Richard Kim, a prominent co-founder of electric vehicle company Canoo and one of its most senior and long-standing employees, has left the company, Fortune has learned.
Kim, who is known for leading exterior design of BMW's i3 and i8 electric cars, was the person behind Canoo’s sleek, futuristic vehicle design that has secured awards and helped propel the electric vehicle to its initial notoriety and spark excitement and fan pages among retail investors. Reporting directly to CEO Tony Aquila, Kim was one of its highest-ranking employees and was an important figure at Canoo as one of three remaining co-founders still with the company since it was launched in 2017.
