ALPHADIRECT MANAGEMENT SERIES MARCH 25, 2020 IN FOCUS: KANDI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC. (NASDAQ GS: KNDI), GENERAL OVERVIEW, BUSINESS STRATEGY AND GROWTH PROSPECTS KNDI Business Snapshot Founded: 2007 Headquarters: Jinhua, China Ticker: KNDI (NASDAQ GS) Stock Price: USD$ 2.67 Market Cap: USD$141M Website: http://en.kandivehicle.com/ *As of March 24, 2020 About alphaDIRECT Advisors alphaDIRECT Advisors is a Publishing and Investor Intelligence firm that creates and implements digital content and programs to help investors better understand a company’s key drivers including Source: http://en.kandivehicle.com/ industry dynamics, technology, strategy, outlook and risks as well as THE ALPHADIRECT INSIGHT the impact they could have on the Kandi positions itself as one of the pioneers of the EV industry in stock price. alphaDIRECT’s expertise encompasses a variety of sectors China. Kandi introduced its first EV in 2007 and now produces EVs through including Clean Transportation, a joint venture with Geely, China’s largest and fastest growing non-state- Emerging EnergyTech, Energy owned automaker. Kandi’s shares have been listed on the Nasdaq for Services, Smart Buildings, Solar, Water Value Chain and Industrial. twelve years. Kandi believes it is in a unique position to leverage the fast- alphaDIRECT was founded by Wall growing lower price point segment of the EV market both in China and Street veteran and research analyst, Shawn Severson, after seeing a abroad. According to government forecasts, China is set to be the largest significant shift in the investment EV market in the world; its “new energy vehicles” sales are projected to industry that resulted in less grow to 2.1 million units annually in 2020, which reflects only 7% fundamental research conducted on small cap companies and a penetration. Kandi’s focus is to provide good quality at an accessible significant decline in information price point to reach a broad middle market for EVs, in contrast to available to all investors. competitors like Tesla or NIO that target the smaller premium segment. alphaDIRECT's mission is to bridge that information gap and engage Kandi is also approved in the U.S. to ship its Model EX3 and Model K22 cars companies and investors in a way that with distribution through its wholly-owned SC Autosports. In summary, opens information flow and analytical insights. Kandi has a differentiated position in the market relative to higher-end OEMs and is focused on a large market segment both in China and To learn more, visit: abroad. In this Management Series we focus on a general overview of www.alphadirectadvisors.com or follow us on LinkedIn or Twitter. the company and its strategy and growth prospects. @alpha_DIRECT Helping Investors Make Intelligent Decisions Through Better Information. | (415)-233-7093 (tel) | www.alphadirectadvisors.com | [email protected] | Participants ABOUT KANDI TECHNOLOGIES Mr. Hu Xiaoming Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. (KNDI), CEO, Kandi Technologies Inc. headquartered in the Jinhua Economic Development Zone of Zhejiang Province in China, Mr. Hu Xiaoming was appointed as is engaged in the research, development, Chief Executive Officer, President manufacturing, and sales of electric vehicles and and Chairman of the Board of related parts and components. Kandi has Kandi Technologies in June of 2007. established itself as one of China's leading Prior to joining Kandi, from October manufacturers of pure electric vehicle parts and 2003 to April 2005, Mr. Hu served as off-road vehicles. Project Manager and Chief Scientist in the WX Pure Electric Kandi is structured through three primary business Vehicle Development Project. units. “Kandi Vehicles” produces autos, off-road From October 1984 to March 2003, vehicles likes ATVs, and other EV-related Mr. Hu held a variety of electric components. “SC Autosports” is Kandi’s U.S. vehicle-related positions within the distribution arm. Both of these are wholly-owned Yongkang Group and Wan Xiang subsidiaries. Electric Vehicle Development Center. Mr. Hu has been awarded “Fengsheng Auto” is a joint venture between four invention patents and seven Kandi and Geely Group formed in 2013. Geely is utility model patents. China's leading automaker. Fengsheng has established itself as one of the driving forces in the Mr. Shawn Severson development and the manufacturing of pure EV Founding Partner, alphaDIRECT products in China. Fengsheng develops, Advisors manufactures and sells pure electric vehicle ("EV") Mr. Severson is the Founding products. Geely owns 78% of Fengsheng, while Partner of alphaDIRECT Advisors, a Kandi owns 22%. division of EnergyTech Investor, More information about KNDI is available on the LLC. Mr. Severson has over 20 years Company's corporate website: of experience as a senior research www.kandigroup.com analyst covering the technology and cleantech industries. Prior to founding alphaDIRECT Advisors, he led the Energy, Environmental and Industrial Technologies practice at investor relations firm The Blueshirt Group. Mr. Severson was frequently ranked as a top research analyst including one of the Wall Street Journal’s “Best on the Street” stock pickers and multiple awards as Starmine’s top three stock pickers. Mr. Hu Xiaoming, CEO of Kandi Technologies Group, Inc. Helping Investors Make Intelligent Decisions Through Better Information. | (415)-233-7093 (tel) | www.alphadirectadvisors.com | [email protected] | Shawn Severson: First of all, we would like to vehicles, battery packs, electric vehicle thank you, Mr. Hu, for taking the time to drive motors, electric vehicles controller, speak with us today. You are the founder and air-conditioning systems. Since 2013, and CEO of Kandi Technologies, the first the Company has increased its focus on the China-based electric vehicle company development of pure EVs with a particular listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange since emphasis on expanding its market share in 2008. Mr. Hu, before we get started can you China. Our business has more depth now please provide us with a brief introduction than it did at the very start, but everything of yourself and what brought you to Kandi? we do still relates to the EV market. Also, can you provide us with a short review of the company’s history and core Shawn Severson: Thank you, Mr. Hu. Looking business? at your core business, can you provide us with details on your product line? What is Hu Xiaoming: Absolutely, Shawn. I founded your current production capacity and how Kandi in 2002 and have been purely do you plan on handling demand? focused on EVs since 2006. During our first year as a public company, we introduced Hu Xiaoming: Our most important vehicles our first EV model, the “Kandi Coco”, and are the K23, K27 and Maple 30x. Let me exported this model to the U.S. We briefly talk about them separately and give ultimately sold 10,000 of them in total and you the consumer pitch as we see it. Kandi was a global company from the start. We were not only listed in the U.S., but also The K23 is a pure multi-purpose electric in China where we sold our products as well. vehicle, well-equipped and spacious with an attractive appearance. The K23 is One of our most important developments suitable for both family and commercial was in 2013, when we formed a partnership uses. A key feature is that the customer can with Geely, which is one of the largest and choose one of two battery designs. One is fast-growing automakers in the world, the permanent battery, which is good for based in China. Our partnership with Geely family use and the other is a swappable enabled us to accelerate the development battery, which is good for commercial use. and scale up the production of high quality The K23 will be used for our new online ride- EVs. In addition, it helped to grow our sharing business, which we can discuss later. production capacity and improve brand For ride share, battery swapping mode will recognition. be one of our biggest advantages, as it enables two shift operations. In 2019, an affiliated company Fengsheng (formerly known as Kandi Electric Vehicles The K27 is a compact hatchback electric Group) received an approval from NDRC car with a wide range of comfort features, and the MIIT, which officially made us dual- such as LCD instrumentation, air qualified as a pure electric passenger car conditioning, and audio. We have manufacturer. optimized space usage, so that this compact model still offers attractive rear Today, we are broadly diversified across the space. This model is a great choice for electric vehicle value chain. Our core families, with good quality and an business is the development, manufacture affordable price. and sale of electric vehicles, all-terrain Helping Investors Make Intelligent Decisions Through Better Information. | (415)-233-7093 (tel) | www.alphadirectadvisors.com | [email protected] | The Maple 30x is a compact, pure electric market. We recently entered the U.S. SUV designed with style and aesthetics in market with our exciting new line of mind. It uses the popular dual-color design modern, middle market EVs that I just to meet consumers' individual tastes. In described, namely the K23 and K27. addition, the LED daytime running lights are exquisite and expressive. This model is To penetrate the U.S. market, we bought a positioned to attract young urbanites. The US distributor, SC Autosports and we are Maple is important, because it was taking dealership applications as we speak. developed and is currently sold by SCA has done an enormous amount of Fengsheng Auto, which is our joint venture preparation for our entry into the US market with Geely. and some key milestones are: Shawn Severson: Speaking of Geely, can 1) Our cars qualify for the IRS $7500 federal you give us color on this partnership? For tax credit, which is very important in instance, Geely has about 900 dealerships; order to drive demand.