Canoo put employees on a 'mandatory unpaid break' after pausing work at Oklahoma factories this week

After announcing this week that it furloughed 82 employees , EV startup Canoo emailed remaining workers to inform them they were being placed on a "mandatory unpaid break" and would be locked out of the company's systems at the end of the day Friday, TechCrunch reports. The email viewed by TechCrunch reportedly said the break would last at least through the end of the year. Canoo announced on Wednesday that it was idling its Oklahoma factories "while it works to finalize securing the capital nec...