Former GM, NASCAR executive joins ElectraMeccanica

ElectraMeccanica Vehicles Corp. has appointed Kim Brink as chief revenue officer. Brink brings more than two decades of global agency and C-suite expertise to ElectraMeccanica. Most recently, she was the global chief operating officer and executive committee chair at GTB, a global marketing agency dedicated to Ford Motor Co. and its retail dealers.

Previously, Brink held senior marketing roles at NASCAR and General Motors. At General Motors, she was the lead Chevrolet marketing executive responsible for 20 vehicle launches, including the Chevy Volt. In addition to her C-suite experience, Brink has held public board seats as an independent board director and member of the Nominating and Governance Committees for Arctic Cat and as an independent board director of Vista Equity’s DealerSocket.

Brink earned her masters in business administration and bachelor of science from Wayne State University and is a graduate of the Kellogg Executive Development Program at Northwestern University.

BorgWarner has agreed to acquire the electric vehicle solution, smart grid and smart energy businesses of Hubei Surpass Sun Electric (SSE). The transaction has an enterprise value of up to RMB 410 million (approx. $59.36 million).

Headquartered in Xiangyang, Hubei province, China, SSE’s electrification business supplies patented electric vehicle charging solutions to customers in China and more than 70 other countries. SSE says it has delivered over 50,000 charging points and has led the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of more than 250 charging station sites. SSE’s charging and electrification capabilities in China are expected to complement BorgWarner’s existing capabilities in Europe and North America, the companies say. SSE’s 2022 revenues for the electrification business are expected to be approximately RMB 180 million (approx. $26.06 million).