16 December 2025
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PHOENIX MOTOR INC.
CIK: 1879848•2 Annual Reports•Latest: 2025-05-30
10-K / May 30, 2025
Revenue:$31,150,000
Income:$7,932,000
10-K / April 15, 2024
Revenue:$3,100,000
Income:-$20,645,000
10-K / May 30, 2025
Company Summary: Phoenix Motor Inc.
Business Overview
Phoenix Motor Inc., operating under the brands "Phoenix Motorcars" and "EdisonFuture," is a provider of electrification solutions for the commercial vehicle industry, focusing on reducing carbon emissions and GHGs. The company designs, develops, manufactures, assembles, and integrates electric drive systems and electric vehicles (EVs), including light and medium-duty trucks and transit buses.
Brands and Product Offerings
- Phoenix Motorcars: Focuses on medium-duty electric vehicles, chargers, and electric forklifts. Known for heavy-duty, purpose-built electric transit buses and utility trucks.
- EdisonFuture: Aims to offer light-duty electric vehicles, benefiting from prior generation drivetrain technologies.
Technological Development & Market Position
- Launched first medium-duty electric drivetrain in 2009.
- Delivered first commercial EVs in 2014.
- Developed multiple generations of electric drivelines:
- Gen 2 (2019) - Ford E450 chassis E-200.
- Gen 3 (2021) - E-300 drivetrain.
- Gen 4 (2024) - higher production volume and cost reduction.
- Deployed over six years:
- 138 electric vehicles (EVs) delivered as of December 31, 2024.
- Customers across North America include transit agencies, utility companies, cities, municipalities, universities, airports, hotels, seaports, and corporate campuses.
- Marketed all-electric shuttle buses, cargo trucks, cargo vans, flatbeds, service trucks, and Type A school buses.
Recent Developments
- Acquired Proterra Transit Business Unit for $3.5 million, which designs and sells electric transit buses.
- Acquired Proterra battery lease contracts for $6.5 million.
- Made a strategic asset purchase agreement with Zenobe for battery lease receivables, collecting $0.9 million lease receivables, and holding $4.7 million of battery lease receivables as of December 31, 2024.
- Delivered 30 transit buses to various customers as of December 31, 2024.
Market Opportunity
- Growing underserved commercial EV market projected to reach:
- 3 million units by 2025.
- 9 million units by 2030.
- Driven by government policies, regulation tightening, and infrastructure investments.
- Significant demand from public transit, freight, and utility sectors for heavy-duty and medium-duty electric vehicles.
Financial Highlights (2024)
- Total Revenue: $31.15 million (up from $3.12 million in 2023, primarily due to the Proterra acquisition).
- Revenue Breakdown:
- Transit buses: $24.61 million.
- EV sales: $0.81 million.
- EV leasing: $0.12 million.
- Forklifts: $0.045 million.
- Parts sales: $1.58 million.
- Service revenue: $2.65 million.
- Other: $1.34 million.
- Grants from government agencies related to transit bus and EV sales: $1.5 million.
- Net Income: $7.93 million (positive, mainly due to the bargain purchase gain from Proterra).
- Operating Loss: $30.97 million.
- Employees: 159 full-time employees primarily based in Greenville, South Carolina.
- Stock Information:
- Outstanding shares: 49,280,432 as of May 20, 2025.
- Market value (as of June 30, 2024): approximately $5.19 million based on non-affiliate holdings.
- Stock trading on Nasdaq was suspended on April 15, 2025; now quoted on OTC Pink with symbol "PEVM".
