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.

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 was founded in 2017 by two former Faraday Future executives, changing its name from Evelozcity in 2019. That same year, it unveiled its so-called lifestyle vehicle prototype model. It made no revenue in 2022 and almost none in 2023. Development costs kept piling up, with more than $1 billion in loans.

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