 Lithium sulfur batteries offer significant weight and cost advantages over industry incumbent lithium-ion; NexTechs superior high voltage battery packs are projected to be 60 lighter and promise to improve the vehicles efficiency and increase range significantly; These more efficient, energy dense and safer batteries will catapult Mullens EV vehicle lineup ahead of any competitor BREA, CA ACCESSWIRE March 8, 2021 Mullen Technologies, Inc. Mullen or the Company, an emerging electric vehicle EV manufacturer, which previously announced a definitive agreement to merge with Net Element, Inc. NASDAQ:NETE in a stock-for-stock reverse merger in which Mullens stockholders will receive a majority of the outstanding stock in the post-merger company, announces today a strategic partnership with NexTech Batteries Inc. as an EV battery supplier and key partner for battery development and technologies. Mullen plans to produce more than 100,000 vehicles over 5 years using NexTech lithium sulfur Li-S pouch format batteries, which are 60 lighter than todays EVs, improving vehicle efficiency and reducing overall energy consumption. 