ECD Automotive Design announced a partnership with a southern New England 4x4 restoration shop to take on select builds, allocating at least ten percent of its production capacity and adding roughly twenty units to its backlog over the coming year.
The deal is intended to improve the company’s cost structure by increasing fixed‑cost absorption and leveraging existing factory infrastructure, helping ECD move closer to cash‑flow breakeven. Management said the partnership will strengthen unit economics and support inventory conversion.
ECD has struggled with low gross margins and negative levered free cash flow. By spreading fixed costs over a larger volume without new capital expenditures, the partnership offers a path to improved profitability and operational leverage.
The agreement does not alter ECD’s product mix but will allow the factory to run at higher utilization, reducing per‑unit overhead and supporting the company’s strategy to accelerate inventory turnover. CEO Scott Wallace emphasized that filling the factory has been a key objective since the company went public.
While the partner remains unnamed, the agreement is expected to add 20 units to backlog over the next year, representing a modest but meaningful increase in volume that could help the company achieve its operational targets.
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