Zero Electric Vehicles, Inc. (ZEV) Appoints Don Listwin to Board of Directors

TEMPE, Ariz., December 21, 2020 (Newswire.com) - ZEV, an innovative sustainable energy company for electric vehicles, today announced the appointment of Don Listwin to its Board of Directors as Lead Director. Listwin has also made a substantial financial investment in ZEV through his investment company Listwin Ventures. Listwin joins ZEV on their mission to make EV the preferred choice for mobility for every person on the planet.

Listwin has over 35 years of technology investing and management experience, highlighted by a decade at Cisco Systems, where he served as executive vice president. During his tenure at Cisco, he built several multi-billion-dollar lines of business, including the company's Service Provider line of business that underpins much of today's global Internet infrastructure. Currently, Listwin serves as CEO of RapidAI, an AI-based imaging and workflow company addressing needs in acute care of stroke.

ZEV's CEO, Carolyn Maury, commented, "It is with great excitement that we add a technology industry veteran of Don's caliber to ZEV's board as the Company continues to develop innovative energy capture solutions beyond the battery for EV's. Don's broad experience in hardware and software is extremely relevant and applicable to both our technology and product roadmaps. With a deep network of relationships and passion for vehicles, Don will prove valuable as the Company seeks to drive viability, efficiency and appeal of EV through our unique IP and technology."

Commenting on his appointment, Don Listwin, stated, "I am very pleased to be joining ZEV's board of directors at this exciting time for the Company and having the opportunity to work with such a deeply experienced team. Horizontal Integration is the clear path to delivering meaningfully differentiated solutions in next-generation EV applications. ZEV's unique renewable energy solutions for transportation has the potential to revolutionize the way future generations experience car ownership, and I am highly motivated by the opportunity to contribute as the Company works toward commercializing its leading-edge technology."

In addition to Listwin founding and holding the role of chief executive officer of the Canary Foundation, a non-profit research organization focused on the early detection of cancer, Listwin currently serves as a director on the boards of AwareX, Calix, Clarius, POET Systems, Robin Systems and Teradici. Previously, he has also served on the boards or been an advisor to well-known public companies, including JDS Uniphase, Redback Network and E-TEK Dynamics. He is active with student engineering at his alma mater in Saskatchewan and is also a consulting professor of radiology in the School of Medicine at Stanford University.

About Zero Electric Vehicles, Inc.

Zero Electric Vehicles INC. ("ZEV") is an Arizona based automotive design, EV technology and manufacturing company with an extensive background in applied power conservation intellectual property along with battery electric propulsion systems. The company is driven to produce the most efficient, high-scaled production all electric vehicle. ZEV is currently in development of the Trident where these proprietary power generation techniques will be showcased in the OEMs first production vehicle in Q1 2022. ZEV has sought to be the first manufacturer apart of the EV 2.0 movement. ZEV is breaking down the barriers of adoption, inviting participation in the EV experiences of the future, and creating the infrastructure to bring EV solutions to all.

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