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insert inside Canoo ’s 2023 pay report is a nugget regarding the enjoyment of CEO Tony Aquila ’s secret jet — just one of many expenses thatillustrates the crack between outlay and revenue at the EV startup .

Canoo post Monday its 4th - quarter and full - year profits for 2023 in aregulatory filingthat shows a company burning through John Cash as it tries to scale up volume production of its commercial electric vehicles and nullify the same fate as other EV startup , like recently bankruptArrival . The regulative filing once again contained a “ going worry ” warning — which haspersisted since 2022 — as well as some procession on the expenses and revenue fronts .

The company generated $ 886,000 in revenue in 2023 compared to zero dollars in 2022 , as the company present 22 vehicles to entities like NASA and the state of Oklahoma . And it did concentrate its loss from operation by nearly one-half , from $ 506 million in 2022 to $ 267 million in 2023.The revenue - to - loss opening is still considerable though : The company report total net expiration of $ 302.6 million in 2023 .

Still , one only needs to look at what Canoo is pay to pull the CEO ’s private jet to put those “ win ” into linear perspective . Under a hand reached in November 2020 , Canoo reimburse Aquila Family Ventures , an entity owned by the CEO , for use of an aircraft . In 2023 , Canoo spend $ 1.7 million on this reimbursement — that ’s double the amount of revenue it give . Canoo paid Aquila Family Ventures $ 1.3 million in 2022 and $ 1.8 million in 2021 for use of the aircraft .

severally , Canoo also paid Aquila Family Ventures $ 1.7 million in 2023 , $ 1.1 million in 2022 and $ 500,000 in 2021 for shared service support in its Justin , Texas , bodied office deftness , according to regulative filing .

This could be chalked up to lowly pecuniary potatoes   if   Canoo contact its revenue forecast for 2024 of $ 50 million to $ 100 million .

We ’ve asked Canoo for comment and will update this post if we hear back .

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