Top 72 Electric Cars startups

Updated: Feb 26, 2026
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Startups, developing electric cars, their components (like batteries) and ecosystem (like charging stations)
1
Rivian
Country: USA | Funding: $21.9B
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility.
2
Tesla
Country: USA | Funding: $20.2B
Tesla is Elon Musk's automotive and clean energy company. It develops and manufactures popular electric vehicles, home energy storage systems, solar panels, solar roof tiles and related products and services for residential and industrial customers. Tesla sources its car and home batteries (Powerwall) from three suppliers: CATL, LG Energy Solution and Panasonic, the latter of which has located part of its battery production at the Tesla Gigafactory Nevada. Tesla is also currently expanding its own battery production capacity. Tesla also manufactures Tesla Solar Roof and Tesla Solar Inverter, while regular solar panels it buys from other companies. For larger customers Tesla provides an online platform that enables automated real-time demand forecasting and energy management, as well as a comprehensive Megapack energy storage system. For residential customers, the company operates a virtual energy company in Texas called Tesla Electric which controls the network of Powerwalls.
3
Lucid Motors
Country: USA | Funding: $13.3B
Lucid Motors is a Silicon Valley company that designs, develops, and builds electric vehicles.
4
Nio
Country: China | Funding: $12B
NIO is a global Chinese company that designs and develops electric autonomous vehicles.
5
Xiaopeng Motors
Country: China | Funding: $7.8B
Xiaopeng Motors is an electric vehicle and technology company that designs and manufactures smart cars.
6
Vinfast
Country: Vietnam | Funding: $5.9B
VinFast is the first Vietnamese car brand to expand into global markets as well as the first to expand into producing EVs
7
WM Motor
Country: China | Funding: $5.3B
WM Motors develops electric vehicle that isn’t a bus, isn’t slow, but IS a well-designed, 100% electric vehicle aimed at the mainstream market.
8
Faraday Future
Country: China | Funding: $4.3B
Faraday Future, a design and technology company, develops global solutions that re-imagine transportation, content, and ownership.
9
Ola Electric
Country: India | Funding: $2B
Ola Electric is a company that leases electric cars.
10
QuantumScape
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
QuantumScape is a renewable energy company that develops solid-state battery technology to increase the range of electric cars.
11
ChargePoint
Country: USA | Funding: $1.4B
ChargePoint is an electronics company that specializes in an open electric vehicle charging network.
12
Proterra
Country: USA | Funding: $1.2B
Proterra makes zero-emission, battery-electric buses that help eliminate fossil fuel dependency and reduce costs.
13
Rimac Automobili
Country: Croatia | Funding: $875.8M
Rimac Automobili is a hypercar and electric vehicle components company.
14
Einride
Country: Sweden | Funding: $865M
Einride produces autonomous electric trucks, develops charging station infrastructure in Europe and provides transportation services. Einride trucks are cable-free and controlled by a Control Tower. The self-driving system combines high-precision sensors and an AI model that processes over 5.2 million data points per second, providing seamless perception, precise object detection and intelligent navigation on complex routes. The company also creates corporate fleets of electric trucks, from planning and deployment to full operation. Einride's Saga software allows fleet management and makes freight transportation more intelligent. Through continuous data collection, Saga manages, monitors and optimizes road freight transportation using artificial intelligence. Einride partners with some of the world's largest companies, including PepsiCo, Heineken, DP World, GE Appliances, and Philips. Acquired by Legato Merger Corp
15
REE
Country: Israel | Funding: $404.3M
REE is a technology company that develops cutting edge systems for the automotive and personal mobility industries.
16
Volta Trucks
Country: Sweden | Funding: $390.9M
Volta Trucks is building an electric truck. For today's cities and tomorrow's generations.
17
FreeWire Technologies
Country: USA | Funding: $259.4M
FreeWire Technologies provides smart battery systems for EV charging and mobile distributed power.
18
Euler Motors
Country: India | Funding: $224.7M
Euler Motors is a full-stack OEM that builds electric 3 and 4 wheelers that can be used for intra-city goods transportation.
19
InoBat Auto
Country: Slovakia | Funding: €189.3M
InoBat Auto empowers electric mobility by creating better batteries for a greener world.
20
Lightyear
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €178.4M
Lightyear is a tech company developing an ultra energy efficient automotive platform.
21
Mullen Automotive
Country: USA | Funding: $171.1M
Mullen Technologies is a car manufacturer and distributor.
22
Sono Motors
Country: Germany | Funding: $163.3M
Sono Motors Vision is to become an established provider of sustainable mobility, by focusing on manufacturing electric vehicles with alternative power technologies and innovative sharing services.
23
EO Charging
Country: UK | Funding: $130M
EO Charging created EO Mini Pro - the world’s smallest smart home charger.
24
Karma Automotive
Country: USA | Funding: $100.8M
Karma Automotive designs, engineers, assembles and markets luxury electric vehicles, all from its Southern California base of operations. Launched by Wanxiang Group that purchased what was left of Fisker in 2014
25
ChargeZone
Country: India | Funding: $87.1M
CHARGE+ZONE, a fully integrated IOT-driven, unmanned and app driven EV-charging company, is on ambitious drive to electrify India's national highways. Additionally through smart charging solutions, it is focussed on distributed EV charging network points for electric buses and car and 3Ws cargo EVs which are ubiquitous for Indian market.
26
Arcimoto
Country: USA | Funding: $84.5M
Arcimoto is an automotive company that focuses on developing the SRK, an ultra-efficient three-wheeled electric vehicle.
27
Envoy
Country: USA | Funding: $82.5M
Envoy provides electric vehicle (EV) carsharing as an amenity within communities.
28
WeaveGrid
Country: USA | Funding: $78M
Weave Grid is dedicated to enabling large-scale electrification of transportation through direct & efficient system integration. The company taps into electric vehicle charging data and can optimize EV charging for customers such as utilities.
29
My Energi
Country: UK | Funding: £60M
My Energi makes Electric Vehicle charging equipment and eco-smart home devices.
30
Addionics
Country: UK | Funding: $73M
Addionics is creating next-generation batteries for electric cars through intelligent 3D battery architecture and engineering.
31
BasiGo
Country: Kenya | Funding: $63.1M
BasiGo is an e-mobility start-up looking to revolutionize the public transportation sector.
32
Faction
Country: USA | Funding: $62M
Faction creates driverless electric vehicles at a fraction of the cost of a car.
33
Lightship
Country: USA | Funding: $61.2M
Lightship Energy is developing a fully electric towable RV trailer
34
Quantron
Country: Germany | Funding: €55M
Quantron AG specializes in the electrification of used and existing vehicles. The conversion and preparation work is carried out according to our sustainability concept, Q-Remanufacturing.
35
Trojan Energy
Country: UK | Funding: £41.8M
Trojan Energy develops a system that offers an equal chance for EV drivers without a driveway to charge effectively at home, while eliminating residual clutter on the pavement.
36
EV Connect
Country: USA | Funding: $53M
EV Connect provides enterprise-class, electric vehicle charging software and solutions.
37
Enel X
Country: Italy | Funding: $8.3M
Enel X‘s EV charger, the JuiceBox, enables cars to charge when the grid is producing the cleanest energy
38
Electreon
Country: Israel | Funding: $50M
ElectReon provides a complete solution for the future E-city with no gas and charging stations, no visible infrastructure and with a shared energy platform for the near future ban on fossil fuel vehicles entering the urban environment. It's developing a smart transportation technology for underground electric coils that recharge EVs wirelessly as they travel.
39
Ever
Country: USA | Funding: $48.5M
Ever is an automotive retail platform that facilitates the buying and selling of used electric vehicles through an online marketplace.
40
Clever
Country: Denmark | Funding: $43.3M
Denmark’s leading electric mobility service provider
41
Nuvve
Country: USA | Funding: $40.7M
CA-based company focused on vehicle-to-grid (V2G) solutions.
42
Roam
Country: Kenya | Funding: $31.5M
E-mobility development and manufacturing - Electric Vehicles, Electric Motorcycles and Charing infrastructure
43
Roam
Country: Kenya | Funding: $31.5M
Roam is a technology-driven electric mobility company that designs and develops electric motorcycles and electric buses for growing markets.
44
EVage
Country: India | Funding: $28M
EVage is all-electric commercial vehicle startup
45
AEV Robotics
Country: Australia | Funding: $25.2M
AEV Robotics has built a modular vehicle system for cities. The system allows businesses to configure solutions for a multitude of applications.
46
Aptera Motors
Country: USA | Funding: $25.1M
Aptera is an automotive & solar technology company building lightweight, aerodynamic solar electric vehicles, powered by the sun, with energy efficiency driving the entire design ethos.
47
POD Point
Country: UK | Funding: $18.5M
POD Point Ltd provides electronic vehicle charging stations. The Company offers charging stations for the public sector or private companies who wish to own their own charge points.
48
AmpUp
Country: USA | Funding: $17M
AmpUp is an electric vehicle (EV) software company that enables drivers, hosts, and fleets to charge stress-free.
49
Evolectric
Country: USA | Funding: $15M
Evolectric is specializing in electrified transportation and battery technologies. Evolectric’s offerings encompass purpose-built vehicle and battery solutions that advance global e-mobility through rapid prototyping and standardized products.
50
I-FEVS
Country: Italy | Funding: $13.5M
I-FEVS is focused on generating new technological solutions so that pure electric mobility could be mainstream. Our goal is to manufacture best in class urban mobility vehicles per safety, security, energy consumption, ergonomics, robustness and total cost of ownership.
Alexander Gillet
Editor: Alexander Gillet
Alexander Gillet is a senior editor for EnergyStartups. He has a deep background in energy sector and startups. Alexander graduated from Emlyon Business School, a leading French business school specialized in entrepreneurship. He has helped several non-profit organizations dedicated to promoting environmental education and sustainability and has written over 250 articles on energy technology for various websites. In his free time, Alexander enjoys yoga, camping and exploring the Blue Ridge Mountains. You can contact Alexander at alexgillet(at)energystartups(dot)com