---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-048367"
form_type: "8-K/A"
ticker: "PEVM"
cik: "0001879848"
company_name: "PHOENIX MOTOR INC."
filed_at: "2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T21:52:11.171210+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Phoenix Motor amends prior 8-K: Lewis Liu appointed COO, not CFO

## Summary
- Prior 8-K incorrectly identified Lewis Liu as CFO; corrected to Chief Operating Officer.
- Lewis W. Liu, 61, appointed COO effective April 11, 2024, from previous SVP of Operations role.
- Liu's background includes senior roles at Karma Automotive, Faraday Future, AiKar, and KPMG China.
- Liu holds Ph.D. in Automotive Engineering from Tsinghua, MBA from UChicago, MS in AI from Univ. of Mississippi.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-048367
- form_type: 8-K/A
- ticker: PEVM
- cik: 0001879848
- company_name: PHOENIX MOTOR INC.
- filed_at: 2024-04-17T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924048367/0001104659-24-048367-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924048367/tm2412117d1_8ka.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-048367.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Lewis W. Liu was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at PHOENIX MOTOR INC..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On April 11, 2024, Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) appointed Lewis W. Liu as the Company’s Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924048367/0001104659-24-048367-index.htm

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