FORM 4
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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES

Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940
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(Print or Type Responses)
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person *
LUKENS JOSEPH THEODORE JR
   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
Workhorse Group Inc. [WKHS] 		5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
(Check all applicable)
_____ Director __X__ 10% Owner
_____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below)
(Last)
(First)
(Middle)
C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC.,, 100 COMMERCE DRIVE		 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year)
09/18/2017
(Street)

LOVELAND,, OH 45140		 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year)
 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line)
_X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person
___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person
(City)
(State)
(Zip)
Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1.Title of Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   P   781,248 A $ 3.2 6,970,283 I See footnote (1) (2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   P   6,189,035 A (1) (2) 6,189,035 I See footnote (1) (2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   S   2,697,147 D (1) (2) 0 I See footnote (1) (2)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   S   3,491,888 D (2) 0 D (1)  
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               154,871 I The Joe & Kim Lukens Foundation
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               25,000 I See footnote (3)
Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               25,000 I See footnote (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security
(Instr. 3)		 2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security 3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 4. Transaction Code
(Instr. 8)		 5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D)
(Instr. 3, 4, and 5)		 6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date
(Month/Day/Year)		 7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities
(Instr. 3 and 4)		 8. Price of Derivative Security
(Instr. 5)		 9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s)
(Instr. 4)		 10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I)
(Instr. 4)		 11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership
(Instr. 4)
Code V (A) (D) Date Exercisable Expiration Date Title Amount or Number of Shares
Common Stock Purchase Warrant $ 5.28             11/25/2015 11/25/2020 Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 571,429   571,429 D  
Warrants $ 3.8 09/18/2017   A   585,936   09/18/2017 09/18/2022 Common Stock, Par Value $0.001 585,936 (2) 585,936 I See Footnote (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address Relationships
 Director  10% Owner  Officer  Other
LUKENS JOSEPH THEODORE JR
C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC.,
100 COMMERCE DRIVE
LOVELAND,, OH 45140		     X    

Signatures

 /s/ Joseph T. Lukens   10/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person Date

Explanation of Responses:

* If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1) US Trust Company of Delaware Administrative Trustee of the Joe & Kim Lukens Dynasty Trust assigned 2,697,147 shares of common stock to New Era Capital Fund L.P. ("New Era") in exchange for 34.504% of New Era. New Era Capital LLC ("NEC") is the General Partner of New Era. Mr. Lukens is the managing member of NEC. Jospeh T. Lukens, Jr. assigned 3,491,888 shares of common stock to New Era in exchange for 44.672% of New Era.
(2) New Era acquired 781,248 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 585,936 shares of common stock for a period of five years at an exercise price of $3.80 per share from the Company on September 18, 2017 for an aggregate purchase price of $2,499,993.60.
(3) Joseph T Lukens, Jr. and Gerald Budde, Co-Trustee of the Joseph T. Lukens, Jr. Irrevocable Trust for Nathan J. Lukens U/T/A Dated 2/23/2016
(4) Joseph T Lukens, Jr. and Gerald Budde, Co-Trustee of the Joseph T. Lukens, Jr. Irrevocable Trust for Roman E. Lukens U/T/A Dated 2/23/2016.

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