UNITED STATES
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(Amendment No. 1)
Current Report
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Explanatory Note
This Current Report on Form 8-K/A is being filed to correct certain disclosure contained in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed by Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) on April 16, 2024, which incorrectly identified Lewis Liu as the Company’s newly appointed Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Liu was appointed as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer. The sole purpose of this Current Report on Form 8-K/A is to correct the reference to Mr. Liu’s title as Chief Operating Officer. No other changes have been made to the original report.
| Item 5.02. | Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers. |
On April 11, 2024, Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lewis W. Liu as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately
Lewis W. Liu, age 61, has been serving as SVP of Operations and SVP of Vehicle Program & Business Development since July 2022. Prior to that, from January 2019 to April 2022, Dr. Liu worked as VP of Business Development & Strategy, Corporate Process Executive and Quality Task Force Head at Karma Automotive, an EV manufacturer based in Irvine, CA. Dr. Liu was a founding team member at AiKar, a California based EV technology start-up. Dr. Liu served as the Head of the Global Charging Business and Head of Strategic Partnerships for Faraday Future, another California based EV start-up. In addition, Dr. Liu was the Lead Director of the automotive practice for KPMG Advisory (China) in Beijing, China. Dr. Liu served as general manager with full P&L responsibility for a business unit of a global Fortune 500 electronics manufacturer operating five plants in the region. Dr. Liu also acted as a plant manager and regional supply chain head for this global Fortune 500 company. Dr. Liu holds an Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua University, an MBA in Finance from the University of Chicago, an MS in Artificial Intelligence from the University of Mississippi, and a BS in Computer Science from Beijing Polytechnic University.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| Dated: April 17, 2024 | PHOENIX MOTOR INC. | |
| By: | /s/ Xiaofeng Denton Peng | |
| Name: | Xiaofeng Denton Peng | |
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board | |