(Reuters) – Corporations across a variety of industries – auto, energy, electronics, aerospace, telecom – have invested in startup companies engaged in various aspects of automotive electrification, including batteries, charging devices and complete vehicles.
FILE PHOTO: An electric car is seen while being charged during the opening of a PTT Pcl energy firm’s commercial EV (Electric Vehicle) charging station, in Bangkok, Thailand, August 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jorge Silva
Here is a short list of prominent non-automotive corporate investors and the electrification startups they have funded:
Intel Corp (technology): Prieto, Qnovo, Enovix, Chargifi, WiTricity
Qualcomm Inc (technology): Amionx, Enovix
BP PLC (energy): StoreDot, FreeWire, StoreDot
Royal Dutch Shell PLC (energy): Ample
Boeing Co (aerospace): Cuberg
Airbus SE (aerospace): GBatteries
Verizon Communications Inc (telecom): Elegus, SwiftMile
Samsung Electronics (electronics): Sila Nanotechnologies, Solid Power, StoreDot
ABB (industrial): Enervalis
Reporting by Paul Lienert in Detroit; Editing by Tom Brown