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Workhorse Group Inc. – ‘10-K’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Monday, 3/18/19, at 8:36am ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1213900-19-4319   ·   File #:  1-37673

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size             Issuer                      Filing Agent

 3/18/19  Workhorse Group Inc.              10-K       12/31/18   70:4.4M                                   Edgar Agents LLC/FA

Annual Report   —   Form 10-K   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-K        Annual Report                                       HTML    725K 
 2: EX-10.35    First Amendment, Waiver and Consent to Credit       HTML     37K 
                Agreement Among Workhorse Group Inc., as the                     
                Borrower                                                         
 3: EX-21.1     List of Subsidiaries                                HTML     19K 
 4: EX-23.1     Consent of Grant Thornton LLP                       HTML     20K 
 5: EX-23.2     Consent of Clark, Schaefer, Hackett & Co.           HTML     20K 
 6: EX-31.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     24K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A) or Rule 15D-14(A) as Adopted                   
                Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act                
                of 2002.                                                         
 7: EX-31.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     24K 
                to Rule 13A-14(A) or Rule 15D-14(A) as Adopted                   
                Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act                
                of 2002.                                                         
 8: EX-32.1     Certification of Chief Executive Officer Pursuant   HTML     20K 
                to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to                
                Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
 9: EX-32.2     Certification of Chief Financial Officer Pursuant   HTML     20K 
                to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as Adopted Pursuant to                
                Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002                    
16: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     58K 
17: R2          Consolidated Balance Sheets                         HTML    103K 
18: R3          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Parenthetical)         HTML     43K 
19: R4          Consolidated Statements of Operations               HTML     59K 
20: R5          Consolidated Statement of Stockholders' Equity      HTML     63K 
                (Deficit)                                                        
21: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML    110K 
22: R7          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows               HTML     41K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
23: R8          Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     65K 
                Principles                                                       
24: R9          Inventory                                           HTML     28K 
25: R10         Revenue                                             HTML     37K 
26: R11         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net                  HTML     28K 
27: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     77K 
28: R13         Duke Financing Obligation                           HTML     26K 
29: R14         Income Taxes                                        HTML     50K 
30: R15         Stock Based Compensation                            HTML     42K 
31: R16         Recent Pronouncements                               HTML     33K 
32: R17         Related Parties                                     HTML     24K 
33: R18         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     26K 
34: R19         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited)                HTML     30K 
35: R20         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML    103K 
                Principles (Policies)                                            
36: R21         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     40K 
                Principles (Tables)                                              
37: R22         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     27K 
38: R23         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     30K 
39: R24         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Tables)         HTML     27K 
40: R25         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     46K 
41: R26         Income Taxes (Tables)                               HTML     48K 
42: R27         Stock Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     36K 
43: R28         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Tables)       HTML     29K 
44: R29         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     37K 
                Principles (Details)                                             
45: R30         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     37K 
                Principles (Details1)                                            
46: R31         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     37K 
                Principles (Details 2)                                           
47: R32         Summary of Business and Significant Accounting      HTML     61K 
                Principles (Details Textual)                                     
48: R33         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     36K 
49: R34         Inventory (Details Textual)                         HTML     24K 
50: R35         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     27K 
51: R36         Property, Plant and Equipment, Net (Details)        HTML     40K 
52: R37         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     54K 
53: R38         Long-Term Debt (Details 1)                          HTML     40K 
54: R39         Long-Term Debt (Details 2)                          HTML     33K 
55: R40         Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)                    HTML    161K 
56: R41         Duke Financing Obligation (Details)                 HTML     40K 
57: R42         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     40K 
58: R43         Income Taxes (Details 1)                            HTML     40K 
59: R44         Income Taxes (Details 2)                            HTML     44K 
60: R45         Income Taxes (Details 3)                            HTML     36K 
61: R46         Income Taxes (Details Textual)                      HTML     34K 
62: R47         Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     96K 
63: R48         Stock Based Compensation (Details Textual)          HTML     45K 
64: R49         Stock Offerings (Details)                           HTML     77K 
65: R50         Related Parties (Details)                           HTML     25K 
66: R51         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     34K 
67: R52         Quarterly Financial Data (Unaudited) (Details)      HTML     38K 
69: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    118K 
68: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     73K 
10: EX-101.INS  XBRL Instance -- wkhs-20181231                       XML    923K 
12: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- wkhs-20181231_cal               XML    146K 
13: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- wkhs-20181231_def                XML    434K 
14: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- wkhs-20181231_lab                     XML    932K 
15: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- wkhs-20181231_pre              XML    684K 
11: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- wkhs-20181231                         XSD    153K 
70: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001213900-19-004319-xbrl      Zip    115K 


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