Commitments and Contingencies

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2022

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

Lease Commitments

The Company has lease commitments under lease agreements. Refer to Note 14, Leases, for additional information.

Firm Purchase Commitment

To ensure adequate and timely supply of raw material for production, the Company, from time to time, enters into non-cancellable purchase and service contracts with vendors. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had open inventory purchase commitments of $127 under these contracts.

Minimum Volume Commitment

In June 2022, the Company entered into a long-term supply agreement with a minimum volume commitment with a third party, which provides services to process certain raw materials. Any purchase order issued under this supply agreement will be non-cancellable. To the extent the Company fails to order the guaranteed minimum volume defined in the contract at the end of the term, the Company is required to pay the counterparty an amount equal to the shortfall, if any, multiplied by a fee. As of September 30, 2022, the Company had open purchase commitments of $501 under this agreement. The Company believes that the probability of failing to meet the minimum volume commitment is remote and no shortfall penalty has been accrued as of September 30, 2022.

Legal Proceedings

On July 7, 2022, the Company entered into a settlement agreement with the U.S. Department of Justice (the “DOJ”) and Vincent Icolari (“Relator”) to resolve the previously disclosed investigation by the DOJ for underpayment of certain custom duties in past years in connection with imports of batteries and battery components manufactured abroad. The investigation resulted from a qui tam lawsuit (the “Civil Action”) filed by the Relator in December 2019 alleging violations of the False Claims Act.

Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement, the Company has agreed to pay a total of $1,017 to the United States Department of Justice and $70 to Relator’s counsel. Upon receipt of such payments, the DOJ and the Relator have agreed to release the Company from civil monetary and administrative claims under the False Claims Act and the Relator has agreed to release the Company from any claims related to the Civil Action. The Company has fully settled this liability as of September 30, 2022.

As previously disclosed, in April 2022, the Company received a subpoena from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). On August 29, 2022, the Company received a letter from the SEC informing the Company that the SEC’s investigation relating to the subpoena has concluded without any recommendation for enforcement action as to the Company.