Where car culture meets manufacturing muscle.
Formosa EV lives at the intersection of two worlds: California, the beating heart of EV innovation and classic car passion.Taiwan, a global leader in precision engineering, supply chains, and manufacturing.
Every kit we ship is imagined in garages, tested by racers, and fine-tuned by pros.From early sketches to final bolts, our components honor the hands-on legacy of hot rods — and the rigor of OEM-level production.
Here's what sets us apart:
Zachary Hwang, CEORaised on repairs and garage builds, Zach built a habit of fixing what others left behind. At 19, he tackled a two-year power plant backlog by teaching himself advanced steam pipe modeling — solving it in six months with fresh eyes and grit.He once installed a full home theater system for his family — projector mount, surround sound and all. Another time, he rebuilt a broken trash can just to make his mom smile.
That same mindset drives every Formosa product: Solve the problem. Make it better. Build with care.
Azizi Tucker, CTOWith 20+ years in EV, Azizi’s career spans NASA-grade R&D to racing electric off-roaders in the Himalayas. At Tesla, he helped scale the Model S supply chain from startup chaos to global production.After Tesla, he launched Graft EV — building off-road electric vehicles for the world’s toughest terrains. His work fuses performance, durability, and deep systems thinking.
His philosophy?
Build systems that work anywhere. Make it electric.
Together, Zach and Azizi bring both grit and precision, east and west, restoration culture and electrification engineering.
Formosa EV is the result of that rare partnership — and the ambition to build something that lasts.
Formosa means “beautiful island” — the name Portuguese explorers once gave Taiwan.
It’s a tribute to our production roots, but also to our design philosophy: