Zapp EV Reports Fiscal Year 2024 Financial Results

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Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited
Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited

Recent operational achievements better position Zapp to scale production as i300 hits the streets of Bangkok

LONDON, Jan. 31, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Zapp Electric Vehicles Group Limited (Nasdaq: ZAPP) (“Zapp EV” or the “Company”), owner of “Zapp”, the British electric vehicle brand on a mission to revolutionise personal urban mobility, today reported financial results for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2024.

Recent Developments

  • Zapp configured and opened its own micro-factory reference site in Thailand, which was completed on-budget in less than three months and re-validates the Company's proprietary, sustainable manufacturing concept.

  • The new manufacturing site is located within the Bangkok Free Trade Zone and can produce up to 21,500 units per year for the domestic Thai market as well as for export to other key Asian and European markets.

  • As a reference site, it will serve as a template to expand production capacity when needed, as additional facilities can be replicated in the same and other free trade zones in Thailand, as well as in low-cost manufacturing hubs in other countries, by the Company or its contract manufacturing partners.

  • Commercial rollout of i300 is underway in Thailand, itself a key global market. This involves an omni-channel approach, including mono-brand boutiques, pop-ups, offline and online resellers, and direct sales via the Zapp website, along with the concurrent rollout of Zapp's proprietary drop-ship-direct-to-customer (DSDTC) van-based delivery and after-sales-support customer experience model.

Operational Highlights

  • i300 received the coveted iF DESIGN AWARD in 2024 and previously received eight other design awards, including the equally prestigious Red Dot Award for Product Design and the German Design Award in 2023, which collectively validate Zapp's innovations and design-led approach.

  • The Company secured Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approvals in the United Kingdom and subsequently made first customer deliveries from the Zapp Experience Centre at Bicester Motion.

  • Homologation of i300 was completed per the Department of Land Transportation in Thailand, the fifth largest market for sales of powered two-wheelers globally.

  • The application for homologation in Europe was submitted in November 2024 to the type approval agency in Ireland; Zapp anticipates issuance of type approval certificate in the coming weeks and is refining plans for commercial rollout in Europe in order that deliveries may commence upon receipt.

2024 Financial Results

  • IFRS Net loss of $9.0 million compared to $222.1 million in the prior year, which reflected expenses of $213.7 million related to the business combination completed in April 2023.

  • Operating loss of $6.2 million compared to $7.8 million in the prior year.

  • Net cash used in operating activities was $4.9 million in 2024 compared to $6.5 million in 2023.

  • Liquidity of $44.9 million available under a standby equity purchase agreement, utilisable only as required at Zapp’s discretion; the Company anticipates beginning to generate positive cash from operating activities in 2026.