---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-24-000390"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001901305"
company_name: "Forza X1, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-05T00:50:26.871888+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forza X1 CEO Jim Leffew resigns effective immediately; Interim CFO Carrie Gunnerson to leave May 31

## Summary
- CEO Jim Leffew resigned effective March 6, 2024; no replacement announced.
- Interim CFO Carrie Gunnerson resigned effective May 31, 2024 to pursue another opportunity.
- Both officers cited no disagreements with company operations, policies, or practices.
- Executive Chairman Joseph Visconti remains in place; no interim CEO or CFO named.
- Company is an emerging growth company traded on Nasdaq under ticker FRZA.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-24-000390
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001901305
- company_name: Forza X1, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-08T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000390/0001731122-24-000390-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000390/e5470_8-k.htm

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- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000390
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- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000390.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Leffew resigned as Chief Executive Officer at Forza X1, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 6, 2024, Jim Leffew, the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, notified the Company of his decision to resign, effective immediately, from his position as the Company’s Chief Executive Officer.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000390/0001731122-24-000390-index.htm
- Executive change
  Carrie Gunnerson resigned as Interim Chief Financial Officer at Forza X1, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Interim Chief Financial Officer
  source text: On March 4, 2024, Carrie Gunnerson, the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Forza X1, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of her decision to resign, effective May 31, 2024, from her position as the Company’s Interim Chief Financial Officer to pursue another opportunity.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000390/0001731122-24-000390-index.htm

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