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EVUKClosed 2024

Total Raised

$1B

Peak Valuation

$13B

Employees

Year Collapsed

2024

Business model

Design and manufacture electric vans and buses using proprietary microfactory production method.

In brief

Promised to reinvent vehicle manufacturing with small, modular "microfactories" instead of traditional giant plants, backed by Hyundai, Kia, and a $13B SPAC valuation. Repeated delays getting its electric van into production, mounting losses, and failed attempts to raise further…

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Key facts

Founded
2015
Closed
2024
Headquarters
London, UK
Industry
EV
Employees
Revenue
Undisclosed

Related failures

Often compared with: Rivian, BYD.