

Xiaofeng Peng, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer of SPI Energy. “We are excited to welcome Joe to the Phoenix Motorcars team,” stated Mr.

Mitchell has an MBA from Vanderbilt University along with a BSc from Niagara University and diploma in Operations and Industrial Management from Niagara College in Canada. Mitchell served as VP of this newly formed division and supported the integration of UQM into Danfoss.

In 2019 Joe led the merger of UQM with Danfoss, a large Danish based global industrial company looking to enter the EV market and supported the formation of Danfoss’s Editron division whose main focus was on the development of electric powertrains for the commercial on- and off-highway EV markets along with the marine EV market. In 2015, he took over as President and CEO of UQM and led the company to win a number of major commercial EV contracts globally. In 2012, Mitchell joined UQM Technologies, a leading global developer of electric powertrains for the automotive and commercial vehicle markets. Through a number of mergers and restructurings, Mitchell continued with this organization, leading the electric powertrain group under the ownership of Ballard, Siemens VDO and Continental Automotive. In 1999, Mitchell entered the EV and fuel cell vehicle market, taking on a position to run the electric powertrain operations for a newly formed JV between Ford, Daimler and Ballard Power to develop a fuel cell electric powertrain system for this emerging market. He started his career with Ford Motor Company of Canada in Operations and Quality and had a number of positions of increasing responsibility throughout the US, Canada, and Mexico. Mitchell’s 30 years of automotive industry experience includes 20 years directly in the EV market. Mitchell as its new chief executive officer, effective on Feb 15, 2021. Karl-Thomas Neumann, executive board member in charge of corporate-wide technological development and the new Chassis & Safety and Powertrain divisions, said the new Continental will be able to profit in special measure from future key auto industry trends: "Our innovative force and core competence cover precisely those automotive industry megatrends that will clearly dominate the upcoming years-safety, sustainability and Information.SPI Energy Co., Ltd., (NASDAQ:SPI) (the “Company”), a global renewable energy company and provider of solar storage and electric vehicle (EV) solutions for business, residential, government, logistics and utility customers and investors, today announced its board of directors has appointed auto industry veteran Joseph R. "The amount will presumably be higher,” Wennemer said.ĭr. On the basis of planning to date, Continental anticipates net synergy effects in the order of at least €170 million as of 2010.
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The interior division, led by Helmut Matschi, is responsible for vehicle-to-vehicle communication and vehicle-infrastructure integration systems as well as technology that provides links between the vehicle and the driver and passengers.Įxecutive board chairman Manfred Wennemer estimated that it will take Continental "another two to three months” to make a series of key decisions. The powertrain division, under Dieter Rogge, offers sensors, actuators, and other powertrain, hybrid, and engine management products and systems. Ralf Cramer, is involved in networking active and passive safety systems.

The Chassis & Safety division, headed by Dr. Those divisions employ more than 87,000 people in more than 200 locations worldwide. The three divisions with a significant electronics focus accounted for €16 billion of €25.1 billion total sales in 2006. The divisions are Chassis & Safety, Powertrain, Interior, Passenger and Light Truck Tires, Commercial Vehicle Tires, and ContiTech, which specializes in non-tire rubber and plastics technology. Continental AG has organized itself into six divisions following its acquisition of Siemens VDO.
