塞巴斯蒂安·贝尔|发表于 2022 年 6 月 13 日

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由前悍马品牌负责人、前福特中国首席执行官创立的 Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS) 将通过第 7 章破产程序清算其资产。

该决定是在该公司公开上市一年后做出的，其创始人詹姆斯泰勒和杰森罗辞职，以及美国证券交易委员会对其会计流程的调查。该公司在周日晚些时候发表的一份声明中宣布将申请破产保护。

在新闻稿中，临时首席执行官 Shauna McIntyre 表示，在无法为其股东、债权人和其他相关方找到更好的选择后，公司决定清算。据彭博社报道，其股价周一在盘前交易中下跌 55%，至每股 23 美分。

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Electric Last Mile Solutions 曾计划从中国进口电动送货车，并在印第安纳州米沙瓦卡的一家前通用汽车工厂进行组装。2021 年 6 月，该公司与 Forum Merger III Corp. 上市，该公司净赚约 3.79 亿美元。

到 2 月，其创始人在被 ELMS 指控在 2020 年 12 月宣布与 SPAC 合并之前进行不当股票购买后辞职。一周后，其审计师 BDO LLP 也辞职。因此，它尚未提交 2021 年的年度报告，也没有提交今年的任何季度报告，这使其不符合纳斯达克上市规则。

最终导致了SEC在2022年3月宣布调查。与此同时，该公司裁员 24%，所有这些因素导致其股价在2022年1月1日至上周收盘期间下跌了93%。

“我对这一结果感到非常失望，因为我们的 ELMS 团队表现出令人难以置信的决心，要让我们的电动货车做好准备，以满足对减少地面交通碳排放的清洁、联网车辆的迫切需求，”麦金太尔说。“不幸的是，我们在短时间内克服了太多障碍。”

EV Startup ELMS Files For Bankruptcy After Multiple Setbacks

BY SEBASTIEN BELL | POSTED ONJUNE 13, 2022

Electric Last Mile Solutions (ELMS), which was founded by the former head of the Hummer brand and the onetime CEO of Ford China, will liquidate its assets through a Chapter 7 bankruptcy process.

The decision comes just a year after the company was first listed publicly and follows the resignation of its founders, James Taylor and Jason Luo, as well as an SEC investigation into its accounting processes. The company announced it would file for bankruptcy in a statement published late on Sunday.

In the release, interim CEO Shauna McIntyre said that the company decided to liquidate after no better option could be found for its stockholders, creditors, and other interested parties. Its share prices fell by 55 percent in premarket trading on Monday, to 23 cents a share, reports Bloomberg.

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Electric Last Mile Solutions had planned to import electric delivery vehicles from China and assemble them in a former GM plant in Mishawaka, Indiana. In June 2021, the company went public with Forum Merger III Corp., which netted the company about $379 million.

By February, its founders had resigned after being accused by ELMS of making improper stock purchases just before it announced an SPAC merger in December 2020. A week later, its auditor, BDO LLP, also quit. It has, therefore, not yet filed an annual report for 2021, nor any quarterly reports for this year, making it non-compliant with Nasdaq listing rules.

That failure to report ultimately led to an SEC investigation that the company announced in March 2022. At the same time, it cut 24 percent of its workforce, all of which led its shares to fall 93 percent between January 1, 2022, and the end of trading last week.

“I’m very disappointed by this outcome because our ELMS team demonstrated incredible determination to get our electric vans ready to meet the critical need for clean, connected vehicles that reduce carbon emissions from ground transportation,” McIntyre said. “Unfortunately, there were too many obstacles for us to overcome in the short amount of time available to us.”

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