YT

Yifan Tang

Managing Director at Paly Ventures

San Francisco Bay Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Board Director

    2024 - Current

  • Chief Technical Advisor

    2023

    Volektra develops advanced magnet-free motor systems for electric vehicles.

  • Board Director

    2024

  • Advisor

    2023

    HEVO develops seamless, safe wireless EV charging technologies and products for L2 and L3 fast charging.

  • Advisor

    2023

    Volt14's silicon anode is at cost parity with graphite anode but provides significantly better performance as a drop-in replacement for EV battery cells.

  • Founder, Managing Director

    2023

    EV, AI, robotics, power generation, energy storage, aerospace.

  • Board Director

    2022

    A Princeton University spinoff, HiT Nano developed sustainable, low-cost cathode manufacturing technologies. Delivering best in class cathode materials for Li-ion, Na-ion and solid-state batteries.

  • Chief Technology Officer

    2022 - 2022

    Led engineering, product, data science and IT teams.

  • CTO, Board Director

    2017 - 2022

    General Manager of SF Motors global R&D Centers (e-Powertrain, Intelligent Driving, Battery Technology, Vehicle Engineering divisions). Seres EV is registered as SF Motors.

  • Co-founding Advisor

    2020 - 2020

    Led the spinoff of SF Motors battery technology division into a VC funded startup based in Japan.

  • President, SF Motors Japan

    2018 - 2020

    Founded SF Motors subsidiary and built a team in Japan and Silicon Valley to develop Li-ion and solid state battery technologies.

  • Co-Founder, General Manager

    2017 - 2020

    Built and managed an Intelligent Driving division that developed full-stack L2/L4 autonomous driving software and domain controller (acquired in 2020) and OTA software (went into SF5 production vehicle in China in 2020).

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