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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 * Burns Stephen S.   2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Workhorse Group Inc. [WKHS] 5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) __X__ Director _____ 10% Owner __X__ Officer (give title below) _____ Other (specify below) CEO (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC.,, 100 COMMERCE DRIVE 3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 08/21/2017 (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               50,000 I Deborah Sue Burns COMMON STOCK, $0.001 PAR VALUE 08/21/2017   G   50,000 D (6) $ 2.92 746,687 D

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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

Stock Options (3)

$ 5.28

06/30/2017

05/19/2027

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

62,500 (5)

62,500 (5)

D

Stock Options (3)

$ 7.21

08/16/2016

08/16/2021

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

35,000 (3)

35,000 (3)

D

Stock Options (2)

$ 7.21

08/16/2016

08/16/2021

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

10,000 (2)

10,000 (2)

D

Stock Options (1)

$ 4.99

02/03/2016

02/03/2021

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

40,000 (1)

40,000 (1)

D

Stock Options

$ 1.75

08/03/2015

08/03/2020

Common Stock

50,000

50,000

D

Stock Options

$ 1.4

12/19/2014

12/18/2019

Common Stock

50,000

50,000

D

Stock Options

$ 0.1

07/01/2014

06/30/2019

Common Stock

281,439

281,440

D

Stock Options

$ 2.9

03/15/2013

03/15/2018

Common Stock

40,000

40,000

D

Stock Options

$ 6

05/25/2011

05/25/2018

Common Stock

50,000

50,000

D

Stock Options

$ 1.1

12/04/2010

12/04/2018

Common Stock

30,000

30,000

D

Stock Options

$ 7.2

12/08/2010

12/08/2020

Common Stock

30,000

30,000

D

Stock Options (4)

$ 4

05/12/2010

05/12/2020

Common Stock, Par Value $0.001

60,000 (4)

60,000 (4)

D

Reporting Owners

Reporting Owner Name / Address	Relationships
	Director	10% Owner	Officer	Other
Burns Stephen S. C/O WORKHORSE GROUP INC., 100 COMMERCE DRIVE LOVELAND, OH 45140	X		CEO

Signatures

/s/ Stephen S. Burns		08/22/2017
**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)	10,000 of the options vested on February 3, 2016 and an additional 10,000 will vest every six months thereafter.
(2)	2,500 of the options vested on August 16, 2016 and an additional 2,500 will vest every six months thereafter.
(3)	8,750 of the options vested on August 16, 2016 and an additional 8,750 will vest every six months thereafter.
(4)	20,000 of the options vested on May 12, 2010 and the remaining 40,000 shares became exercisable in eight (8) equal installments of 5,000 shares at the end of every quarter commencing June 30, 2010.
(5)	Workhorse Group Inc. granted stock options exercisable at $5.28 per share to Mr. Burns to acquire 1,000,000 shares of common stock of the Company, which are exercisable for a period of ten years. The Stock Options vest in 16 equal quarterly tranches of 62,500 shares commencing June 30, 2017.
(6)	Mr. Burns gifted an aggregate of 50,000 shares of common stock to two of his children.

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