How a Former Engineer Founded EV Truck Startup Atlis Motor Vehicles
For a decade, Atlis Motor Vehicles founder Mark Hanchett worked as a mechanical engineer. He incorporated Atlis Motor Vehicles in 2016 with the hopes of building electric trucks. Atlis plans to have a prototype of the first truck, the $45,000 XT, by this summer. For a decade, Mark Hanchett worked as a mechanical engineer and eventually became a director at Axon, a tech company specializing in law-enforcement gear. Hanchett, who drives a pickup truck, noticed Tesla's accomplishments while working there — its Supercharger network, driver satisfaction, and especially its Model S sedan. With hi...