Workhorse Group, Inc. Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Quarterly report pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

Cover
- Document and Entity Information
Financial Statements
Notes to Financial Statements
Accounting Policies
- Summary of Significant Accounting Principles (Policies)
Notes Tables
Notes Details

Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)

v3.19.3

Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	9 Months Ended
Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)	Sep. 30, 2019 USD ($) $ / shares	May 30, 2019	Dec. 31, 2018 USD ($) shares	Sep. 30, 2018 USD ($)
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash	$ 900,000		$ 0	$ 0
Additional warrant issuances	10.00%
Warrants expiration period	5 years	7 years
Warrant exercise price percentage	110.00%
Warrant liability	$ 19,901,139		965,747
Effect of reclassification of warrants	857,072
Marathon Tranche One Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Face amount			10,000,000
Periodic payment, principal	500,000
Marathon Tranche Two Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Restricted cash	900,000
Revolving Loan
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Revolving loan			$ 25,000,000
Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Liquid Assets	$ 4,000,000.0
Warrants to purchase common stock (in shares) \| shares			8,053,390
Exercise price of warrants (in usd per share) \| $ / shares	$ 1.25
Maximum
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Class of warrant holder percentage			19.99%
Maximum \| Credit Agreement
Debt Instrument [Line Items]
Total debt to EBITDA	4.50
Debt service coverage ratio	1.25

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