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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001213900-22-050923"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "HYLN"
cik: "0001759631"
company_name: "Hyliion Holdings Corp."
filed_at: "2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-23T21:25:19.084908+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Hyliion acquires GE's KARNO generator for ~$37M; targets Q3 close

## Summary
- Purchase price: $15M cash plus 5.5M shares (~$22M) from GE Additive.
- KARNO generator expected to be 20%+ more efficient than current top generators.
- Technology capable of running on over 20 fuels including hydrogen.
- Hyliion to integrate the Cincinnati-based engineering team that developed KARNO.
- First Hypertruck ERX (natural gas) due late 2023; KARNO variant to follow.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001213900-22-050923
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: HYLN
- cik: 0001759631
- company_name: Hyliion Holdings Corp.
- filed_at: 2022-08-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 1.01, 3.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000121390022050923/0001213900-22-050923-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1759631/000121390022050923/ea164875-8k_hyliionhold.htm

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