---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001104659-24-055113"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "PEVM"
cik: "0001879848"
company_name: "PHOENIX MOTOR INC."
filed_at: "2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-03T03:17:51.013043+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.4
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Phoenix Motor expands board to seven, elects Chen and Li as directors

## Summary
- Board size increased from 5 to 7; Kristine Chen and Steven Li elected as directors effective April 28, 2024.
- Kristine Chen, age 43, currently Chief of Staff at Phoenix Motor since Feb 2024; previously finance manager at WHTB Glass.
- Steven Li, age 46, over 15 years in tech/finance, CFA charter holder, owner of JLS Group Construction LLC.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001104659-24-055113
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: PEVM
- cik: 0001879848
- company_name: PHOENIX MOTOR INC.
- filed_at: 2024-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.4
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.4
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924055113/0001104659-24-055113-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924055113/tm2413173d1_8k.htm

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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001104659-24-055113.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Steven Li was elected as Director at PHOENIX MOTOR INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors from five members to seven members, and elected Kristine Chen and Steven Li as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924055113/0001104659-24-055113-index.htm
- Executive change
  Kristine Chen was elected as Director at PHOENIX MOTOR INC..
  - Action: elected
  - Role: Director
  source text: the Board of Directors of Phoenix Motor Inc. (the “Company”) increased the size of the Board of Directors from five members to seven members, and elected Kristine Chen and Steven Li as directors of the Company, effective immediately.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1879848/000110465924055113/0001104659-24-055113-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.