Chairman: Mr. Zhang Renqi
Prior to this, Mr. Zhang has served as qualified engineer in Ministry of Machine-Building Industry and Machine Industry Committee of the State Council, CTO and chief secretary of State Development Planning Commission, representative of Chairman in China Automotive Industry Corporation, and senior consultant in Beijing Botuo Investment Co., Ltd.
Management Team
HAIKE¡¯s management team consists of authorities or experienced professionals in auto industry. Dr. Frank Liao
Dr. Liao is a leading expert in motor engineering, and one of the 2nd batch of nominees in ¡°Recruitment program of global experts¡± initiated by Chinese central government.
Dr. Liao has been participating in the project of the1st generation of EV development in GM in 1990s. He conducted or participated in series of projects in clean energy automobile development supported by Department of Energy in the US.
He conducted the projects in hybrid power train applied in bus with multiple Chinese bus manufacturers in early last decade. When served as the CTO of the engineering institute of a Chinese renowned car manufacturer Chery in 2008, he led the development of EV model M1EV. He also led the development of EV model BC30EV in 2010 when acting as the CTO of Beijing New Energy Auto, the EV subsidiary of a leading Chinese automobile manufacturer BAIC. The BC30EV was awarded as the prize of Yearly Model in EV in 2010 by an authorized election organized by top Chinese auto news agency ¡°Chinese automotive news¡± .
Dr. Liao holds a PhD degree in electrical driving engineering from University of Wisconsin, the US and a bachelor degree in engineer from the department of electrical engineering in Tsinghua University, China. He also finished MBA study in University of Chicago.
Technical Director: Mr. Shui Youmin
Mr. Shui has 10 years experience in product development in automotive industry.
Prior to joining HAIKE, he served as technology manager in Beijing Hyundai Mobis automotive parts Co., Ltd, responsible for the daily production technology management and the localization of imported technology.
He also served as an assistant to general manager and technical director in Changzhou Huanghai Micro EV Co., Ltd, where he led the EV R&D process .
Mr. Shui graduated from the department of automotive engineering, Tsinghua University.
Technical Advisory Team
The team is formed by the founder of flywheel KERS, world class experts, and leading talents nominated by China top plan ¡°Recruitment Program of Globe Expert¡±. They have been conducting R&D of cutting edge technologies in global top auto makers or T1.
Mr. Chris Ellis:
Mr Ellis is the chief technical advisor in HAIKE. He is a distinguished expert in vehicle powertrain design and has had many articles published in magazines such as Race Tech and Racecar Engineering. As a founder of flywheel-based KERS, he initially proposed the concept in the 1990¡¯s and then patented a series of IP for flywheel-based KERS in Europe. He has been cooperating with several major companies in proof-of-principle and demonstration for flywheel KERS. The concept was one of the winners of the Ultra-Low Carbon Car Challenge sponsored by the UK government. On leaving university, he joined IBM, where his last job title was Manager, Office Systems Strategic Opportunities, IBM Europe. In 1993, he realised Climate Change would become a major threat. Having built his first car at 15, and several more as a hobby, he decided to change career direction and focus on automotive. Dedicated to the application of flywheel-based KERS (because Physics shows it is the correct answer), Mr. Ellis has been contributing his recommendations to global automakers and western governments for more than 20 years. For example, he has worked closely with the U.S. government¡¯s Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which published a paper focused on his invention. Mr. Ellis holds a B.Sc from Bristol University¡¯s department of engineering, and is a Fellow of the British Computer Society.
CEO: Dr. Lu Shuai
Dr. Lu is a leading expert specialized in motor engineering. He is among the first batch of top-level talents recruited under ¡°Recruitment Program of Global Experts¡± initiated by Chinese central government. Dr. Lu is also a part time professor and Ph. D supervisor in Chong Qing University, China.
He established a development team in power electronics and motor drive when working for MTS, USA as a senior engineer. Together with the team, he conducted a series of R&D projects amounting to USD 20 million aiming at development of the 1st generation of hybrid electrical power train applied in Ferrari F1 racing car and achieved series of breakthrough in electrical driving system of vehicle. The system applied in Ferrari F1 racing car performed successfully in F1 racing in 2009 & 2011 and won ¡°Innovation Prize¡± issued by Ferrari in 2010.
Dr. Lu has rich expertise in designing and manufacturing of electric motor and control system with high power density. He is also specialized in system optimization, control simulation, system debugging and integration, and the configuration and operation of test rig.
Dr Lu holds a PhD degree from University of Missouri Rolla.
Dr. Yuan Yiqing
Dr. Yuan is a global leading expert in EV and vehicle power train, nominated by ¡°Recruitment program of global experts¡± initiated by Chinese central government and ¡°100plan¡± initiated by Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS). He serves as a researcher and Ph. D supervisor in Shenzhen advanced technology institute of CAS, and deputy director in UCAS-EV, an EV manufacturer in Shanghai, China.
He has been conducting or participating in quite a few R&D programs related with vehicle power train and sub system when he worked with D-C and Chrysler.
He has established a R&D team in UCAS-EV and constructed a systematic plan and an efficient configuration upon EV development since 2009. A pilot commercial production for some key components applied in vehicle power train has been realized. Three EV models jointly developed by UCAS and automakers have passed the procedure of certification and were listed in the product bulletin by Chinese MIIT.
He holds a bachelor degree from the department of heat energy engineering of Tsinghua University and Ph.D. from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.
Dr. Fei Yang
Dr Fei is a leading expert in battery and a nominee by ¡°Recruitment program of global experts¡± initiated by Chinese central government. He is a distinguished professor in Jiangsu University and a professor in Suzhou University. He also serves as the chairman of Jiangsu Panvolt New Energy Co., Ltd. and was honored as tenured scientist by Australia Nuclear Technology Institute.
With over 20 years experience in research and industrialization development of power battery, he has published more than 20 academic papers in international authoritative academic journals and harvested 18 patents of invention or utility model in battery.
He holds a PhD degree in physics and new material from The Chinese University of Hong Kong.