SF Motors Inc.
Manufacturing/R&D facilities SF Motors Inc. was founded in Santa Clara, California in January 2016 as a company focused on producing electric vehicles. In early 2017, SF Motors' parent company, Sokon Industry Group, was granted production permits from the Chinese government to produce
electric vehicles. The company has established seven R&D facilities in four countries, including the U.S.,
China, and
Germany, with
Japan coming online soon. Along with establishing an R&D center in the
Ann Arbor area in Michigan; Seres is also partnering with the University of Michigan's Mcity innovation center, which is dedicated to leading the transformation to connected and automated vehicles. SF Motors hosted its first
University of Michigan-Sokon Autonomous Driving Seminar in August 2017. In 2017, SF Motors completed the acquisition of the
AM General Commercial Assembly Plant in
Mishawaka, Indiana, making it the only
electric vehicle company at the time to have manufacturing facilities in both the U.S. and China. It will be the first manufacturing plant in the U.S. that is wholly owned by SF Motors. The acquisition includes retaining about 430 employees at the facility who previously helped build vehicles for both
Mercedes-Benz and
Hummer. • July 2017 — SF Motors hosts first Global Partnership Meeting at its headquarters in Silicon Valley • July 2017 — SF Motors establishes intelligent driving research center in Beijing • August 2017 — SF Motors hosts first University of Michigan-Sokon Autonomous Driving Seminar • September 2017 — SF Motors' parent company granted permission by Chinese Government to issue convertible bond worth up to 1.5 Billion RMB for SF Motors • October 2017 — SF Motors announced the acquisition of
InEVit Inc., an electric vehicle battery modularization startup headed by Martin Eberhard, industry leader and co-founder of Tesla, who joined the company as Chief Scientist and Vice Chairman of SF Motors' Board. • March 2018 — SF Motors unveils its cars, two all-electric sport utility vehicles, the compact
SF5 and the mid-size
SF7. • July 2019 — Plans to assemble the company's first vehicle, an SUV called the SF5, have been halted for the U.S. market. Plans to assemble and sell SF5 in China continue unchanged. Layoffs have been announced at the company's California headquarters. • That same month,
Autocar reported that the company was in search of
British partners to manufacture electric vehicles for SF Motors. SF Motors will serve as a supplier and would provide electric motors, and battery packs to any potential partners.
Leadership • John Zhang — CEO • Yifan Tang — CTO ==Products==