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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person * LUKENS JOSEPH THEODORE JR   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Workhorse Group Inc. [WKHS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) _____ Director __X__ 10% Owner _____ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC.,, 100 COMMERCE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 09/18/2017 (Street) LOVELAND,, OH 45140 4. If Amendment, Date Original Filed(Month/Day/Year) 6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing(Check Applicable Line) _X_ Form filed by One Reporting Person ___ Form filed by More than One Reporting Person (City) (State) (Zip) Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1.Title of Security (Instr. 3) 2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year) 2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year) 3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8) 4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5) 5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4) 6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4) 7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4) Code V Amount (A) or (D) Price Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   P   781,248 A $ 3.2 6,970,283 I See footnote (1) (2) Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   P   6,189,035 A (1) (2) 6,189,035 I See footnote (1) (2) Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   S   2,697,147 D (1) (2) 0 I See footnote (1) (2) Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share 09/18/2017   S   3,491,888 D (2) 0 D (1)   Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               154,871 I The Joe & Kim Lukens Foundation Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               25,000 I See footnote (3) Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share               25,000 I See footnote (4)

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Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
(e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)

2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security

3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)

4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)

5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4, and 5)

6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)

7. Title and Amount of Underlying Securities (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)

9. Number of Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)

10. Ownership Form of Derivative Security: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)

11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exercisable

Expiration Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Common Stock Purchase Warrant

$ 5.28

11/25/2015

11/25/2020

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

571,429

571,429

D

Warrants

$ 3.8

09/18/2017

A

585,936

09/18/2017

09/18/2022

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

585,936

(2)

585,936

I

See Footnote (2)

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
LUKENS JOSEPH THEODORE JR C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC., 100 COMMERCE DRIVE LOVELAND,, OH 45140		X

Signatures

/s/ Joseph T. Lukens		10/05/2017
**Signature of Reporting Person		Date

Explanation of Responses:

*	If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 4(b)(v).
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations. See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).
(1)	US Trust Company of Delaware Administrative Trustee of the Joe & Kim Lukens Dynasty Trust assigned 2,697,147 shares of common stock to New Era Capital Fund L.P. ("New Era") in exchange for 34.504% of New Era. New Era Capital LLC ("NEC") is the General Partner of New Era. Mr. Lukens is the managing member of NEC. Jospeh T. Lukens, Jr. assigned 3,491,888 shares of common stock to New Era in exchange for 44.672% of New Era.
(2)	New Era acquired 781,248 shares of common stock and warrants to purchase 585,936 shares of common stock for a period of five years at an exercise price of $3.80 per share from the Company on September 18, 2017 for an aggregate purchase price of $2,499,993.60.
(3)	Joseph T Lukens, Jr. and Gerald Budde, Co-Trustee of the Joseph T. Lukens, Jr. Irrevocable Trust for Nathan J. Lukens U/T/A Dated 2/23/2016
(4)	Joseph T Lukens, Jr. and Gerald Budde, Co-Trustee of the Joseph T. Lukens, Jr. Irrevocable Trust for Roman E. Lukens U/T/A Dated 2/23/2016.

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