Canoo EV battery to be made in USA

An EV battery module manufacturing facility is planned by Canoo at the MidAmerica Industrial Park in Pryor, Oklahoma, capable of about 3200 MWhs of production.

“We are accelerating our hiring plans in Pryor with the establishment of our EV Battery Module Manufacturing Facility, which will produce our proprietary battery modules, energy management system and thermal control technology for our MPP platform,” says Canoo chair and chief executive Tony Aquila.

“This is the first building block for Canoo’s production ramp strategy, with more news coming very soon. The location has been strategically selected due to its proximity to our battery cell partner Panasonic and our future MegaMicro factory.”

Aquila says the battery modules will be produced using hydro power from the Grand River Dam Authority.

Canoo starts renovations on its 9290 square metre building in Q4 of this year, close to its planned “MegaMicro factory” 161-hectare campus at the 3642ha industrial complex.

The EV start-up has many orders for its lifestyle delivery vehicles, expected to be ready by 2023, including from Walmart which ordered 4500 units and has an option to buy up to 10,000.