Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy and announced an immediate halt to operations weeks after it furloughed its remaining workers and idled its Oklahoma factory.

Canoo, the electric vehicle startup that once promised to employ thousands of Oklahomans, filed for bankruptcy on Friday.

US electric van manufacturer Canoo has become the latest innovative vehicle start-up to file for bankruptcy after failing to secure vital funding. Canoo had inked deals to sell its pod-like electric van to high-profile customers such as the United States Postal Service (USPS),

Electric vehicle manufacturer Canoo announced it was filing for bankruptcy Friday. The Oklahoma government was not just a customer but also a de facto investor in Canoo, offering more than $100 million in incentives to bring facilities to the state.

Struggling electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and ceased all operations.

Unable to secure any funding from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Loan Program Office (or, apparently from other sources, including international investors), Canoo will cease all operations effective immediately,

Seven-year-old electric vehicle startup Canoo has filed for bankruptcy and will "cease operations immediately." The company is liquidating its assets in a

Canoo, which makes pod-shaped electric vehicles, announced Friday that it filed for bankruptcy and ceased operations.

The company had been in talks for the same kind of loan from the Biden administration that Rivian was just awarded, only to be denied at the last moment.

The EV start-up had at one point allegedly been in conversations with Apple and had signed contracts with both NASA and Walmart.