- Workhorse vehicles have demonstrated years of exceptional performance in a range of harsh operating environments, from the heat of Arizona summers to the sub-zero cold across Canada
- More than 1,100 Workhorse trucks, buses and shuttles have displaced the use of 2.3 million gallons of gas and prevented the emissions of 45 million pounds of CO2
DETROIT, March 10, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Workhorse Group Inc. (NASDAQ:WKHS) ("Workhorse") a North American OEM and provider of all-electric trucks, shuttles and buses, announces that its 1,100+ electric vehicles deployed to customers have surpassed a combined 20 million miles of in-service travel. This deep real-world experience enables Workhorse to be a true partner in fleet electrification to its customers today, and at the same time drives the design and engineering of the company's 7th generation platform and expanded vehicle lineup.
"Twenty million miles is a significant threshold which reflects not only the quality and performance of our vehicles, but the trust that our many repeat customers have placed in Workhorse. This achievement reinforces the view that medium-duty is the sweet spot for electrification," said Scott Griffith, CEO of Workhorse. "Every day our vehicles safely and reliably transport the goods, packages and people that are the lifeblood of our economy, all with zero tailpipe emissions and pollution, helping to make life better for everyone along the route."
With more than a decade of producing, deploying and supporting electric vehicles, Workhorse has developed a significant body of data, knowledge and expertise about not just trucks, but also fleet electrification and fleet management, including:
- Delivering meaningful returns in total cost of ownership
- Maintaining the high vehicle uptime and deployment success
- Ergonomic vehicle design and engineering, considering the entire truck, not just the powertrain
- Battery chemistry & software design and configuration, including optimization for fleet applications
- Vehicle software, hardware and powertrain expertise and best practices
- Battery and range optimization through smart route planning
- Cost-effective and efficient depot-based charging infrastructure
- Customer service responsiveness & in-house fleet technician training
- Operator training and deployment best practices
- Cold-weather operations best practices
- Maintenance best practices
In addition to insights gained from customer feedback, Workhorse also derives deep operational insights and real-world verifications of last-mile delivery trucks through its ownership and operation of Stables by Workhorse, an Independent Service Provider for FedEx Ground. This business operates a mixed fleet of electric and internal combustion engine step vans year-round in Ohio.
All of these experiences and learnings are informing the current design and engineering of Workhorse's 7th Generation (Gen 7) platform, a truly software-defined vehicle whose modular/building-block approach features a common set of scalable, interchangeable sub-systems. This system will enable Workhorse to rapidly create new vehicle configurations without expanding engineering complexity. By commonizing modular subsystems and standardizing parts across classes 4-6, Workhorse believes it is continuing to extend its total cost of ownership advantage versus gas- and diesel-powered trucks and progressing to reduce unit costs to ultimately close the purchase price gap versus internal combustion trucks.
The flexible Gen 7 platform is being designed to help fleets meet today's operational needs, while enabling vehicles to easily adopt future technological advancements in safety, autonomy and other software-driven performance upgrades as they become available in the marketplace.
"Unlike any other electric truck OEM, Workhorse is also its own customer, running our W56 through its paces in actual operations in our Stables subsidiary, and benchmarking performance and cost against internal combustion counterparts," said Griffith. "As we design and engineer our next generation, our plan is to move the industry from an era of unconnected, static hardware assets to always-on, smart nodes in an intelligent network."
Workhorse sells its vehicles through a national network of trusted dealers and 3rd party service providers, with comprehensive post-sale support bolstered by trained Workhorse technicians located regionally. Today, 10 of the largest medium duty truck fleets in North America have deployed Workhorse vehicles, including Purolator, Vestis (formerly Aramark Uniform Services), Cintas, several FedEx independent service providers and other leading brands.
Workhorse's "Better Trucks. Better World" vision is being advanced by the successful W56 and EPIC4 vehicles currently in production at the company's commercial scale manufacturing facility in Union City, Indiana. Vehicles produced here include step vans, school buses, shuttles, box trucks, stake beds and refrigerated trucks.
"In a little more than a year, we've sold and delivered more than 50 Workhorse trucks, and the feedback has been overwhelmingly positive," said Jerry Smith, President at California-based Kingsburg Truck Center. "Our customers report the Workhorse trucks consistently meet their needs for performance, durability and uptime, while offering significant savings on fuel and maintenance. We get frequent feedback that indicates 2026 will be a solid year for repeat orders."
Since inception, the electric vehicles provided by Workhorse1 have avoided the use of more than 2.3 million gallons of petroleum-based fuel2 (equivalent to the use of approximately 5,700 cars in a year3) and reducing CO2 emissions by more than 45 million pounds4 (the equivalent of taking approximately 4,500 cars off the road for a year5).
Workhorse recently issued a shareholder letter and presentation via its Investor Relations website at ir.workhorse.com. The documents provide an update on Workhorse's activities since its acquisition of Motiv Power Systems in December 2025 and a high-level view of near- and medium-term priorities.
About Workhorse Group Inc.
Headquartered in the Detroit area with a commercial-scale manufacturing plant in Indiana, Workhorse (NASDAQ:WKHS) is redefining what a medium-duty truck should be. Workhorse builds software-first, electric trucks, shuttles and buses that are powerful, cost-efficient, reliable, safe and comfortable—all with zero tailpipe emissions.
Our deep experience building electric vehicles at scale drives intentional innovations designed to help customers lower operating costs, improve performance of their fleets, enhance the driver experience, and maximize uptime without compromise. By electrifying their fleets, our customers can make a positive impact on our world while meeting their financial, sustainability and compliance goals.
More information is available at www.workhorse.com.
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Forward-looking statements are based on the opinions and estimates of management of Workhorse as of the date such statements are made, and they are subject to known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other factors that may cause the actual results, level of activity, performance or achievements to be materially different from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Some factors that could cause actual results to differ include our ability to achieve the expected synergies and/or efficiencies from our operations and as a result of the Motiv/Workhorse merger; the effect of the announcement of the Motiv/Workhorse merger on the ability of the parties to operate their businesses and retain and hire key personnel and to maintain favorable business relationships; the possibility that the integration of the parties may be more difficult, time-consuming or costly than expected or that operating costs and business disruptions may be greater than expected; the risk that the price of our securities may be volatile due to a variety of factors; changes in laws, regulations, technologies, the global supply chain, and macro-economic and social environments affecting our business; and our ability to maintain compliance with Nasdaq rules and otherwise maintain our listing of securities on Nasdaq.
Additional information on these and other factors that may cause actual results and Workhorse's performance to differ materially is included in Workhorse's periodic reports filed with the SEC, including, but not limited to, Workhorse's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, including those factors described under the heading "Risk Factors" therein, and Workhorse's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. Copies of Workhorse's filings with the SEC are available publicly on the SEC's website at www.sec.gov or may be obtained by contacting Workhorse. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. These forward-looking statements are made only as of the date hereof, and Workhorse undertakes no obligations to update or revise the forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.
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1 Includes electric vehicles provided by Motiv Power Systems, which was acquired by Workhorse in December 2025
2 Estimates based on 6.5 and 10 MPG internal combustion equivalents
3 Based on US EPA Conversion tool https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
4 Based on US EPA Conversion tool https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
5 Based on US EPA Conversion tool https://www.epa.gov/energy/greenhouse-gas-equivalencies-calculator
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