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Daniel Rivers

Director at Nikola Power

Dr. Rivers has 40 years of experience in research, design, management, and execution of high technology commercial and military programs in the fields of batteries, power electronics, motors, electric vehicles, and RF and IR systems. Dan was the Tier 1 program manager for the General Motors EV1 electric car power train subsystem. He co-founded and led Enova Systems (OTCQB:ENVS.) He co-founded and led LG Chem Power Inc. (originally Compact Power, Inc., "CPI"), and directed the initial work leading to the LGCPI-GM contract for the Chevrolet Volt battery pack. He also co-founded and led American Electric Vehicles (AEV). Dan earned his Ph.D. in mathematics at UCLA.