Daniel Barel
Analyst · D.A. Davidson & Company
Thank you, Limor. Good morning, and welcome to our Second Quarter 2022 Earnings Call. I will begin the call by providing you with an update on the progress we are making towards commercialization of 2 separate P7 products as we focus on converting our pipeline into backlog. Moving to Slide 4. I would like to begin by saying that we had a strong second quarter during which we continue to execute our business plan in a disciplined manner. REE had 2 main goals for the quarter. The first was to receive customer input on the P7 product line. The feedback we have received from leading commercial fleet operators and owners in North America and Europe has been very positive. As customer evaluation progress, we are seeing strong interest in electric vehicle powered by REE, and we expect to receive firm orders in the next few months and to start delivering test fleet to our customers. Delivering test fleet to customers is a critical milestones on the path to scale adaptation of Powered by REE vehicles. Commercial owners and operators are highly sensitive to vehicle uptime, durability and efficiency. Introducing new vehicles into fleet must make sense from a business and operational perspective. And the only way to reach scale adoption of the new vehicle is by introducing a test fleet and having this test fleet operate as well or better than current options. This is the path to firm follow-on orders in significant quantities. We will only announce firm orders going forward. In addition to pounding the ground and deploying test fleet Powered by REE, regulatory tailwinds such as the recent Inflation Reduction Act are supporting the shift of major commercial fleets to electric vehicles. We are actively assessing the potential benefit of the IRA to our business. The second goal was to continue the development of our production capacity. We have made great strides in building out our initial integration center. As Josh will describe shortly, as we progress towards initial capacity of 10,000 vehicle sets this year, the launch of our second integration center is also progressing. When complete, this facility will double our production capacity to 20,000 vehicle sets annually. Development of both integration centers are on track and on budget. Moving to Slide 5. As you may recall, our P7 platform, which we revealed at the beginning of this year, is a modular platform designed to accommodate commercial vehicles from Class 3 to 5. Since that reveal, we have debuted 2 full vehicles, both powered by our P7 platform. As many of our listeners today are aware, we hosted an investor event 2 weeks ago, during which we showcased the Proxima Powered by REE, a classified walking band and the industry's first fully by wire commercial vehicle. This event followed a series of evaluations by prospective fleet customers with leading positions across delivery, logistics and retail segments. In addition, we have been testing and showcasing the P7-B, a Class 3 box truck, at our U.K. engineering center for several months now. For those of you who might have missed it, recent announcement and the investor event, I'll take a moment to describe some of those 2 EVs benefits. On Slide 6, Proxima, Powered by REE is the most advanced working van in existence. The body is designed by EAVX and built by Morgan Olson, both subsidiaries of JB Poindexter, a company with significant market share and a multi-decade track record in upfitting commercial vehicles. REE, the manufacturer of record, provides the backbone of the vehicle. The technical benefits of our chassis coupled with the commercial domain expertise and state-of-the-art body by Morgan Olson, deliver what customers and their drivers are looking for efficient and durable electrified vehicle that can be optimized for specific use cases resulting in attractive economies. Proxima Powered by REE has many technical attributes that provide real-world benefits to fleet owners. During evaluations, we heard from potential customers that they appreciate this game-changing advantage that include enhancement of mobility and safety with all-wheel steer and all-wheel drive, low stepping high for efficient delivery cycle times and agronomics that reduce driver distraction, providing fleet efficiencies and driver wins. Proxima Powered by REE has many other amazing features, and I encourage you to watch the replay of the investor event on our website if you have not done so. Moving to Slide 7. On the back of the customer evaluation of Proxima Powered by REE, we expect to receive firm orders for test fleet from multiple customers and we look forward to sharing more with you soon. These test fleets will be used for real-world evaluation by our customers. Some of our prospective customers have very large fleet that will not be electrified all at once and without significant testing. We believe orders for test fleets will mark the beginning of multiple long-term relationships, and that REE will receive larger orders after customers collect validating data and positive driver feedback. We're obviously not the only company competing in this area. But we believe our product is the best-in-class, and that our go-to-market partnership for the Proxima body and the P7 chassis is a real competitive advantage. Proxima powered by REE went from concept to product design from the ground up in just 1 year, a very short time by industry vehicle development started. I am very proud of both our teams for their accomplishments and for our joint commitment to electrification and carbon neutrality. Moving to Slide 8. The second vehicle we unveiled, the P7-B has undergone month of positive and encouraging customer evaluation at our engineering center in the U.K. and is on track for 2023 production. The P7 is built on a Class 3 P7 chassis, the same platform underlying Proxima Powered by REE. That means it delivers many of the same fleet and driver benefits, which we believe will deliver lower TCO, total cost of ownership. The P7-B is targeted at the important and growing mid- and last-mile delivery segment. The on-track testing of the P7-B, an extensive potential customer evaluation, is a crucial step on the road to commercialization. Feedback from prospective customers has been that this is the truck they have been looking for, one that drives like a sedan, that is built to deliver under the harshest commercial duty cycle. They also appreciate the flexibility of the P7 as it can be configured to best suit customer needs. We expect real-world trials with customers to commence next year. Moving to Slide 9. As we have demonstrated, because of its modularity, we are able to quickly deploy our technology for a variety of applications. This allows us to access distinct go-to-market channels, including designing and building our own vehicles for direct sales to fleet customers as in the case of the P7-B and through partnerships with upfitters. As we shared before, REE is the manufacturer of record for Proxima and P7-B, making us responsible for the homologation and certification of the electric platform. The homologation and certification activities are progressing on track at both the component and system level. Additionally, core control systems, software and functionality, safety development, key elements of the development of mission-specific variation enabled by REEcorners are progressing according to plan. While our main focus is commercialization of P7, we have other projects in various stages of development, and we will share updates about this as appropriate. With this, I would like to pass it on to Josh for an update on our operational progress. Josh?