Income Taxes - Net deffered tax assets (Details) - USD ($) |
Mar. 31, 2021 |
Dec. 31, 2020 |
Dec. 31, 2019 |
Dec. 31, 2018 |
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| Deferred tax assets: | ||||
| Deferred revenue | $ 200,000 | |||
| Valuation allowance | (200,000) | |||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||
| Net deferred tax assets | $ 550,000 | 200,000 | ||
| Evolv Technologies Holdings Inc [Member] | ||||
| Deferred tax assets: | ||||
| Net loss carryforwards | 13,996,000 | $ 10,404,000 | ||
| Research and development tax credit carryforwards | 3,857,000 | 1,861,000 | ||
| Capitalized research and development costs | 7,274,000 | 4,146,000 | ||
| Accrued expenses | 334,000 | 56,000 | ||
| Deferred revenue | 1,049,000 | 434,000 | ||
| Other | 304,000 | 40,000 | ||
| Total deferred tax assets | 26,814,000 | 16,941,000 | ||
| Valuation allowance | (26,005,000) | (16,767,000) | $ (12,157,000) | |
| Total deferred tax assets, net of valuation allowance | 809,000 | 174,000 | ||
| Deferred tax liabilities: | ||||
| Depreciation | (542,000) | (174,000) | ||
| Other | (267,000) | |||
| Total deferred tax liabilities | (809,000) | (174,000) | ||
| Net deferred tax assets | $ 0 | $ 0 |
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible capitalized research and development costs. No definition available.
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from deferred income. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount, after allocation of valuation allowances and deferred tax liability, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible differences and carryforwards, without jurisdictional netting. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount after allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences and carryforwards. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible operating loss carryforwards. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount, before allocation of valuation allowance, of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences, classified as other. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible research tax credit carryforwards. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount before allocation of valuation allowances of deferred tax asset attributable to deductible temporary differences from accrued liabilities. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax assets for which it is more likely than not that a tax benefit will not be realized. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences classified as other. Reference 1: http://fasb.org/us-gaap/role/ref/legacyRef
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- Definition Amount of deferred tax liability attributable to taxable temporary differences from property, plant, and equipment. Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2009/role/commonPracticeRef
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