Scott Painter has been our CEO and the chairman of our board of directors since our inception in April 2021. Mr. Painter has a history of launching innovative business models that have helped transform the automotive industry. He founded CarsDirect.com (now Internet Brands). CarsDirect.com was among the first generation of online car sites, which helped introduce the world’s major automotive manufacturers and their franchised dealers to pricing transparency enabled by the Internet. Mr. Painter studied political science and systems engineering at the United States Military Academy at West Point between 1989 and 1991; he did not receive a degree and left before graduating. He then studied economics at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) between 1992 and 1993; he did not receive a degree and left UC Berkeley prior to graduation. 

Mr. Painter is currently the CEO and chairman of NextCar Holding Company, Inc. (“NXCR”), an automotive subscription platform, in which capacity he is in frequent contact with innovators in the mobility sector.

(Note: EVe Mobility Acquisition Corp. upsized its SPAC IPO at pricing on Dec. 14, 2021, to 22 million units, up from 20 million, at $10 each to raise $220 million.)