At Best Startup California we track over 300,000 Californian startups and over 1,500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and organisations we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
We’ve ranked the top 30 Electric Vehicle companies in San Francisco, California. The companies, startups and institutions listed in this article are all exceptional companies, well worth a follow. We have included links to their websites, socials and CrunchBase (if you’re interested in their financials).
We selected the organisations listed in this article based on:
- Track record
- Executive leadership
- Market share
- Innovation
- ESG rating
Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.
Top Electric Vehicle Companies & Startups (San Francisco, California)
Zipline
Zipline designs, manufactures, and operates drones to deliver vital medical products to everyone, no matter where they live.
Founder(s): Keenan Wyrobek, Keller Rinaudo, Will Hetzler
Location: South San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Delivery, Drones, Electric Vehicle, Home Health Care, Logistics, Robotics, Supply Chain Management
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Scoot
Scoot Networks is an electric moped company that offers electric mobility-as-a-service vehicles.
Founder(s): Dan Riegel, Matt Ewing, Michael Keating
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Fleet Management, Last Mile Transportation, Logistics, Public Transportation, Transportation
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Ample
Ample utilizes autonomous robotics and smart-battery technology to solve the energy delivery challenge for electric transportation.
Founder(s): John de Souza, Khaled Hassounah
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Energy, Infrastructure, Robotics, Transportation
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Lightship
All-electric RV manufacturer designing and producing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.
Founder(s): Benjamin Parker, Toby Kraus
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Recreational Vehicles, Travel
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Volta Charging
Volta Charging designs, installs, and maintains a network of electric vehicle charging stations.
Founder(s): Christopher Wendel, Michael Menendez, Scott Mercer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Advertising, Advertising Platforms, Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Marketing
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Scooterson
Intelligent electric vehicles of the future.
Founder(s): Deepansh Jain, Flavius Balaj, Mihnea de Vries
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Artificial Intelligence, Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Last Mile Transportation, Sharing Economy, Transportation
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eDRV
eDRV is a cloud based API platform for electric vehicle charging
Founder(s): Bhaskar Deol, Rupul Safaya
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Developer APIs, Electric Vehicle, SaaS, Software
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ChargeWheel
ChargeWheel operates an on-demand charging solution for operators of electric vehicles and micromobility fleets in California.
Founder(s): Muhammad Huzaifa
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Energy, GreenTech, Ride Sharing, Transportation
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Trucks Venture Capital
Trucks Venture Capital funds the entrepreneurs building the future of transportation.
Founder(s): Jeffrey Schox, Kathryn Schox, Reilly Brennan
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Smart Cities, Transportation
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WeaveGrid
WeaveGrid develops electrification software for the scalable deployment of electric vehicles on the electric grid.
Founder(s): Apoorv Bhargava, John Taggart
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Machine Learning, Renewable Energy, Software, Transportation
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Faraday Bicycles
Faraday Bicycles specializes in the fields of bicycles, electric bicycles, consumer products, electric vehicles, health and wellness.
Founder(s): Adam Vollmer
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Consumer, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Product Design, Transportation
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Lit Motors
Lit Motors is designing and developing a self-balancing two-wheeled electric vehicle for urban transportation.
Founder(s): Danny Kim
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing, Transportation
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Hoversurf inc.
The Hoversurf is a manned transportation company.
Founder(s): Alexander Atamanov
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Air Transportation, Drones, Electric Vehicle
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Flux Bike
Flux electric bikes are your wheels for the modern world
Founder(s): Fernando Hamanez, Pete Leaviss
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Green Consumer Goods
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Stark Mobility
Stark Mobility offers high-quality electric mobility solutions.
Founder(s): Hannes Reichelt, Laurens Laudowicz
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Electronics
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Thursday Ventures
Thursday Ventures finds, funds and nurtures early stage technologies that will change and empower the world.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Banking, Electric Vehicle, FinTech, Robotics, Software
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Otto
Otto is designing a new approach to modern transportation, starting with self-driving trucks.
Founder(s): Anthony Levandowski, Claire Delaunay, Don Burnette, Lior Ron
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Autonomous Vehicles, Electric Vehicle, Logistics, Robotics, Software, Transportation
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Stable
Mission Control for High-Performing EV Charging Stations
Founder(s): Jamie Schiel, Rohan Puri
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Software, Transportation
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Tau Motors
Tau Motors is focused on designing & manufacturing next-generation electric motors for automobiles.
Founder(s): Wesley Pennington
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing
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Revolv
Revolv is a full-service transportation and electric vehicle adoption for commercial fleets.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Fleet Management, Transportation
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Propulsioneers
Propulsioneers develops technology building blocks designed for autonomy and driven by software for maximum output and minimal footprint.
Founder(s): Chris Martellotti
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Autonomous Vehicles, Drones, Electric Vehicle, Energy Efficiency, Industrial Automation, Industrial Design, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Robotics
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Mission Motors
Mission Motors develops electric vehicle components and systems.
Founder(s): Edward West, Forrest North, Mason Cabot
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Energy Storage, Software
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ECOtality
ECOtality is an electric transportation and storage technologies company offering clean electric transportation and technology solutions.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Solar, Transportation
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Link
Link manufactures and designs an electric car that matches people’s lifestyles.
Founder(s): Nathan Wyeth
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Manufacturing
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n8raidar
Self Driving car tech stackup for low and night driving modes
Founder(s): Anupama Bhat
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Clean Energy, CleanTech, Electric Vehicle, Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy
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Bell Resources (US)
Bell Resources is a new age energy technology company focused on supplying energy & resources to the Electric Vehicle (EV) markets globally.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Battery, Electric Vehicle, Mining, Renewable Energy, Solar, Wind Energy
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Scooter Map
Scooter Map is an app that helps scooter chargers make money. This is step 1 towards building the micromobility charging infrastructure.
Founder(s): Victor Pontis
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Mobile Apps
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BMW of San Francisco
BMW of San Francisco offers largest BMW dealership with a huge selection of vehicles in inventory to choose from.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Automotive, Electric Vehicle, Sales
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San Francisco Electric Tour Company
San Francisco Electric Tour Company offers fun-filled tours via segway in San Francisco.
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Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Travel, Travel Accommodations
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Glow
Glow is an e-scooter company that focuses on expanding transportation options in Worldwide
Founder(s): Adan Baliña
Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Industries: Electric Vehicle, Last Mile Transportation, Mobile Apps, Public Transportation, Ride Sharing
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