Top 44 Energy-efficient Transportation startups

Nov 18, 2024 | By Alexander Gillet

These startups develop and operate new sustainable transportation systems like shared mobility platforms, hyperloops, electric vehicles, smart roads, intelligent traffic management systems, etc.
1
Country: USA | Funding: $1.5B
Lime helps people move around their cities in an affordable and convenient way while eliminating their carbon footprint.
2
Country: USA | Funding: $913M
The Boring Company aims to dig tunnels efficiently to facilitate an underground transportation network.
3
Country: USA | Funding: $887.1M
Via transforms transit systems into efficient digital networks.
4
Country: Germany | Funding: $780.6M
Volocopter is an urban air mobility company that develops eco-friendly air taxis to transport people.
5
Country: Sweden | Funding: $390.9M
Volta Trucks is building an electric truck. For today's cities and tomorrow's generations.
6
Country: USA | Funding: $368.4M
Hyperloop One is an American transport system company that reinvents transportation to eliminate barriers of time and distance. It designs and builds Hyperloop, a tubular transit system that relies on magnetic levitation technology to transport passengers and cargo between two points immediately.
7
Country: USA | Funding: $260M
ZeroAvia enables zero emission air travel at scale, starting with 500 mile short-haul trips, at half of today’s cost.
8
Country: Israel | Funding: $260M
Optibus is a developer of an AI-enabled SaaS platform for planning and running mass transportation.
9
Country: USA | Funding: $219.3M
Amogy builds an innovative clean energy system using ammonia as a renewable fuel
10
Country: USA | Funding: $213.6M
Booster focuses on energy delivery, integrated logistics, and providing solutions for decarbonizing last-mile delivery.
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Country: USA | Funding: $213.5M
With Passport, cities can easily analyze scooter usage, parking patterns and curb utilization. Passport also enables cities to implement real-time curbside pricing and payments and better manage scooter placement.
12
Country: USA | Funding: $208M
Zūm brings student transportation into a new age enabling equity, innovation, efficiency, and sustainability
13
Country: Sweden | Funding: $147.2M
Heart Aerospace is a Swedish startup making electric regional airplanes.
14
Country: Germany | Funding: $109.9M
Wingcopter is a manufacturer of unmanned eVTOL fixed-wing aircraft dedicated to improving the lives of people worldwide.
15
Country: USA | Funding: $75.1M
Volansi is a developer of logistics solutions with autonomous aerial delivery.
16
Country: Netherlands | Funding: €36.4M
Hardt Hyperloop has emerged from the winning team at the SpaceX Hyperloop Competition, dedicated to realize the hyperloop
17
Country: Canada | Funding: $36.7M
TransPod Inc. is a company dedicated to bringing the Hyperloop to reality.
18
Country: Spain | Funding: $30.2M
Bound4blue is working on a unique renewable energy system for large vessels. It consists in the production of hydrogen and oxygen by means of electrolysis of seawater. The vessel is propelled by wind-driven wingsails, as water fills the ship’s turbines to produce mechanical energy, then transformed into electrical energy.
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Country: USA | Funding: $19.9M
Populus is a platform for cities to manage the future of mobility.
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Country: USA | Funding: $16.5M
Hip's turn-key solutions make launching a flexible, pandemic-proof shuttle program simple for employers, operators and communities of all shapes and sizes.
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