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Workhorse Group Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 3/31/20 – ‘EX-101.PRE’

On:  Wednesday, 5/6/20, at 8:56am ET   ·   For:  3/31/20   ·   Accession #:  1628280-20-6544   ·   File #:  1-37673

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

 5/06/20  Workhorse Group Inc.              10-Q        3/31/20   62:4.5M                                   Workiva Inc Wde… FA01/FA

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

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

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 2: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 3: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
 4: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
 5: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     19K 
36: R1          Document and Entity Information                     HTML     70K 
52: R2          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML    102K 
47: R3          Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets               HTML     40K 
                (Parenthetical)                                                  
13: R4          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations     HTML     74K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
35: R5          Statement of Comprehensive Income (Statement)       HTML     31K 
51: R6          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders   HTML     65K 
                Equity (Deficit) (Unaudited)                                     
46: R7          Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows     HTML     97K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
14: R8          Summary of Significant Accounting Principles        HTML     29K 
34: R9          Inventory                                           HTML     32K 
45: R10         Investments in LMC                                  HTML     29K 
61: R11         Revenue                                             HTML     34K 
26: R12         Long-Term Debt                                      HTML     37K 
19: R13         Mandatory Redeemable Series B Preferred Stock       HTML     27K 
44: R14         Stock-Based Compensation                            HTML     66K 
60: R15         Income Taxes                                        HTML     21K 
24: R16         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     37K 
18: R17         Recent Accounting Developments                      HTML     21K 
43: R18         Share Holders Equity (Deficit)                      HTML     35K 
62: R19         Other Transaction                                   HTML     22K 
38: R20         Fair Value Measurement                              HTML     43K 
17: R21         Subsequent Events                                   HTML     24K 
50: R22         Summary of Significant Accounting Principles        HTML     36K 
                (Policies)                                                       
56: R23         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     34K 
37: R24         Revenue (Tables)                                    HTML     30K 
16: R25         Long-Term Debt (Tables)                             HTML     32K 
49: R26         Stock-Based Compensation (Tables)                   HTML     67K 
55: R27         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     35K 
39: R28         Share Holders Equity (Deficit) (Tables)             HTML     29K 
15: R29         Fair Value Measurement (Tables)                     HTML     38K 
20: R30         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     34K 
28: R31         Investments, All Other Investments (Details)        HTML     38K 
58: R32         Revenue (Details)                                   HTML     27K 
40: R33         Long-Term Debt (Details)                            HTML     29K 
21: R34         Long-Term Debt (Details Textual)                    HTML     77K 
29: R35         Mandatory Redeemable Series B Preferred Stock       HTML     51K 
                (Details)                                                        
59: R36         Stock Based Compensation (Details)                  HTML     34K 
42: R37         Stock Based Compensation - Share Based              HTML     26K 
                Compensation Expense (Details)                                   
22: R38         Stock Based Compensation - Stock Option Activity    HTML     60K 
                (Details)                                                        
27: R39         Stock Based Compensation - Restricted Stock         HTML     43K 
                (Details)                                                        
11: R40         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     44K 
32: R41         Share Holders Equity (Deficit) (Details Textual)    HTML     55K 
53: R42         Share Holders Equity (Deficit) (Details)            HTML     37K 
48: R43         Other Transaction (Details)                         HTML     36K 
12: R44         Fair Value Measurement - Warrants (Details)         HTML     26K 
33: R45         Fair Value Measurement - Convertible Note           HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
54: R46         Subsequent Events (Details)                         HTML     24K 
25: R9999       Uncategorized Items - wkhs-20200331.htm             HTML     20K 
30: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    105K 
23: XML         XBRL Instance -- wkhs-20200331_htm                   XML    852K 
57: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     54K 
 7: EX-101.CAL  XBRL Calculations -- wkhs-20200331_cal               XML    152K 
 8: EX-101.DEF  XBRL Definitions -- wkhs-20200331_def                XML    459K 
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10: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- wkhs-20200331_pre              XML    676K 
 6: EX-101.SCH  XBRL Schema -- wkhs-20200331                         XSD    131K 
31: JSON        XBRL Instance as JSON Data -- MetaLinks              233±   351K 
41: ZIP         XBRL Zipped Folder -- 0001628280-20-006544-xbrl      Zip    188K

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