UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of The Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): April 28, 2017

KANDI TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Jinhua City Industrial Zone
Jinhua, Zhejiang Province
People’s Republic of China
Post Code 321016
(Address of principal executive offices)

(86-579) 8223-9700
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code

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On April 28, 2017, Mr. Ni Guangzheng, a member of the board of directors (the “Board”), the compensation committee (the “Compensation Committee”), and the nominating and corporate governance committee (the “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee”) of Kandi Technologies Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), passed away after a battle with cancer.

On May 4, 2017, the remaining members of the Board elected Mr. Yi Lin, and Mr. Lin accepted the positions, as a member of each of the Board, the Compensation Committee, and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, to fill the vacancies left by Mr. Ni, effective the same day.

Mr. Lin, aged 64, has extensive experience in automotive engineering and multi-body system dynamics research. Throughout his career, he has been awarded numerous high-ranking national science and technology rewards. He served several key senior roles in academic and industrial organizations and was given Special Government Allowances from the State Council in 1992. Additionally, he was named an “Expert of China’s Machinery Industry” in 1995 and elected to the “Outstanding Young Science Talents in China’s Automobile Industry” in 1998. From 2007 to 2015, he served as a deputy chief engineer at Beijing Automotive Group Co., Ltd., as an executive director of Beijing Automotive New Energy Vehicle Co., Ltd., and as the executive vice president of Beijing Automotive Research Institute. Prior to that, he was a part-time professor at Beijing University of Technology, Beijing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Institute of Electrical Engineering at China Academy of Sciences, Shanghai Jiaotong University, and Hunan University. He was appointed as the dean of Automotive Engineering at Jilin University of Technology in 1996 and remained in that position until 2000.

Mr. Lin received his Bachelor of Science degree, Master of Science degree and Doctoral degree in Automotive Engineering from Jilin University of Technology. He was a visiting scholar at Mechanical Department at the University of Michigan from 2001 to 2002. He is a member of Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE).

Mr. Lin’s will receive annual compensation of RMB60,000 (approximately $8,700).

There is no family relationship between Mr. Lin and any of our directors or management.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.