Phoenix MC, Inc., a Delaware Corporation and a California based electric vehicle company doing business as “Phoenix Motorcars,” recently formed a new Board of Directors to reflect recent changes in the Company’s corporate governance and restructuring. Eqbal Al Yousuf, President of Al Yousuf, LLC, and Robert Hemphill, Executive Vice President of The AES Corporation, were named as board members. In addition, Daniel J. Elliott, President and CEO of Phoenix MC, Inc., has assumed the role of Chairman of the Board.
These additions complete changes began in 2007, when the original founders, Dan Riegert and Dana Muscato, resigned from their positions at Phoenix Motorcars, Inc, and from their roles in Phoenix Motorcars board of governance. Terms were not disclosed.
Phoenix MC, Inc. also announced today that it has received its next round of funding. The funding comes from Al Yousuf LLC, a Dubai, UAE based diversified commercial company and The AES Corporation, an Arlington, VA based global power company. Merriman Curhan Ford & Co. (NASDAQ: MERR) acted as sole placement agent on the transaction and O'Melveny & Myers LLP (www.omm.com) acted as legal advisor to Phoenix MC, Inc.
“Phoenix is now well capitalized to enter the fleet vehicle market with a full-performance battery electric vehicle,” said Dan Elliott, President and CEO of Phoenix MC, Inc. “We have taken orders for fleet-ready vehicles and will deliver their first round of sport utility trucks (SUT) and sport utility vehicles (SUV) in 2008.” Phoenix MC, Inc. will ramp up production in 2009.
About Al Yousuf, LLC
Founded in Dubai in 1953, Al Yousuf, LLC has steadily grown to become one of the leading commercial groups in the United Arab Emirates. Al Yousuf, LLC, with over 3,000 employees operates across a wide range of industries including automobiles, marine, manufacturing, real estate, information and communication technology, electronics goods and chemicals. In the transportation sector, Al Yousuf, LLC has developed strong value-added relationships with major international brands including Chevrolet, Yamaha, Daihatsu, Daewoo and Suzuki.
“As part of our global clean technology strategy, we are making early-stage investments into companies with new alternative energy technologies. Phoenix MC, Inc.’s market entry strategy into the U.S. fleet vehicle market, with their SUT and SUV platforms, is well positioned to meet the growing demand for clean power technologies from large commercial fleet operators,” said Eqbal Al Yousuf, President of Al Yousuf, LLC.
About The AES Corporation
The AES Corporation (NYSE: AES) is one of the world's largest global power companies, with operations in 28 countries on five continents, a global workforce of 30,000 employees and revenues of $11.6 billion in 2006. AES's generation and distribution facilities have the capacity to serve 100 million people worldwide.
“AES is committing significant resources to meet growing market needs for new alternative energy resources and technologies, to help create a secure and sustainable energy future,” said Robert F. Hemphill, Executive Vice President of The AES Corporation. “Our investment into Phoenix MC, Inc. is part of this overall strategy.”
About Phoenix MC, Inc.
Phoenix MC, Inc., a privately-held Delaware corporation, headquartered in Ontario, California and doing business as Phoenix Motorcars, has been an industry leader in the development of battery-electric, freeway-speed vehicles since 2001. The mission of Phoenix MC, Inc. is to manufacture zero-emission vehicles including SUTs and SUVs to reduce the toxic emissions from the largest contributor to air pollution, personal automobiles. For more information, visit www.PhoenixMotorcars.com.
Contacts:
Bryon
Bliss, 909-987-0815
bryon@phoenixmotorcars.com
