The media revealed an internal email from USA's car-making new force Canoo today: remaining employees have been assigned to a "mandatory unpaid leave" status, which will last at least until the end of this year. According to the email, employees will be locked out of Canoo's systems after finishing their work on Friday, and this "benefit" will continue until the end of December. Shortly before this email was issued, Canoo had just announced that due to a funding shortage, the company would lay off nearly 100 employees and temporarily halt operations, closing its assembly plant in Oklahoma. The specific number of remaining employees after the layoffs has not been disclosed. The company and CEO Tony Aquila did not immediately respond to media requests for comments.