3/31/2026

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Operator
Conference Operator

Greetings. Welcome to Workhorse Group fourth quarter 2025 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. A brief question and answer session will follow the formal presentation. If anyone requires operator assistance during the conference, please press star zero on your telephone keypad. Please note this conference is being recorded. I will now turn the conference over to John Williams, Chief Communications Officer. Thank you. You may begin.

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John Williams
Chief Communications Officer

Thank you, operator, and good afternoon, everyone. I'd like to welcome all of you to Workhorse's fourth quarter and full year 2025 earnings call. Before we begin, I'd like to note that we have posted our results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025 via press release in 8K and filed our associated annual report on form 10K with the SEC. You can find the release and an accompanying presentation in the investor relations section of our website. We will be tracking along with the presentation during this call. Joining me on today's call are Scott Griffith, our Chief Executive Officer, and Bob Ganan, our Chief Financial Officer. For today's agenda, please turn to slide three. Following my opening remarks, I will hand it over to Scott, who will give you an overview of the combined company and our strategic priorities. Bob will then walk us through our financial results for the quarter and full year, as well as our capital position. Scott will then close this out before we open up the call for questions. Our cautionary statements can be found on slide four. Some of the comments that will be made today are forward-looking statements, which are based on current expectations, projections, or opinions about future periods. All forward-looking statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Some of these risks and uncertainties are discussed in today's press release and in our filings with the SEC, including our Form 10-K. Now, I'll turn it over to Scott.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, John. Good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for joining us. This is a milestone moment for Workhorse, our first earnings report as a combined company following the completion of our merger with Motive Electric Trucks in December 2025. Before I get into the substance of what we've accomplished and where we're headed, let me briefly introduce myself for those I haven't yet had the chance to meet. I came to Workhorse through our merger with Motive, where I served as Chief Executive Officer. Before that, I spent much of my career building and scaling technology-driven transportation businesses, including operating and board roles at Ford, EVgo, Zipcar, Boeing, and TruMotion. I took on this role because I believe Workhorse has the right products, the right customers, and the operational foundation to build a profitable scale business in the medium duty commercial truck market. I've seen what it looks like when the technology is right, the market is ready, and the execution is focused. That's where we are. Let me start with what Workhorse is today. The new workhorse is a leading North American medium-duty commercial vehicle OEM with a portfolio spanning classes 4, 5, and 6. We bring more than 20 years of combined operating experience, more than $860 million in previously invested capital, and a growing presence in the $23 billion North American medium-duty truck market. The proof of our platform is on the road. Our vehicles operating in customer fleets have now surpassed 20 million real-world miles across more than 1,100 vehicles deployed with some of the largest commercial and public sector fleets in North America. These are not test vehicles. These are trucks in daily service, running delivery routes, generating real operational data through our embedded telematics platform, and delivering consistent documented results. We serve 10 of the largest medium-duty commercial truck fleets in North America, and we continue to see repeat purchase behavior, which we believe is a strong signal of customer satisfaction in this market. At the close of the merger in December, we made three clear commitments. Complete the integration, expand our product portfolio, and strengthen our financial position. In just over three months, here's where we stand. On integration, our board and governance structure are in place. Workforce and office integrations are nearly complete, and we have finished a full review of our enterprise systems and operating processes. We expect full enterprise integration to be complete over the next two to three quarters with our manufacturing consolidation at Union City, Indiana, wrapping up by the end of Q2 2026. We're targeting to exit 2026 with a run rate of 20 million in annualized cost synergies from the merger across manufacturing efficiency, headcount reductions, the elimination of other duplicative administrative functions, and other synergies including the elimination of redundant expenses, supply chain cost savings, and reduced overall facility costs stemming from the consolidation of our operating locations. On our product portfolio, our teams are working together on a new cycle plan and product roadmap that charts a path for the commonization of key components of our hardware and software platforms, along with the development of a proprietary Class 5-6 cab chassis to unlock a larger slice of the full $23 billion Class 4-6 commercial truck marketplace. And as I discuss in a moment, we've already taken our first concrete step, the introduction of a new lower cost configuration of the W56 step van. We anticipate having additional pricing flexibility across our platforms as we realize merger synergies lower our bill of materials costs by utilizing commonized components across platforms and expanding our product line. On financial position, we entered the year with a stronger balance sheet following the merger. And as we disclosed, when we closed the merger, we put employees at closing a new $40 million customer order lending facility to support working capital to fulfill orders. I'm pleased with how far we've come in a short amount of time, but there's more to be done. Now let me tell you how we get from here to a larger-scale profitable business and why we believe the path is clear and achievable. Let's start with the market. The medium-duty truck market in North America is large, approximately $23 billion in annual sales, and it's ripe for disruption. To understand why the timing is right, consider what has happened to how finished goods have Before 2020, e-commerce was a meaningful but smaller channel, roughly 11% to 12% of U.S. retail. The pandemic accelerated the use of e-commerce over bricks and mortar stores by more than 40% in a single year. And critically, that shift in demand to online didn't revert. It reset to a new normal. Total U.S. retail sales are forecast to reach $6.2 trillion by 2030, with e-commerce accounting for 29% of that total, according to Forrester Research. The front door to homes and offices had become the point of sale, and the truck that shows up at that door is the last link in the chain. That shift has forced a fundamental redesign of logistics networks and supply chains. The old hub-and-spoke logistics model is giving way to distributed fulfillment, hyperlocalized inventory, smaller and more numerous distribution nodes located closer to the end customer. This results in shorter mid-mile and last-mile routes and higher density for deliveries. The result is visible in the data. Annual mileage for medium-duty vehicles has grown from roughly 31,000 miles in 2020 to nearly 48,000 miles in 2025, even as heavy-duty truck mileage has declined. The shift is also evident in smaller delivery van segments as well. Cox automotive data shows Rivian-registered 2,230 Class II electric vehicles in 2022. That increased to 7,679 in 2023 and grew to a total of over 33,000 vehicles registered between 22 and 2025. The key takeaways we see here, delivery freight is moving closer to the customer and rapidly growing networks. The routes are getting shorter and more predictable. and many of the additional vehicles doing this work are squarely in class four through six. This isn't a trend. It's a structural reallocation of freight, and it plays directly into our strengths at Workhorse. While this structural shift occurred, most commercial fleets continue to run ice truck platforms that are often unconnected, expensive to maintain, and increasingly out of step with what operators and regulators demand. Now, after all of this recent growth and change in transport networks, we're seeing a new trend emerging among some of the largest commercial fleet operators. As they adjust to the new normal in commerce, companies are embarking on a massive restructuring of many of their networks with a focus on network optimization, depot consolidation, adding smaller same-day mini-warehouse nodes for final and last-mile delivery. Companies ranging from FedEx, UPS, Purolator, Cintas, Amazon, Pepsi, Frito-Lay, and many more are looking at how to use data and AI to optimize routes, add automation, and reduce transportation network operating costs. In addition, they're looking to add safety and driver assistance features as they move from next day to same-day delivery and fulfillment commitments. Software-defined vehicles and electrification are well suited for this segment. Medium-duty routes are predictable, and most routes are depot-based and well within the range of today's batteries. Vehicles return to depot overnight for charging, and the operating cost savings are significant and can be verified. Our stables by workhorse division, which operates as an independent FedEx contractor in Ohio, has documented savings of approximately 64% on fuel and maintenance compared to internal combustion vehicles, derived from three years of real-world mixed fleet comparisons. That's not a projection. That's operational data. So while most of these routes are primarily being served by internal combustion-powered trucks today, The economic, operational, and environmental benefits of replacing those ICE trucks with software-defined electric vehicles are becoming clearer to these large fleet operators. We're seeing similar data and EV adoption trends in another key segment we serve, school buses and shuttles. We believe these trends will continue as we introduce our next generation of vehicles with even better economic and operating benefits versus internal combustion trucks. To sum it up, we're not starting from zero. Our commercial fleet customers already have over 1,100 of our trucks on the road, with 10 of North America's largest medium-duty fleets, more than 20 million cumulative miles driven, and a growing purchase order backlog. The momentum at Workhorse is real. Now let's talk about our path to profitability. Here's the key insight. We don't need a large slice of this market to reach profitability. We believe we only need a very small one. The installed North American medium-duty fleet is estimated to be about 5 million vehicles. Annual truck production runs at about 200,000 to 250,000 units per year, which ACT research pegs as roughly the average replacement rate for these classes of trucks. We believe capturing approximately 1% of that annual market for roughly 2,500 vehicles per year is very achievable. And based on our modeling, we believe that doing so would enable us to reach cash flow breakeven by the end of 2028. For a company that is already trusted by 10 of the largest fleets on the continent, that's not a stretch goal. We believe it is a modest, executable milestone. And here's the second point. We already have the manufacturing capacity to get there. Our Union City, Indiana facility can produce more than 5,000 vehicles per year on a single operating shift. Our anticipated break-even volume of approximately 2,500 units represents just 50% of that existing capacity. We do not need to build new facilities. We do not need to invest significant capital in manufacturing infrastructure. The plant is built, tooled, and ready. Getting to profitability is a question of executing our product development plans, ramping up production and sales execution, not investing substantial capex into new manufacturing equipment and facilities. So how do we get there? The first lever is cost. We need to drive down the bill of materials and bring our vehicles to price points that are competitive with conventional ICE trucks. This is where we believe our merger synergies, our platform commonization strategy, our economies of scale, and our supply chain discipline can all come together. We're already seeing the early results. We just launched a new lower configuration of the W56 step van featuring 140 kilowatt battery option. That's not a minor adjustment. It reflects the first wave of synergy savings being passed directly to our customer base. As we commonize hardware and software across our class four, five, and six lineup, the savings can compound. Shared architecture means lower per unit costs, fewer unique components, the source and inventory, and faster speed to market for new configurations. We're targeting a minimum of 20 million in annualized cost synergies from the merger integration alone, and our product roadmap designed to unlock further reductions as we scale. We believe we have a clear, executable plan to reach ICE-comparable pricing. And when we get there, combined with the estimated 60% operating cost advantage our trucks already deliver, the total cost of ownership argument becomes extremely compelling for any fleet operator. The second lever is sales. Let me walk through our strategy for reaching our profitability target. We have a broadened product line. The merger with Motive expanded our product portfolio beyond the W56 step van to include vehicles that serve Class 4 shuttles, transits, Type A school buses, and work truck applications. And it adds to the opportunity to sell to the state, local, education, or sled fleet segment. This is meaningful. It's opened up an entirely new customer category for Workhorse and expands the number of early adopting fleet operators we can serve with the compelling electric options. We go to market through a blended approach, internally staffed national account development, targeting new and large existing customers, bodybuilders, and fleet as a service providers. This is complemented by a dealer network that extends our reach into regional and mid-market fleet operators and provides leverage for after-sales and parts support. I'm pleased to report we fully integrated both sales teams and approaches since we closed the merger, and we are already seeing active and growing customer engagement as a result. Our sales strategy is focused on three primary paths to growth. First, we're deepening existing accounts. Our repeat purchase rate from current customers is extremely strong, and these relationships are the most efficient source of near-term volume. Yesterday's announcement of another Purolator follow-on order is a good example of this. Second, we're actively targeting fleets and states with meaningful compliance requirements and purchase incentives for zero-emission vehicles, where the economics of adoption are most compelling right now. This is also where we're continuing to push into Canada, where we have a well-established relationship with Purolator. Third, as I mentioned earlier, we're pursuing municipal fleet operators, state, local, and education, where procurement timelines can be longer, but order volumes are substantial, and the environmental and compliance drivers are strong. We're seeing positive trends in opportunity creation, progression, and closings that reflect the early impact of the operational and strategic changes we've implemented since the merger closed. As we close out Q1, this progress is translating into a strengthening sales backlog that we believe supports our plans for 2026 and beyond. The final piece is capital. Executing on this plan, ramping production, investing in our product roadmap, and growing our sales organization requires a stronger balance sheet than where we are today. We're actively working to evaluate financing alternatives, increasing engagement with analysts, and attending investor conferences as part of that work. We believe that strengthening our balance sheet at this stage will position us to capitalize on the commercial momentum we are building and invest in the roadmap I've described. We'll share more of the details as they become available on capital formation. With that, let me turn it back over to Bob to walk through the financial details.

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Bob Ganan
Chief Financial Officer

Bob. Thanks, Scott. Good afternoon, everyone. I will walk you through our fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial results, our balance sheet, and our current liquidity position. Before I get into the numbers, a brief note on our reporting framework. The merger with Motive closed on December 15, 2025. The merger was accounted for as a reverse merger, and as a result, our fourth quarter and full year 2025 financial statements reflect Motive on a standalone basis through December 15th and the combined company from December 16th onward. All amounts that I will share are prepared on this basis unless otherwise noted. Revenue for the fourth quarter of 2025 was $9.7 million compared to $6 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. During the fourth quarter, we delivered 65 vehicles, bringing our full year 2025 total to 112 units. This compared to 46 units delivered in full year 2024 and 40 vehicles in Q4 2024. The increase was driven by deliveries of follow-on orders from existing customers. Cost of sales for the fourth quarter was $15.5 million compared to $9 million in the prior year. Gross margin for the quarter was a negative $5.7 million. We continue to expect gross margin improvement as we scale production volumes and realize the cost benefits of the combined platform. We believe our path to cash flow breakeven is tied to reaching approximately 2,500 units of annual production, which is achievable with our existing manufacturing footprint. As Scott noted, existing plant capacity supports this level of production more with minimal additional capex required. Total operating expenses for the fourth quarter were $14.4 million compared to $13.5 million in the fourth quarter of 2024. The fourth quarter of 2025 included $4.9 million of merger expenses, primarily legal and banking costs. The prior year period included $6.2 million charge to impair assets invested in discontinued product line. 2025 also included $1.4 million of spending in the fourth quarter of 2025 for the additional SG&A and R&D cost of Workhorse from the merger date through the end of the year. Operating loss was $20.1 million in Q4 2025 compared to $16.5 million in Q4 2024. Interest expense in Q4 2025 was $4.4 million compared to $3 million in 2024. These interest costs largely reflect the interest costs of pre-merger mode of debt, which was all settled in connection with the merger with Workhorse. These historical interest costs are not reflective of our anticipated go-forward interest and financing costs as new lower-cost financing facilities were put in place as part of the merger. Additionally, these new financing arrangements are at a more favorable interest rates than the pre-merger mode of debt arrangements. Net loss for the fourth quarter was $23.7 million compared to $19.6 million in the same period last year. For the full year 2025, revenue was $21.2 million compared to $7 million for the full year 2024. On a pro forma basis, if the merger had been completed for both full year periods, total revenue for the full year 2025 would have been $34 million compared to $13.7 million in 2024. The increase was primarily due to an increase in the number of vehicles sold in 2025 compared to 2024. These pro forma figures are provided for illustrative purposes and are not necessarily indicative of the results that the combined company would have achieved had the merger been completed at the beginning of those periods. Turning to our balance sheet, as of December 31, 2025, the combined company had $12.9 million of cash and cash equivalents, including restricted cash of $700,000. A key benefit of the merger was the simplification of our capital structure. As of December 31, 2025, our only outstanding debt is $5 million convertible note, which may convert to equity in connection with post-closing equity financing, and $10 million outstanding under a new cash flow credit facility put in place at closing. In addition, we have access to a purchase order back customer order lending facility of up to $40 million to fund vehicle manufacturing as we receive confirmed orders. We had no borrowings outstanding under this facility as of the end of 2025. Looking ahead, we are actively exploring opportunities to raise additional capital to support our growth plan. We are evaluating financing alternatives and believe the strengthening of our balance sheet at this stage will position us to capitalize on commercial momentum we are building and to invest in the product roadmap Scott described. We will share more details as they become available. We remain focused on converting our backlog into revenue, manage our cost structure tightly as we integrate, and positioning the combined company for sustainable growth. While we are not providing specific financial guidance at this time, we expect deliveries to increase over the course of 2026 as we ramp production at Union City, convert our growing pipeline into confirmed orders. We will continue to provide visibility into our key operating metrics each quarter. With that, let me turn it back over to Scott for closing remarks.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Thanks, Bob.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

I want to leave you with the same through line that I started with. Workhorse does not need a moonshot to reach profitability. We need a small slice of a big underserved market that is experiencing a substantial transition. We have the plant to produce at that volume today. We have a clear plan to drive down costs to ice-comparable levels. We have a sales strategy focused on the customers and geographies most likely to act. and we are actively working to strengthen our balance sheet to fund the journey. What makes me confident is not just the plan, it's that we are already executing against it. We made three commitments at the close of the merger, and we're delivering on all three. The proof is on the road. More than 1,100 trucks, 20 million real-world miles, documented 64% operating cost savings, and repeat purchase behavior from 10 of North America's largest fleets. This is a working business with a clear path forward. We appreciate your continued support, and we look forward to reporting our progress. Operator will now open the line for questions.

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Operator
Conference Operator

Thank you. If you would like to ask a question, please press star 1 on your telephone keypad. A confirmation tone indicate your line is in the question queue. You may press star two if you would like to remove your question from the queue. And for participants using speaker equipment, it may be necessary to pick up your handset before pressing the star keys. We ask that you please limit to one question and one follow-up question. Our first question is from Craig Irwin with Roth Capital Partners. Please proceed.

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Craig Irwin
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Good evening, and thanks for taking my questions. So in the fourth quarter, you announced obviously would have had some material one-time expenses related to closing the merger. Maybe describe what those were and break those out in a little bit of detail. And, you know, with that, you know, how did the $20 million in synergies cut in to the P&L over the course of 26?

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Bob Ganan
Chief Financial Officer

Hi, Craig. It's Bob. In the fourth quarter, we recognized a little over $4 million in what we would call one-time, you know, fees and costs associated with the merger. And then your second part of that question was, how does this lay out over the course of the year for 2026? We expect to be exiting 2026 at a $20 million run rate, and some of those are immediate. You know, we made several personnel changes right away, and then some of them take a little more time as we migrate work into the Union City facility.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

but uh we're we're on track and uh well within that process right now oh craig i was just gonna add to scott here um good to chat with you so the primary sources there's really four of them in those net 20 million um the biggest first chunk comes from the manufacturing consolidation we're exiting the facility actually today is the last day for the motive facility turns out moving everything down into indiana The second part is significant headcount reductions. Most of that's in SG&A and R&D, consolidating the teams, if you will. And then the third is, you know, things like professional fees, insurance, marketing costs, just redundant costs that both companies were spending. And so we've already cut a lot of that out. And then the rest is primarily some facility reductions, consolidating into... fewer spaces with a smaller team. So those are the four big components. We remain, you know, quite confident on the $20 million exit the year at a run rate of about $20 million in savings. And so we're excited about that. That does not include any supply chain savings, by the way. We didn't try to factor that in because there's been a lot of moving parts, as you can imagine, in the supply chain world. So with tariffs and so forth. So we think there's more there. And we'll come back in future quarters with some of the estimates on that front.

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Craig Irwin
Analyst, Roth Capital Partners

Okay, excellent. And then with the significant change in your manufacturing footprint, would you be optimistic about reaching positive gross margins on your revenue by the fourth quarter this year?

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Bob Ganan
Chief Financial Officer

So, Craig, I think no. I don't think we're quite there for the fourth quarter this year. Obviously, it's more near in as we continue to put volume in there. but it probably won't be in 2026.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, understood. Thanks again for taking my questions. Thanks, Greg.

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Operator
Conference Operator

Our next question is from Ben Somers with BTIG. Please proceed.

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Ben Somers
Analyst, BTIG

Hey, yeah, good afternoon. Thanks for taking my question. So kind of wanted to ask on the step van market here and just your outlook there, and then I guess any kind of preliminary feedback we've gotten on the new lower cost model.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, the preliminary feedback on the new lower cost models, really good, both from dealers and directly from buyers. And so I think we'll probably be able to give you some news on some of the feedback in the next few weeks on that, because we've had a lot of really positive feedback. In large part, that was a kind of expected reaction. We've spent a lot of time talking to dealers, to our customers, to really understand the duty cycle of the step vans. And what they told us is, We love the W56 as is. What we also need is a complementary lower cost vehicle that maybe has a little less payload, doesn't need to go as far per day, but we can spend less on it. And so they're mixing these together now as the plan so that longer routes will take the current W56, shorter routes, smaller payload operations will take the new smaller vehicle. And we're continuing to We see other opportunities just like that in the step van world to continue to tweak our product lineup. So we think that'll be a real benefit. And sorry, what was the other part of your question?

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Ben Somers
Analyst, BTIG

I know that was it. And then kind of my next question was just a little bit on the plant capacity. So I know you guys mentioned that there's just minimal work to be done there. I guess if you just give them any more color and kind of what we need to do to get to that 5,000 plus capacity. I know you guys mentioned that's pretty much minimal capex there. So just kind of curious what's left to be done.

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Bob Ganan
Chief Financial Officer

Yeah, so Ben, I think if you look at the total capacity, we're in pretty good shape for the foreseeable future. And the minimal type capacity to get to 5,000 might be more things like lift equipment and torque guns, that type of thing. So it is very, very minimal. I think as we expand products, those may drive capital expenditures, but those products would be incremental revenue and driving their own separate ROI. Okay.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, maybe slightly more specific to that. It's a good question. Think about the, you know, December state of the Union City facility had a single line operating W56 production. In the first quarter, we've completely relocated now our former line in Detroit metro area from Motive. So the Motive chassis and powertrain has now been moved over there. So that's a second line. We're adding a third line right now, which will come up in Q2, which is our Class 4 truck. And so all three of those lines will be operating within the same facilities. So think of a lot more production, a lot more revenue potential off of exactly the same footprint and very little additional capital.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Awesome. Thank you guys for the update, and thanks for taking my questions. Thanks, Ben. Ben?

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Operator
Conference Operator

As a reminder, just star one on your telephone keypad if you would like to ask a question. Our next question is from Mike Schlitzley with DA Davidson. Please proceed.

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Mike Schlitzley
Analyst, DA Davidson

Hello. Thanks for taking my questions here. Hi, Mike. Hey, guys. I wanted to take a quick step back and you mentioned that motive, the motive process now in the UNC facility. Going forward, how will the The workhorse product and the motor product differ in the eyes of the customer. I'm trying to figure out, like, what will the bills be in 2026? More of the motor, more of the workhorse, or more of the class four?

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

So, we'll be, that's a great question. We'll be sunsetting the former class five, six chassis from the motor side. We've got some orders. We came into the year with a firm order backlog for a number of those orders. One of which was, you know, we talked about yesterday, the Purolator order. Once those are behind us as we progress through this year, we will wind down that line, but we'll be ramping up, you know, new lines for our Class 5-6 cab chassis and also complementing that with the Class 4 line that I mentioned a few minutes ago. So we'll always, we anticipate having at least three lines running there going forward. We've got two of three up now, three by the end of Q2. And then we'll be moving one of those, you know, more offline at the end of this year and bringing up the new class five, six cab chassis line. So we're going to continue to see a lot of activity and transition there through this year. But, you know, obviously the goal is to leverage the fixed cost structure as much as we can in that facility.

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Mike Schlitzley
Analyst, DA Davidson

Got it. Thanks for that. And my other question was around the bill of materials. You kind of deferred on the supply chain potential in the synergies that might be above and beyond what you had out there for the 20 million. But I'm curious as to, you know, give us a ballpark or just some basic guideposts as to how much or how you plan to reduce the bill of materials during 2026 and whether supply chain is You know, can that be brought under control by the end of the year?

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

Yeah, so think of sort of two, another really good question. Think of sort of two, at least two primary areas we're focused on in that regard. One is as we go through our product roadmap and our so-called cycle plan, think of batteries, most of the components of the powertrain, braking systems, even chassis rails, etc., The more we can commonize those parts from class four to five to six, especially the electronics and battery side, the more leverage we're going to get on the supply chain side. We're also going to reduce the number of parts we have to stock. And the reason we haven't given you an estimate on that yet is we're still working our way through what is, you know, what does that future state look like 12 months from now when we've got a common set of batteries, a common set of electric motors, common set of brakes, common set of other systems across all three of these classes of trucks now. So that's a big one. And we'll come back as the year progresses with tighter estimates on where we think that goes. But our ultimate goal, and we see a path to get there, is to get down to a BOM structure that can support pricing that's competitive with ICE trucks. And that's obviously a significant drop from where we are now, both on BOM and price. The W56 140 kilowatt launch last week is an example of that. That's a cheaper, that has less battery power and has a lower BOM. So we're immediately dropping price on those, and that allows us to maintain our margin. And then the last big feature is volume. As we drive more volume, three lines, more volume per line through that plant, you'll see, you know, our cost structure come down with the BOM, the build cost itself. on the manufacturing cost side.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

So, I don't know, Bob, if you want to add any more to that. No, that was good, Scott. Great. Thank you. I appreciate the comment. Thanks, Mike. Thanks, Mike.

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Operator
Conference Operator

We have reached the end of our question and answer session. I would like to turn the conference back over to Scott for closing remarks.

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Scott Griffith
Chief Executive Officer

We want to thank everybody for coming in today and give everyone a sense for how excited we are going forward with the company. Welcome you back at the end of next quarter. We're happy to report more after that. We've shipped quite a few units in the first quarter. We'll talk more about that in the coming weeks. And we're continuing to see, you know, our firm order backlog build since the closing of the merger. We really see some great blue sky ahead and look forward to telling you more about the company's progress in future quarters. Thanks very much.

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Operator
Conference Operator

This does conclude today's conference. You may disconnect your lines at this time, and thank you for your participation.

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