Canoo Partners with Northside Truck & Van to Deliver its Initial Parts Network and Reliable Service, Maintenance, and Repair Services to Customers in the United Kingdom
November 18 2024 - 7:00AM
Canoo Inc. (Nasdaq: GOEV), a high-tech advanced mobility company,
today announced a new service, maintenance, and repair (SMR)
agreement with Northside Truck & Van Ltd. (“Northside”), a
premier automotive service provider in the United Kingdom. With a
current aftersales portfolio of over 280 garages in the country,
Northside will provide support and maintenance of Canoo’s light
commercial vehicles (LCVs) for commercial fleet and government
customers including 24/7/365 maintenance service availability in
the United Kingdom.
With the growing demand for sustainable commercial
transportation solutions, Canoo is at the forefront of providing
innovative electric van options customized for customers. By
partnering with Northside Truck & Van, Canoo will leverage
Northside’s Fleet Management solutions, including full maintenance
and services of its vehicles, and tapping into Northside’s
extensive expertise in EV service and repair to offer a seamless
maintenance experience for Canoo commercial fleet and government
customers in the UK. Northside will also source parts inventory
directly from Canoo for customer usage leveraging the company’s 72
physical locations across England, Scotland and Wales.
“We are thrilled to announce our official partnership with
Northside Truck & Van,” said Tony Aquila, Investor, Executive
Chairman, and CEO of Canoo. “Choosing the right SMR partners is
essential to ensuring the most critical part of the AutoNetworks
experience: providing fast, qualified, and professional service
when it's needed most. We look forward to building on this
relationship with Keith and his team at Northside, beginning with
servicing one of the UK’s most prestigious and largest fleets. Our
vehicles have consistently performed in the most challenging
weather conditions worldwide, and our platform is designed to
deliver real-time over-the-air (OTA) updates to optimize uptime.
This partnership with Northside reinforces our commitment to
providing cutting-edge solutions with in-person professional SMR
services and solutions, delivering valuable insights to help
optimize operations, exceed customer expectations, and ensure the
highest levels of satisfaction."
In the near term, Northside’s SMR personnel will work
side-by-side with Canoo’s Quick Reaction Force (QRF) team to
provide instant service to Canoo pilot vehicles that are expected
to be on UK roads in Q4 this year.
Key Benefits of the Partnership Include:
- Expert Service: Northside Truck & Van brings a wealth of
experience in servicing commercial vans, ensuring that electric
vans receive specialized care from certified technicians.
- Nationwide Reach: With service locations across the country,
customers will have convenient access to maintenance and repair
services, minimizing downtime and maximizing efficiency.
- Parts Availability: Northside supplies a wide range of parts
across vans and trucks and offers a full solution on parts
distribution across the UK in which Northside holds over 6 million
pounds of parts stock at any one time.
- Dedicated team: Northside has a dedicated team of trade parts
reps based at a central location that deals with the day-to-day
traffic on all parts sales across their business.
"We are excited to partner with Canoo here in the United Kingdom
to support their mission of providing sustainable commercial EVs,"
said Keith Sims, Managing Director, Northside Truck & Van. " As
the first commercial dealership in the UK to become accredited with
EVA (Electric Vehicle Approved) standard, we are committed to
ensuring that every Canoo electric cargo van receives the best
possible care, when needed, allowing commercial and government
businesses to focus on their operations. Our own dedicated Fleet
Management company helps reduce vehicle downtime and the costs
associated with it, while keeping our customers on the road and
operational."
“We deliver over 39 million of pounds of parts across the UK
with several impressed stocks with blue chip customers”, added
Gavin Hewitt, Aftersales Director, Northside Truck & Van.
“Thanks to our well-established aftersales structure and the
central location of our sites, we are ideally positioned to serve
the whole of the UK with various parts delivery requirements. We
are thrilled to team up with Canoo and we look forward to
developing this exciting new venture together.”
About Canoo
Founded in 2017, Canoo Inc. (NASDAQ: GOEV) is an automotive tech
company that manufactures electric cargo vehicles, built to
deliver, for large commercial, government and fleet customers
globally. The company has developed design-forward innovative
electric vehicles with steer-by-wire technology on its common
modular platform with end-to-end software plus power solutions.
Canoo’s platform is purpose-built to maximize the vehicle interior
space and is customizable to support a wide range of business and
government applications. Headquartered in Justin, Texas, Canoo has
teams located in California, Michigan and Oklahoma with world-class
vehicle and battery facilities in Oklahoma City. For more
information please visit www.canoo.com and investors.canoo.com.
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