---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001437749-26-022877"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EVTV"
cik: "0001563568"
company_name: "Envirotech Vehicles, Inc."
filed_at: "2026-07-07T12:04:10+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-07-07T12:05:07.806080+00:00"
event_type: "m_and_a"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.85
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# EVTV completes merger with Azio AI; appoints new CEO and President, targets $487B AI infrastructure market

## Summary
- Merger with Azio AI closed July 2, 2026; consideration: 2,655,157 common shares and 973,450 convertible preferred shares for 100% of Azio AI.
- Chris Young appointed CEO and Chairman; Simon Yu appointed President; Jason Maddox becomes CFO; Phillip Oldridge steps down as CEO.
- Company pivots to AI datacenter infrastructure; 6 MW off-grid power deployed at South Texas site; 548-acre site with up to 500 MW capacity.
- IDC projects $487B global AI infrastructure spending in 2026, over $1T by 2029; combined company targets this market.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001437749-26-022877
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EVTV
- cik: 0001563568
- company_name: Envirotech Vehicles, Inc.
- filed_at: 2026-07-07T12:04:10+00:00
- event_type: m_and_a
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.85
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.85
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774926022877/0001437749-26-022877-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1563568/000143774926022877/adom20260706c_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-022877
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-022877.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001437749-26-022877.txt

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