Car for Life Canoo reveals further details of its Lifestyle Vehicle, designed for city commutes and country adventures.
The lifestyle hotels category has grown
out in, with the premium model seating up to
significantly in recent years, with such concepts
seven people. A 17-speaker audio system and
catering to every aspect of a guest’s way of life,
ambient lighting completes the offer, and add-
above and beyond the basic bed-and-board
ons include a wellness package that enhances air
offer. This approach has increasingly caught the
quality, attacks odours and kills viruses.
attention of the transport sector, leading to a
The Lifestyle Vehicle comes in four models
new range of vehicles that are suited to both city
– with the Adventure version including a roof
commutes and country adventures.
rack – and prices range from US$34,750 to
One of the first to market, expected in 2022,
US$49,950 in line with Canoo’s accessible-to-
is the aptly-named Lifestyle Vehicle, a highly
all policy. The company has also developed The
versatile, fully-electric car described as a ‘loft on
Pickup Truck for work and weekend featuring
wheels’. Conceived by Canoo, a Los Angeles-based
an extendable flatbed, and The Multi-Purpose
mobility technology company, the multi-tasking
Delivery Vehicle for commercial customers.
vehicle has the interior space of a large SUV with
“It’s no longer a question of whether America
the exterior footprint of a compact car. Signature
will go EV – but when,” explains Tony Aquila,
headlights serve as core brand identifiers along
CEO and Executive Chairman of Canoo. “Our
with a muscular profile and wraparound street
line-up is future-forward and succeeds where
view window that extends overhead, while the
others have struggled; giving people the EV that
interiors maximise space owing to the omission
works smarter for them at a price that can work
of an engine compartment.
for their budgets. We are designing for people
Built to a high specification, the spacious cabin – measuring 188ft3 – is large enough to stretch
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who work hard, play hard and need something reliable, that will last and give value.”
