Canoo Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Warrants - Narrative (Details)

Warrants - Narrative (Details)							1 Months Ended	3 Months Ended						9 Months Ended
Warrants - Narrative (Details)	Aug. 04, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 22, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 05, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jan. 31, 2023 USD ($)	Nov. 09, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares	Jul. 11, 2022 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Feb. 28, 2022 USD ($) tranche $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Jun. 30, 2023 shares	Mar. 31, 2023 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Jun. 30, 2022 shares	Mar. 31, 2022 shares	Sep. 30, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares shares	Sep. 30, 2022 USD ($) shares	Apr. 24, 2023 USD ($) $ / shares	Apr. 23, 2023 USD ($)	Feb. 09, 2023 $ / shares	Jan. 13, 2023 shares	Jul. 22, 2022 $ / shares	Jul. 20, 2022 $ / shares
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Shares of common stock per warrant (shares per warrant) \| shares								1						1
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 11.50						$ 11.50
Number of tranches \| tranche							3
Earlier terminated (in years)														5 years
Loss on extinguishment of debt								$ (17,126,000)			$ 0			$ (40,091,000)	$ 0
Reclassification of warrant liability to additional paid-in capital										$ 19,510,000				$ 19,510,000	$ 0
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.63						$ 0.63
Dividend yield														0.00%
PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Issuance of shares under Legal Settlement (Note 11)					$ 10,000,000
Yorkville
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares																$ 0.14				$ 0.50	$ 1.00
Yorkville \| Convertible Debt
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares																$ 0.10
Aggregate fair value								$ 800,000						$ 800,000		$ 41,400,000	$ 45,100,000
Yorkville \| Common stock \| Yorkville Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Issuance of shares under Legal Settlement (Note 11)														$ 21,200,000
Walmart Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants vested (in shares) \| shares						15,300,000
Walmart Warrants \| Walmart Inc
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of electric vehicles						4,500
Number of electric vehicles, additions						5,500
Yorkville Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants vested (in shares) \| shares														34,200,000
Securities Purchase Agreement
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares			2,000,000
June 2023 PIPE \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value		$ 7,000,000
Warrants fair value								6,400,000						$ 6,400,000
Unrealized loss								(200,000)						(600,000)
I-40 Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value								900,000						900,000
August 2023 PIPE \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Aggregate fair value		$ 3,000,000
Warrants fair value								2,200,000						2,200,000
Unrealized loss								$ (800,000)						$ (800,000)
Class of warrant or right exercised (in share) \| shares								0						0
Manufacturing Services Agreement With VDL Nedcar
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Payments to acquire other productive assets							$ 8,400,000
Warrant \| VDL Nedcar
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Number of shares issued or issuable (in shares) \| shares							972,222
Warrant \| VDL Nedcar \| Minimum
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 18
Warrant \| VDL Nedcar \| Maximum
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares							$ 40
Common stock
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercised in the period (in shares) \| shares								5,000	2,000	2,000	24,000	7,000	20,000
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares					$ 1.11			$ 0.62						$ 0.62
Public Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares								23,755,069						23,755,069
Public Warrants \| Warrant
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants exercised in the period (in shares) \| shares								0			0			0	0
Warrant Agreement
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares						61,200,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 2.15
Vested of warrants (in years)						10 years
Class of warrant or right exercised (in share) \| shares								0						0
Warrant Agreement \| Walmart Inc \| Canoo Sales, LLC
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Ownership percentage						20.00%
Warrant Agreement \| Walmart Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares						$ 2.04
Corresponding increase in the total number of authorized share (in shares) \| shares						64,400,000
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 3.63						$ 3.63
Dividend yield														0.00%
Warrant Agreement \| Walmart Warrants \| Related Party
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Revenue covenant to the purchase agreement						$ 300,000,000
Warrant Agreement \| Yorkville Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares								29,600,000						29,600,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 1.15						$ 1.15				$ 1.05
Class of additional warrant or right, outstanding (in shares) \| shares																			4,600,000
Loss on extinguishment of debt				$ (300,000)
Reclassification of warrant liability to additional paid-in capital				$ 19,500,000
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 1.20						$ 1.20
Warrant Agreement \| Yorkville Warrants \| Convertible Debt
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares								127,300,000						127,300,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.54						$ 0.54
Aggregate fair value								$ 61,500,000						$ 61,500,000
Warrants fair value								50,000,000						50,000,000
Unrealized loss								$ 11,500,000						$ 11,500,000
Warrant Agreement \| Yorkville Warrants \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Dividend yield														0.00%
Warrant Agreement \| Securities Purchase Agreement
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares			50,000,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.30
Earlier terminated (in years)			5 years
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares			$ 1.05					$ 0.49						$ 0.49
Proceeds from issuance of warrants			$ 49,400,000
Dividend yield														0.00%
Warrant Agreement \| Securities Purchase Agreement \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Loss on extinguishment of debt								$ 1,500,000						$ (23,800,000)
Aggregate fair value								40,000,000						40,000,000
Warrants fair value								$ 16,200,000						$ 16,200,000
Warrant Agreement \| June 2023 PIPE \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares		16,300,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.67
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares		$ 0.49
Proceeds from issuance of warrants		$ 8,800,000
Dividend yield		0.00%
Warrant Agreement \| I-40 Warrants
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares								2,300,000						2,300,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.65						$ 0.65
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares								$ 0.49						$ 0.49
Dividend yield														0.00%
Warrant Agreement \| August 2023 PIPE \| PIPE
Class of Warrant or Right [Line Items]
Warrants outstanding (in shares) \| shares	5,600,000
Warrant exercise price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.67
Purchase share price (in dollars per share) \| $ / shares	$ 0.49
Proceeds from issuance of warrants	$ 3,000,000
Initial exerciseterm	5 years
Dividend yield	0.00%