Nuvve Provides Third Quarter 2023 Financial Update

Investor Conference Call to be Held Today at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM PT)

SAN DIEGO, Nov. 9, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nuvve) (Nasdaq: NVVE), a green energy technology company that provides a globally-available, commercial vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology platform that enables electric vehicle (EV) batteries to store and resell unused energy back to the local electric grid and provides other grid services, today provided a third quarter 2023 update. 

 Third Quarter Highlights and Recent Developments

• Fully integrated Nuvve's purpose-built Astrea AI technology into the FleetBox® charge management app, which customers use to manage routes, battery state of charge, charging status, charging equipment and reports
• Received a proposed award of $1.9 million by the California Energy Commission to fund project "RESCHOOL", which is intended to showcase the impact of electric school buses and bi-directional charging infrastructure on enhancing the resilience of the power grid
• In partnership with Blue Bird, Nuvve K-12 deployed what is understood to be the first all-electric school bus fleet in the U.S., replacing the five diesel bus fleet in Martinsville, Texas
• Reduced cash operating loss in third quarter 2023 to $7.3 million compared to $7.4 million in third quarter 2022
• Increased megawatts under management by 6.1% to 21.2 megawatts as of September 30, 2023 from 20.0 megawatts on June 30, 2023; growth accelerated further in October with record deployments
• Cash and cash equivalents of $13.9 million as of September 30, 2023, including $9.8 million in EPA grant funds due to customers

Management Discussion

Gregory Poilasne, Chief Executive Officer of Nuvve, said, "Through the third quarter of 2023, Nuvve is on pace to increase its revenues by more than 50% this year as orders, sales and deployments of charging stations connected to our GIVe™ V2G software platform, as well as grid service revenues, have all shown a substantial improvement over 2022 levels. We believe we are laying the foundation for continued momentum as we go into 2024 and for the inflection in electrification that we feel is inevitable in the back half of this decade, with Nuvve K-12, our expertise in stationary storage, and our enhanced Astrea AI forecasting capabilities particularly notable, differentiating drivers of our business today. The capital markets remain challenging – especially for companies in our position. However, we remain diligent in our efforts to further reduce costs while exploring all funding opportunities so that we can remain committed to sustaining our trajectory of innovation and growth."

2023 Third Quarter Financial Review

Total revenue was $2.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to $0.6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, an increase of approximately $2.2 million, or 389.9%. The increase was primarily attributable to a $1.5 million increase in products revenue and $0.7 million increase in services revenue due to higher customers sales orders and shipments. Products and services revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2023, consisted of sales of school buses of $1.0 million, DC and AC Chargers of $0.8 million, grid services revenue of $0.6 million, and engineering services of $0.3 million.

Cost of products and services revenue for the three months ended September 30, 2023, increased by $2.1 million to $2.4 million, compared to $0.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 due to higher customers sales orders and shipments. Products and services margin decreased to 9.0% for the three months ended September 30, 2023, compared to 43.3% in the same prior year period. Margin was mostly impacted by a higher mix of hardware charging stations sales, including the impact of lower margin school buses sales, offset by a lower mix of engineering services in the current quarter. 

Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of selling, marketing, advertising, payroll, administrative, legal, finance, and professional expenses. Selling, general and administrative expenses were $6.5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023, as compared to $7.2 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, a decrease of $0.7 million, or 9.5%.

The decrease during the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to decreases in compensation expenses of $0.3 million, including share-based compensation, decreases in insurance related expenses of $0.3 million, decreases in insurance related expenses of expenses of $0.3 million, partially offset by increased in audit services fees of $0.1 million, increases in subcontractor and outside services expenses of $0.1 million, increases in legal fees expenses $0.2 million, increases in bad debt expenses $0.1 million, and software subscription expenses of $0.2 million. Expenses resulting from the consolidation of Levo's activities during the three months ended September 30, 2023, accounted for approximately $0.5 million of the decrease in selling, general and administrative expenses.

Research and development expenses increased by $0.6 million, or 34%, from $1.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022 to $2.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increases during the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to increases in compensation expenses and subcontractor expenses used to advance our platform functionality and integration with more vehicles.

Other income (expense) consists primarily of interest expense, change in fair value of warrants liability and derivative liability, and other income (expense). Other income (expense) decreased by $1.8 million from $1.9 million of other income for the three months ended September 30, 2022, to $0.1 million in other income for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The decrease during the three months ended September 30, 2023 was primarily attributable to the change in fair value of the warrants liability and derivative liability.

In each of the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, we recorded no material income tax expenses. The income tax expenses during each of the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 were minimal primarily due to operating losses that receive no tax benefits as a result of a valuation allowance recorded for such losses.

Net loss increased by $1.7 million, or 25.1%, from $6.7 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022, to $8.3 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023. The increase in net loss was primarily due to a decrease in other income of $1.8 million, and an increase in operating expenses of $2.0 million, which includes an increase in cost of product of $2.1 million mainly associated with the loss on the sale of school buses, partially offset by increase in revenue of $2.2 million, for the above aforementioned reasons.

Net Income (Loss) Attributable to Non-Controlling Interest

Net income attributable to non-controlling interest was $0.01 million for the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to net loss attributable to non-controlling interest of $0.17 million for the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Net income (loss) is allocated to non-controlling interests in proportion to the relative ownership interests of the holders of non-controlling interests in Levo, an entity formed by us with Stonepeak and Evolve. We own 51% of Levo's common units and Stonepeak and Evolve own 49% of Levo's common units. We have determined that Levo is a variable interest entity ("VIE") in which we are the primary beneficiary. Accordingly, we consolidated Levo and recorded a non-controlling interest for the share of Levo owned by Stonepeak and Evolve during the three months ended September 30, 2023. 

Conference Call Details

The Company will hold a conference call to review its financial results for the third quarter of 2023, along with other Company developments, at 5:00 PM Eastern Time (2:00 PM PT) today, Thursday, November 9, 2023.

To participate, please register for and listen via a live webcast, which is available in the 'Events' section under the 'News & Events' tab of Nuvve's investor relations website at https://investors.nuvve.com/. In addition, a replay of the call will be made available for future access.

About Nuvve Holding Corp.

Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE) has developed a proprietary vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology, including its Grid Integrated Vehicle ("GIVe™") cloud-based software platform, that enables it to link multiple electric vehicle ("EV") batteries into a virtual power plant to provide bi-directional energy to the electrical grid in a qualified and secure manner. Combining the world's most advanced V2G technology and an ecosystem of electrification partners, Nuvve dynamically manages power among electric vehicle (EV) batteries and the grid to deliver new value to EV owners, accelerate the adoption of EVs, and support the world's transition to clean energy. With products designed to transform EVs into mobile energy storage assets and networking battery capacity to support shifting energy needs, Nuvve is working toward making the grid more resilient, enhancing sustainable transportation, and supporting energy equity in an electrified world. Since its founding in 2010, Nuvve has successfully deployed V2G on five continents and offers turnkey electrification solutions for fleets of all types. Nuvve is headquartered in San Diego, California, and can be found online at nuvve.com.

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