Canoo shifts workforce, HQ from California to Texas, Oklahoma

Sep 9, 2024

Canoo, an electric commercial vehicle maker, moved its engineering workforce and headquarters to Oklahoma and Texas.

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Canoo moved its engineering workforce and company headquarters to Oklahoma and Texas, respectively, the company announced Monday.

About 137 engineering positions will relocation to Oklahoma City and Pryor, Okla., from California, the electric vehicle maker says. Headquarters, effective immediately, will be in Justin, Texas. The company's leadership team has been in Texas since 2021.

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Canoo, which services electric cargo vehicles, has a 500,000-square-foot manufacturing facility in Oklahoma City. It says it is actively hiring for more positions in all the new locations, with plans to expand and ramp up to 150 open positions in the near future.

Canoo also has teams in California and Michigan.

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