---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001731122-24-000427"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: null
cik: "0001901305"
company_name: "Forza X1, Inc."
filed_at: "2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T22:34:30.491462+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.6
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Forza X1 director Leffew resigns; Visconti named interim CEO, Norton named president

## Summary
- Jim Leffew resigned as director effective March 9, 2024; no disagreement with company.
- Joseph Visconti appointed Interim CEO; he retains roles as Executive Chairman and Chief of Product Development.
- Dan Norton appointed President; previously Chief Mechanical Engineer.
- Visconti: $75k base salary, 100% target bonus, 400k stock option grant.
- Norton: $160k base salary, 20% target bonus, 100k stock option grant.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001731122-24-000427
- form_type: 8-K
- cik: 0001901305
- company_name: Forza X1, Inc.
- filed_at: 2024-03-13T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.6
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.6
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000427/0001731122-24-000427-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000427/e5494_8-k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000427
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000427.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001731122-24-000427.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Jim Leffew resigned as Director at Forza X1, Inc..
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On March 9, 2024, Jim Leffew, the former Chief Executive Officer of Forza X1, Inc. (the “Company”), notified the Company of his decision to resign, effective immediately, as a director of the Company.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000427/0001731122-24-000427-index.htm
- Executive change
  Dan Norton was appointed as President at Forza X1, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: President
  source text: On March 12, 2024, the Company appointed Joseph Visconti as its Interim Chief Executive Officer and Dan Norton as its President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000427/0001731122-24-000427-index.htm
- Executive change
  Joseph Visconti was appointed as Interim Chief Executive Officer at Forza X1, Inc..
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Interim Chief Executive Officer
  source text: On March 12, 2024, the Company appointed Joseph Visconti as its Interim Chief Executive Officer and Dan Norton as its President.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1901305/000173112224000427/0001731122-24-000427-index.htm

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