Electric Car Startups To Watch In 2021

Rimac

- Founded: 2009
- Headquarters: Sveta Nedelja, Croatia
- Number of Employees: ~850
- Developers of electric sports cars, drivetrains and battery systems
Canoo

- Founded: 2017
- Headquarters: California, United States
- Number of Employees: ~300
- Created the world’s first subscription-based electric vehicle set to launch in 2022
Faraday Future

- Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: California, United States
- Number of Employees: ~475
- Hopes to ‘create a shared intelligent mobility ecosystem that empowers everyone to move, connect, breathe and live freely’
Rivian

- Founded: 2009
- Headquarters: Michigan, United States
- Number of Employees: ~3000+
- Currently developing electric adventure vehicles
NIO

- Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: Shanghai, China
- Number of Employees: ~8000
- First automaker utilising Mobileye’s EyeQ4 vision chip
Byton

- Founded: 2016
- Headquarters: Nanjing, China
- Number of Employees: ~400
- Creating cars with a ‘highly intuitive user interface’
Li Auto

- Founded: 2015
- Headquarters: Beijing, China
- Number of Employees: ~3000
- Creates electric SUVs for the Chinese market with the aim to be more affordable than competitors
Lucid Motors

- Founded: 2007
- Headquarters: California, United States
- Number of Employees: ~1500
- Focus on luxury electric vehicles
Lordstown Motors

- Founded: 2018
- Headquarters: Ohio, United States
- Number of Employees: ~1000
- Primarily builds electric trucks for businesses
XPeng

- Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: Guangzhou, China
- Number of Employees: ~4000+
- ‘Strives to build smart electric cars for the younger generations’
Aiways
- Founded: 2017
- Headquarters: Shanghai, China
- Number of Employees: ~500+
- Leading Chinese OEM with initial focus on SUVs
Zoox

- Founded: 2014
- Headquarters: California, United States
- Number of Employees: ~1200+
- Developing an on-demand autonomous ride-hailing (i.e. ‘robotaxi’)