Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle
{{Infobox electric vehicle
| name = Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle
| engine =
| sp = us
| weight = {{convert|4450–4750|lbs|kg|0|abbr=on}}
| height = {{convert|72.7|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| width = {{convert|74.6|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| length = {{convert|174.1|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| wheelbase = {{convert|112.2|in|mm|0|abbr=on}}
| charging =
| drivetrain =
| transmission = Single speed with fixed ratio
| electric_range = {{Convert|250|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}
| image = Canoo5.jpg
| battery = 80 kWh lithium-ion
| motor = {{cvt|200–350|hp|kW}} permanent-magnet synchronous motor
| platform =
| layout = RR
| body_style = 5-door Minivan
| class = Compact MPV (M)
| assembly = United States: Arkansas, Oklahoma
| production = 2023–2025 (Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle)
| manufacturer = Canoo
| designer = Richard Kim
| related = Canoo MPDV
}}
The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle (LV) is a battery electric vehicle with multiple body styles sharing a common platform, including minivan, cargo van, and pickup truck, that was manufactured by Canoo. The cargo van variant, named the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (LDV), was in production; an all-wheel-drive pickup truck, named the Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV), was delivered for evaluation by the United States Army; and three other models of passenger vans were announced. They had range estimates of {{cvt|400|km}} and an estimated {{cvt|0–100|km/h}} time of 6.3 seconds.{{Cite web|last=Brady|first=Duncan|date=|title=2022 Canoo LV Buyer's Guide: Reviews, Specs, Comparisons|url=https://www.motortrend.com/cars/canoo/lv/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-04|website=MotorTrend|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220101012403/https://www.motortrend.com/cars/canoo/lv/ |archive-date=2022-01-01 }}
The base price of the vehicle was US$34,750. Production of the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle began in 2023. The first vehicles made in Oklahoma were delivered to the state of Oklahoma in November 2023.
Design
= Chassis =
The LV and LDV were built on a chassis integrating the battery, traction motor, and suspension in a single skateboard chassis, which Canoo called the "multi-purpose platform" (MPP),{{cite news |url=https://insideevs.com/news/606193/canoo-ldvs-began-deliveries-for-walmart-inhome-dallas-fort-worth/ |title=Canoo LDVs Begin Deliveries For Walmart InHome In Dallas-Fort Worth |first=Dan |last=Mihalascu |date=August 24, 2022 |work=Inside EVs |access-date=13 December 2023}} designed to accommodate a wide variety of bodies, including cargo van, passenger van, and pickup truck styles. Canoo anticipated a body or powertrain swap would take approximately two hours.
The double wishbone suspension uses transverse composite leaf springs.{{Cite web |last=Abuelsamid |first=Sam |date=2019-09-24 |title=Introducing Canoo, No Paddles Required For This Electric Van |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2019/09/24/introducing-canoo-no-paddles-required-for-this-electric-van/ |url-status=live |access-date=2022-01-04 | website= Forbes| language=en |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20190925203013/https://www.forbes.com/sites/samabuelsamid/2019/09/24/introducing-canoo-no-paddles-required-for-this-electric-van/ |archive-date=2019-09-25 }} The LV is equipped with a drive-by-wire system, eliminating the need for mechanical connections like a steering shaft and allowing for greater flexibility in designing the cabin. A redundant 12 V DC–DC converter is included to ensure the steer-by-wire system is operable.
= Body variants =
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The Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle (passenger minivan) was planned to be available in three trims. The Base trim had five seats. The Premium trim, priced $49,950, had a glass roof, a front street view window, a 17 speakers audio system, ambient lighting, an ultraviolet air purifying system, and seven seats; the two additional seats are mounted longitudinally on the rear doors, with its occupants facing each other. The Adventure trim added an exclusive paint color, a tow hitch and roof rack.{{Cite web|title=Canoo Vehicle|url=https://www.canoo.com/canoo/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.canoo.com|language=en}} The body uses a steel structure covered by plastic panels. There is {{cvt|130|ft3}} of enclosed space in the body, of which {{cvt|13|ft3}} is behind the rear seat in passenger models.
File:Artemis II CTV Demo (KSC-20220511-PH-KLS01 0102).jpg
The Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle (cargo minivan), priced US$34,750, has two seats and {{cvt|1464|lb}} of cargo capacity. In August 2023, Canoo announced the LDV 190, retroactively renaming the original LDV to LDV 130; the LDV 190 is a Class 2 vehicle with reinforced suspension and {{cvt|172|ft3}} of cargo space behind the bulkhead for the front cab. It also is equipped with a modular "rear cargo cartridge" which enables the user to install different rear hatch and tailgate configurations.{{cite press release |url=https://www.press.canoo.com/press-release/canoo-announces-introduction-of-its-lifestyle-delivery-vehicle-190 |title=Canoo Announces Introduction of its Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle 190 |date=August 14, 2023 |publisher=Canoo |access-date=13 December 2023}}
An unnamed pickup truck concept was shown in 2021, with an extended cab configuration. It is anticipated to be available either as a single-motor, rear-wheel-drive chassis or a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive model.{{cite news |url=https://insideevs.com/news/493538/2023-canoo-electric-pickup-truck/ |title=Canoo's 2023 Electric Pickup Truck Will Bring Innovative Features |first=Gustavo Henrique |last=Ruffo |date=March 11, 2021 |work=Inside EVs |access-date=13 December 2023}} For the Canoo Light Tactical Vehicle (LTV), a single-cab pickup truck using the MPP chassis supplied to the United States Army for evaluation in December 2022, the leaf springs are replaced by air springs due to increased weight. Other changes include increased wheel and tire size, and unique control arms at all four wheels.{{cite news |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-canoo-light-tactical-vehicle-ltv-pickup-truck-first-drive-review/ |title=Canoo U.S. Army Light Tactical Vehicle First Drive Review: Mil-Spec Lifestyle |first1=Frank |last1=Markus |first2=Jim |last2=Fets |date=December 1, 2022 |work=Motor Trend |access-date=13 December 2023}}
=Styling=
The Canoo LV was designed by a team led by Richard Kim; Kim previously had designed the BMW i3 and i8 concepts, and served as the vice president of design for Faraday Future before leaving to co-found Canoo.{{cite interview |url=https://www.the-smalltalk.com/richard-kim-bmw-i-alum-to-disrupt-car-subscription-market-with-canoo/ |title=Richard Kim, BMWi Alum to Disrupt Car Subscription Market with Canoo |date= |subject=Richard Kim |subject-link=Richard Kim (car designer) |interviewer=Jay Kim Salinger |work=The Smalltalk |access-date=13 December 2023}} The design won a Red Dot "Best of the Best" design concept award for mobility & transportation in 2020.{{cite web |url=https://www.red-dot.org/project/canoo-48337 |title=canoo |publisher=reddot |access-date=14 December 2023}}
=Powertrain=
A prototype driven by Motor Trend in December 2022 was equipped with a single rear-mounted traction motor which weighs {{cvt|200|lb}}. It was designed and built by Canoo, with a maximum output of {{cvt|200–350|hp|kW PS}} and {{cvt|304|lbft}}, which can be adjusted using software. The single-speed reduction gear has a ratio of 9.7:1.
The LV considered adding a dual-motor, all-wheel-drive variant, as the LTV includes a second motor for the front axle. The estimated combined maximum output of the dual-motor LTV is {{cvt|600|hp|kW PS}} and {{cvt|600|lbft}}.
=Battery and range=
The LV had an {{cvt|80|kWh}} battery with a range of approximately {{cvt|250|mi}}. As originally announced, 40 and 60 kWh batteries also were planned to be available. The traction battery operates at 400 V and has an energy density of 195 Wh/kg using 2170-sized cells, suggesting the weight of the 80 kWh battery is {{cvt|{{#expr: 80000/195 round 1}}|kg}}.
The battery uses 2170 cylindrical lithium-ion cells manufactured by Panasonic and integrated into the chassis in eight battery modules.{{Cite web| last= Halvorson| first=Bengt|date=2021-10-26|title=Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle will get Panasonic cylindrical cells for its structural battery approach| url= https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1133982_canoo-lifestyle-vehicle-will-get-panasonic-cylindrical-cells-for-its-structural-battery-approach|url-status =live| access-date=2022-01-04| website= Green Car Reports| language= en|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20211026184848/https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1133982_canoo-lifestyle-vehicle-will-get-panasonic-cylindrical-cells-for-its-structural-battery-approach |archive-date=2021-10-26 }} The eight modules are sealed into the floor, riding between the frame rails, a belly panel below, and the cabin floor above; as Pete Savagian, Canoo's Chief Technology Officer explained in 2021, "Riding in that cavity are the modules, which are protected by the structure, and the modules themselves are structurally attached to the frame. They actually serve to stiffen, somewhat, the frame and transfer some of the load during a crash event."{{cite news |url=https://www.greencarreports.com/news/1132705_ev-startup-canoo-has-a-structural-battery-but-it-s-not-tesla-s-approach |title=EV startup Canoo has a structural battery—but it's not Tesla's approach |first=Bengt |last=Halvorson |date=June 24, 2021 |work=Green Car Reports |access-date=14 December 2023}} Due to its modular design, 4680 or pouch cells could be used.
Production
{{multiple image |align=right |direction=vertical |title=Canoo LV interior
|image1=Artemis II CTV Demo (KSC-20220511-PH-KLS01 0272).jpg
|caption1=Rear passengers sit on a lounge-style bench
|image2=Artemis II CTV Demo (KSC-20220511-PH-KLS01 0293).jpg
|caption2=When the vehicle is stopped, the front seats can tilt forward and jumpseats fold down for rear-facing occupants
}}
Lifestyle Vehicles were planned to be assembled in factories to be built in Arkansas and Pryor, Oklahoma. As of 2022, Canoo aimed to build at least 3,000 vehicles in 2022, then 14,000 in 2023 and 40,000 in 2024 and 70,000 in 2025.{{Cite web|last=Miller|first=Caleb|date=2021-12-20|title=Startup Canoo Will Build Radical EVs in Arkansas and Oklahoma|url=https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38571536/canoo-ev-production-arkansas-oklahoma/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-04|website=www.caranddriver.com|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211220213940/https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a38571536/canoo-ev-production-arkansas-oklahoma/ |archive-date=2021-12-20 }} The production of the first vehicles was set originally to take place in Bentonville, Arkansas to support deliveries to Walmart, but later was shifted to an unspecified contractor in August 2022.{{cite news |url=https://insideevs.com/news/603983/canoo-outsource-initial-production-electric-vans-walmart/ |title=Canoo To Outsource Initial Production Of Electric Vans For Walmart |first=Dan |last=Mihalascu |date=August 12, 2022 |work=Inside EVs |access-date=13 December 2023}}
Approximately 120 prototypes were built at Roush Industries in Livonia, Michigan by December 2022, using tooling and processes developed by Canoo; these tools were planned to be taken back to the Canoo Oklahoma factory in 2023. The first official production vehicle was assembled on November 17, 2022; Canoo planned to fill exclusively commercial fleet orders for the first year of production.{{cite news |url=https://www.motortrend.com/reviews/2024-canoo-lifestyle-vehicle-first-drive-review/ |title=2024 Canoo Lifestyle Vehicle First Drive Review: Rocking the Boat |first=Frank |last=Markus |date=December 1, 2022 |work=Motor Trend |access-date=13 December 2023}} Some of the prototypes were tested by Walmart InHome as delivery vehicles in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex starting in July 2022. The first vehicles made in Oklahoma were delivered to the state of Oklahoma in November 2023.{{cite press release |url=https://investors.canoo.com/news-presentations/press-releases/detail/116/canoo-delivering-first-made-in-oklahoma-electric-vehicles |title=Canoo Delivering First Made in Oklahoma Electric Vehicles to State Government |date=November 13, 2023 |publisher=Canoo |access-date=13 December 2023}}
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