The Manila Times

Workhorse secures loan, Duke to supply batteries

- WORKHORSE

WORKHORSE Group, which manufactur­es electric delivery vans for UPS, FedEx- senior secured notes, and to acquire parts Marathon will provide the funds in

lump sum that will be used principall­y to satisfy repayment of the senior secured

line from which Workhorse may draw as necessary to meet existing and future purchase orders.

“This agreement provides meaningful near-term funding that will go directly toward building and delivering vehicles to customers in 2019,” said Workhorse Chief all covenants associated with that arrangemen­t, including the obligation to sell our eVTOL aircraft, SureFly.”

Workhorse also announced that it continues working with Duke Energy to create a battery leasing program designed to provide customers with a cost-competitiv­e electric vehicle alternativ­e. In November, as the first step in the relationsh­ip, a subsidiary of Duke purchased 615,000

from Workhorse. Duke intends to explore further developmen­t of eFleet solutions to Workhorse customers, which may include

of all the Behind the Meter (BTM) infrastruc­ture necessary to support depot-wide

distribute­d energy resources.

Duke and Workhorse believe a seamless integrated solution will help reduce the

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