---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-24-031787"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVTV"
cik: "0001563568"
company_name: "Envirotech Vehicles, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T11:37:54.948713+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.55
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Envirotech Vehicles appoints President and COO; Secretary resigns

## Summary
- Jason Maddox appointed President as of Oct 16, 2024; previously CEO of Maddox Defense.
- Elgin Tracy appointed COO as of Oct 16, 2024; previously COO of Maddox Defense, oversaw $2.5B in contracts.
- Susan M. Emry resigned as Secretary; no replacement named in filing.
- Maddox and Tracy were previously tied to a $102.5M term sheet for Maddox Defense acquisition (March 2023).
- Compensation for both new officers to be determined later by Compensation Committee.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-24-031787
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVTV
- cik: 0001563568
- company_name: Envirotech Vehicles, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-10-22T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.55
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.55
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774924031787/0001437749-24-031787-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774924031787/adom20241022_8k.htm

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## Key facts
- Executive change
  Elgin Tracy was appointed as Chief Operating Officer at Envirotech Vehicles, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Chief Operating Officer
  source text: On October 16, 2024, Envirotech Vehicles, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced the appointments of Jason Maddox as President of the Company and Elgin Tracy as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774924031787/0001437749-24-031787-index.htm
- Executive change
  Jason Maddox was appointed as President at Envirotech Vehicles, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On October 16, 2024, Envirotech Vehicles, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), announced the appointments of Jason Maddox as President of the Company and Elgin Tracy as Chief Operating Officer of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774924031787/0001437749-24-031787-index.htm

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