statements of present or historical fact are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “continue,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intends,” “may,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “will,” “would” or the negative of such terms or other similar expressions. These forward-looking statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, levels of activity, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. We caution you that these forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties, most of which are difficult to predict and many of which are beyond our control. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those that we expected, including: • the timeline and our ability to develop and tool our facilities; • our product and software development timeline and expected start of production; • our future capital requirements and use of cash; • our plans to access capital to fund our significant and increasing capital expenditures and other expenses; • our growth strategy and product offering; • our financial and business performance, including financial projections and business metrics and any underlying assumptions thereunder; • changes in our strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenue and losses, projected costs, prospects and plans; • the implementation, market acceptance and success of our business model; • our ability to scale in a cost-effective manner; • developments and projections relating to our competitors and industry; • the impact of health epidemics, including the COVID-19 pandemic, and other economic, regulatory, political, weather and other events on our business and the actions we may take in response thereto; • our expectations regarding our intellectual property protection and not infringe on the rights of others; • our business, expansion plans and opportunities; • the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and • other risks set forth in the sector entitled “Risk Factors” in this prospectus, any related prospectus supplement and in our reports filed with the SEC. These statements are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected or otherwise implied by the forward-looking statements, including the following: • We are an early stage company with a history of losses and expect to incur significant expenses and continuing losses for the foreseeable future. • We may be unable to adequately control the costs associated with our operations. • Our business plans require a significant amount of capital. If we are unable to obtain sufficient funding or do not have access to capital, we will be unable to execute our business plans and our prospects, financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected. • If we fail to successfully build and tool our manufacturing facilities or if our manufacturing facilities become inoperable, we will be unable to produce our vehicles and our business will be harmed. • We may not be able to realize the non-dilutive financial incentives offered by the States of Oklahoma and Arkansas where we will develop our own manufacturing facilities. • Developing our own manufacturing facilities for production of our EVs could increase our capital expenditures and delay or inhibit production of our EVs. • We have not achieved positive operating cash flow and, given our projected funding needs, our ability to generate positive cash flow is uncertain. • Our financial results may vary significantly from period to period due to fluctuations in our operating costs, product demand and other factors. • Our limited operating history makes evaluating our business and future prospects difficult and may increase the risk of your investment. • We previously identified material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting. Although the weaknesses previously identified have been remediated, if we identify additional material weaknesses in the future or otherwise fail to maintain an effective system of internal controls, we may not be able to accurately or timely report our financial condition or results of operations, which may adversely affect our business and stock price. • If we fail to manage our growth effectively, we may not be able to design, develop, manufacture, market and launch our EVs successfully. • We are highly dependent on the service of our key employees and senior management and, if we are unable to attract and retain key employees and hire qualified management, technical and EV engineering personnel, our ability to compete could be harmed. • Our ability to develop and manufacture EVs of sufficient quality and appeal to customers on schedule and on a large scale is unproven and still evolving. • We have no experience to date in high volume manufacture of our EVs. • We will depend initially on revenue generated from a single EV model and in the foreseeable future will be significantly dependent on a limited number of models. • There is no guarantee that we will be able to develop our software platform, Canoo Digital Ecosystem, or that if we are able to develop it, that we will obtain the revenue and other benefits we expect from it. • We may fail to attract new customers in sufficient numbers or at sufficient rates or at all or to retain existing customers, if any, and may face risks if we are dependent on a small number of customers for a significant portion of our revenues. • If our EVs fail to perform as expected, our ability to develop, market and deploy our EVs could be harmed. • Our distribution model may expose us to risk and, if unsuccessful, may impact our business prospects and results of operations. • We may experience significant delays in the design, production and launch of our EVs, which could harm our business, prospects, financial condition and operating results. • Increases in costs, disruption of supply or shortage of raw materials and other components used in our vehicles, in particular lithium-ion battery cells, could harm our business. • We depend upon third parties to manufacture and to supply key components and services necessary for our vehicles. We do not have long-term agreements with all of our manufacturers and suppliers, and if these manufacturers or suppliers become unwilling or unable to provide these key components and services, we would not be able to find alternative sources in a timely manner and our business would be adversely impacted. • We are or may be subject to risks associated with strategic alliances or acquisitions and may not be able to identify adequate strategic relationship opportunities, or form strategic relationships, in the future. • Our EVs are based on the use of complex and novel steer-by-wire technology that is unproven on a wide commercial scale and rely on software and hardware that is highly technical, and if these systems contain errors, bugs or vulnerabilities, or if we are unsuccessful in addressing or mitigating technical limitations in our systems, our business could be adversely affected. • We are subject to cybersecurity risks to our operational systems, security systems, infrastructure, integrated software in our EVs and customer data processed by us or third-party vendors. • We face legal, regulatory and legislative uncertainty in how our go-to-market models will be interpreted under existing and future law, including the potential inability to protect our intellectual property rights, and we may be required to adjust our consumer business model in certain jurisdictions as a result. • The automotive market is highly competitive and technological developments by our competitors may adversely affect the demand for our EVs and our competitiveness in this industry. Given these risks and uncertainties, you should not place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements. We derive many of our forward-looking statements from our operating budgets and forecasts, which are based on many detailed assumptions. While we believe that our assumptions are reasonable, we caution that it is very difficult to predict the impact of known factors, and it is impossible for us to anticipate all factors that could affect our actual results. Important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our expectations, or cautionary statements, are disclosed under the sections entitled “Risk Factors” and “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and subsequent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, which are incorporated by reference herein. All written and oral forward-looking statements attributable to us, or persons acting on our behalf, are expressly qualified in their entirety by these cautionary statements as well as other cautionary statements that are made from time to time in our other SEC filings and public communications. You should evaluate all forward- looking statements made in this prospectus in the context of these risks and uncertainties. See “Where You Can Find More Information” and “Incorporation of Documents by Reference.” We caution you that the important factors referenced above may not contain all of the factors that are important to you. In addition, we cannot assure you that we will realize the results or developments we expect or anticipate or, even if substantially realized, that they will result in the consequences or affect us or our operations in the way we expect. The forward-looking statements included in this prospectus are made only as of the date hereof. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as otherwise required by law.
