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Best Electric Vehicles Companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany

The 57 best Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: e.GO Mobile.

57companies tracked
$132.7Mdisclosed funding
0unicorns
12have raised
FLIAR INTELLIGENCE · ELECTRIC VEHICLES × NORTH RHINE WESTPHALIA

Our analysis of 331 Electric Vehicles companies

$42.9b in tracked funding; 71% of the stack-profiled cohort runs cloud-native; funding activity peaked in 2022.

331companies analysed
71%cloud-native stacks
2022funding peak (by rounds)
12unicorns
2019median founding year
89kcombined LinkedIn audience
60%of audience held by top 3
2companies hiring publicly (12 mo)

Ranked: Best Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#CompanyDisclosed fundingLast roundStageFounderFoundedTech stackPatents & IP focusRecent signals
1e.GO Mobile
Provider of online platform for sports betting and related information
40Product top 36%Moat top 38%Market top 44%Funding top 46%
All 10 signals ▾
Producttop 36%
Moattop 38%
Markettop 44%
Fundingtop 46%
Talentbottom 49%
Innovationbottom 46%
Patentsbottom 44%
Techbottom 43%
Globalbottom 37%
Newsbottom 32%
Product: 2 distinct product lines · Company stage: Acquired
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 17 patents
rank vs industry peers · Fliar Intelligence Index 40/100
$93M36 mo agoAcquiredGunther Schuh
Founder
2015—17 patents
Modular vehicle interiors, crash‑worthy structures, and integrated EV battery/charging systems
—
2E.ON Drive Infrastructure
Provider of public EV-charging network infrastructure
$22M36 mo agoFunding Raised—1997WordPress Block EditorWordPressApple iCloud Mail+28—1 job opening · 1 expansion
3Compleo Charging
Provider of electric vehicle charging solutions
$5M72 mo agoAcquired—2021TYPO3 CMSSentryPlesk+11108 patents
Fast EV charging hardware and control systems for high‑power charging stations
—
4Comfortcharge
Electric vehicle charging network developer & operator
$5M79 mo agoFunding Raised—2018WordPressMySQLPHP+10——
5elvah
Subscription-based electric car charging marketplace
$4M47 mo agoAcquiredWilfried Roper
Co-Founder & CTO
2020WebflowGSAPAmazon Web Services+17—1 partnership
6ANTRIC
Manufacturer of electric utility vehicles
$3M47 mo agoSeedEric Diederich
CEO
2020———
7MOOVE
Manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles
$918K78 mo agoFunding Raised—2018———
8e.GO MOOVE
Manufacturer of electric minibuses
$918K78 mo agoFunding Raised—2015———

Top 12 Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia

#1
Acquired · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 192 employees
$93.5Mraised
▾

Provider of online platform for sports betting and related information. The platform offers various sports betting options, including live events. It provides real-time data, statistical analysis, and secure transaction processing. The platform supports multiple devices and offers customer support services.

Fliar Intelligence Index™ 40how this company ranks against its industry peers
Product
top 36%
Moat
top 38%
Market
top 44%
Funding
top 46%
Talent
bottom 49%
Innovation
bottom 46%
Product: 2 distinct product lines · Company stage: Acquired
Moat: Editorial + unicorn rating 4/10 · IP moat: 17 patents
Market: 192 employees (top 32% of Auto Tech)
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Conventional Debt$75M
  • Aug 2021Series C$57M
  • Feb 2021Series B$36.5M
  • Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$434.6K
Founders & team
Gunther SchuhFounder
Investors
Western Asset, Europa, nd Group
Tech stack
Node.JsReactNginxNext.JsAppnexusHsts
#2
Funding Raised · Essen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 1997 · 101 employees
$21.7Mraised
▾

Provider of public EV-charging network infrastructure. Users can charge vehicles by providing vehicle details, payment details, and more.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 11k LinkedIn followers — 12.0% of this cohort's audience
Hiring: 1 hiring post in 12 mo (public) · hiring: EDRI colleagues
Activity: 1 expansions announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2023Grant (prize money)$18.9M
  • Oct 2019Grant (prize money)$2.1M
  • Aug 2019Grant (prize money)$769.5K
Investors
Bund.de
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon SesAmazon Web ServicesApple Icloud MailCloudflareCore-Js
#3
Acquired · Schmallenberg, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020 · 21 employees
$3.7Mraised
▾

Subscription-based electric car charging marketplace. It offers flat rate-based monthly subscriptions to electric vehicle owners who can charge their cars at any public charging point without paying anything extra. It also supports multiple brands of cars and provides flexible subscriptions based on consumption.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 5k LinkedIn followers — 5.8% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 partnerships (incl. Berlin Innovativ GmbH) announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed—
  • Sep 2021Angel$3.7M
Founders & team
Wilfried RoperCo-Founder & CTOGowrynath SivaganeshamoorthyCo-Founder & CEO
Investors
Maingau Energie, Yippie
Tech stack
Amazon CloudfrontAmazon Web ServicesCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementCore-JsGoogle Analytics
#4
Seed · Bochum, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2020
$2.5Mraised
▾

Manufacturer of electric utility vehicles. The company develops electric cargo utility vehicles for delivery usage. The vehicles include features like trolly, shock absorber, full-suspension chassis, etc.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 2k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Jul 2022Seed$2.5M
Founders & team
Moritz HeibrockManaging DirectorEric DiederichCEO
Investors
Cenntro
#5
Acquired · Dortmund, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2021 · 132 employees
$4.8Mraised
▾

Provider of electric vehicle charging solutions. The company offers charging stations that include both hardware and software as well as services such as planning, project management for installation or maintenance, and troubleshooting during operation. It also engages in wholesale trading of electrical materials and electrical components, focused on cable fittings, installation materials for switchboards and distribution cabinets as well as lighting systems and power-generating facilities.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 16k LinkedIn followers — 18.5% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jun 2020Grant (prize money)$4.8M
Investors
Bund.de
Tech stack
Core-JsGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag ManagerHstsMicrosoft 365Nginx
#6
Funding Raised · Bonn, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 11 employees
$4.5Mraised
▾

Electric vehicle charging network developer & operator. The company aims to deploy its charging network in partnership with municipalities, local businesses, communities, and property owners. Its charging stations are compliant with CCS & CHAdeMO protocols and can provide a maximum output power of 11 kW.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 1k LinkedIn followers
Funding rounds
  • Nov 2019Grant (prize money)$3.9M
  • Apr 2019Grant (prize money)$657.6K
Investors
Europa, DTCP, T.Capital
Tech stack
Borlabs CookieContact Form 7Core-JsJqueryLeafletLivefyre
#7
Funding Raised · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 90 employees
$917.9Kraised
▾

Manufacturer of electric commercial vehicles

Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$917.9K
Investors
Europa
#8
Funding Raised · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 56 employees
$917.9Kraised
▾

e.GO MOOVE manufactures electric minibuses that can be used as shuttles. Its features include autonomous driving, manoeuvrability, connectivity options and Level 4 assistance driving functions. It is partners with ZF.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 8k LinkedIn followers — 9.2% of this cohort's audience
Funding rounds
  • Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$917.9K
Investors
Europa
#9
Acquired · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2016 · 59 employees
$60.1Kraised
▾

Provider of energy management systems for residential and e-mobility applications. The company offers solutions to connect, monitor, and control distributed energy resources. It provides energy management for homes and smart electric vehicle charging. The company enables integration of distributed energy resources.

LinkedIn Pulse recent public activity · Jul 2026
Audience: 26k LinkedIn followers — 29.7% of this cohort's audience
Activity: 1 awards announced in 12 mo
Funding rounds
  • Mar 2018Series A—
  • Jan 2018Grant (prize money)$60.1K
Investors
Coparion, innogy.ventures, Vito One, Gabor Cselle, Europa, Free Electrons
Tech stack
Amazon Web ServicesAnt DesignCloudflareCloudflare Bot ManagementGoogle AnalyticsGoogle Tag Manager
#10
Seed · Paderborn, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 4 employees
—raised
▾

Manufacturer of electric bicycles. The company is involved in the design and development of electric bicycles. It also offers a mobile app to connect and manage the bicycle that includes features like a digital lock, GPS tracker, emergency assistant, and more. The platform also allows the customers to buy the bicycle.

Funding rounds
  • Aug 2022Seed—
Founders & team
Andre ThieleCo-FounderSven-Ulrik SchneiderCEO & Co-Founder
Investors
EKK & Co
#11
Seed · Aachen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2018 · 18 employees
—raised
▾

Ducktrain is a manufacturer of autonomous electric carts. They serve as AGVs and can be used both indoors and outdoors. They have aluminium frames and suspension systems. They can autonomously follow pedestrians and vehicles, and have applications in logistics and transportation.

Funding rounds
  • Dec 2021Seed—
Founders & team
Kai KreiskotherCo-Founder & CEOMarkus WerleCo-Founder
Investors
Earlybird, EIT InnoEnergy, Wi Venture, NRW.Bank, be10x Capital, startport
#12
Deadpooled · Dusseldorf, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2015 · 20 employees
—raised
▾

Electric vehicle management solutions. The company's vehicle management solutions include information about savings because of use of EVs and based on this suggests the vehicles that will suit the customer.

Funding rounds
  • 2015Seed—
Founders & team
Till WyszynskiFounder & CEO
Investors
E.ON :agile

Funding & investor landscape

$132.7Mtotal disclosed funding
9companies funded
15disclosed rounds
0rounds last 90 days
Most active investors
Europa5 rounds
startport5 rounds
Bund.de2 rounds
E.ON :agile2 rounds
AXIA1 rounds
Cenntro1 rounds
Coparion1 rounds
DTCP1 rounds
EIT InnoEnergy1 rounds
EKK & Co1 rounds

Notable founders

Gunther Schuh
Founder · e.GO Mobile
Wilfried Roper
Co-Founder & CTO · elvah
Gowrynath Sivaganeshamoorthy
Co-Founder & CEO · elvah
Moritz Heibrock
Managing Director · ANTRIC
Eric Diederich
CEO · ANTRIC
Andre Thiele
Co-Founder · SMAFO
Sven-Ulrik Schneider
CEO & Co-Founder · SMAFO
Kai Kreiskother
Co-Founder & CEO · Ducktrain
Markus Werle
Co-Founder · Ducktrain
Till Wyszynski
Founder & CEO · Muvon
Prism market signals · Germany · country-scoped Prism corpus, 2,149,042 docs

Market landscape — 10 sub-themes by coverage

Share of Electric Vehicles coverage by sub-theme.

Regulatory-risk over time rising

Funding & growth over time

funding rising · growth rising

RESEARCH SIGNALS · Germany

How research on Electric Vehicles is moving in Germany

A read on the academic research around Electric Vehicles — which themes are gaining ground, the institutions and researchers driving them, and how the tone is shifting. Based on 1,841 Germany-affiliated papers.

research sentiment over time
201020192026
enthusiastic · positive · guarded tone
Tone is overwhelmingly optimistic and intensifying — the enthusiastic (strongly-positive) share moved 31% → 34% across 2010–2026.
top research entities
  • RWTH Aachen University187
  • Technical University of Munich180
  • Karlsruhe Institute of Technology119
  • University of Stuttgart91
  • Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V.87
leading researchers
Markus Lienkamp · Patrick Plötz · Dietmar Göhlich · Patrick Jochem · Valentin Ivanov · Dirk Uwe Sauer · Oliver Sawodny · Georgios Fontaras
▲ Breakthroughs310 · 17%
▲ 15%→18% share
▲1.2× share momentum3 median citations65% since 2021mostly methods-led
Battery breakthrough research surged 9x (6→56 papers), with charging-station and voltage topics newly emerging in German EV institutions.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)6→56
  • Automotive engineering17→57
  • Power (physics)2→25
  • Automotive industry2→19
  • Powertrain3→19
Newly emergingCharging station 0→12 · Voltage 0→10 · Modular design 0→10
Landmark Battery Thermal- and Health-Constrained Energy Management for Hybrid Electric Bus Based on Soft Actor-Critic DRL Algorit · 314 cites
◆ Advancements993 · 54%
▼ 57%→52% share
▼0.9× share momentum4 median citations60% since 2021mostly methods-led
Automotive engineering advancements nearly quadrupled (59→219 papers) as grid and powertrain research each grew 6x.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Automotive engineering59→219
  • Battery (electricity)37→157
  • Grid11→76
  • Powertrain13→76
  • Electricity9→55
Newly emergingSizing 0→14 · Component (thermodynamics) 0→11 · Distribution grid 0→9
Landmark The Electric Vehicle-Routing Problem with Time Windows and Recharging Stations · 1,199 cites
▼ Concerns300 · 16%
▲ 14%→17% share
▲1.2× share momentum6 median citations63% since 2021mostly empirical
Battery-related concerns intensified 6x (9→59 papers); truck and energy-consumption risks newly flagged by German researchers.
rising sub-themes (early→recent)
  • Battery (electricity)9→59
  • Automotive engineering14→56
  • Electricity3→25
  • Renewable energy2→18
  • Grid4→19
Newly emergingTruck 0→8 · Voltage 0→8 · Energy consumption 0→8
Landmark Nickel-Rich Layered Cathode Materials for Automotive Lithium-Ion Batteries: Achievements and Perspectives · 1,327 cites
RESEARCH HOTSPOTS · Germany

Where electric vehicles is researched across Germany

Location clusters by institution affiliation — each city's volume, stance tone, and a quick read on its hot topic, what's advancing, the opening opportunity, and the main concern.

Munich204 · +0.46
Hot · Regenerative brakeAdvancing · Driving rangeOpportunity · Battery capacityConcern · Battery (electricity)
Aachen192 · +0.40
Hot · Battery (electricity)Advancing · Model predictive controlOpportunity · Fuel cellsConcern · Production (economics)
Karlsruhe131 · +0.42
Hot · Artificial neural networkAdvancing · Vehicle dynamicsOpportunity · Life-cycle assessmentConcern · Sustainable transport
Stuttgart102 · +0.48
Hot · Power gridAdvancing · GridOpportunity · Renewable energyConcern · Market penetration
Jülich/Bonn88 · +0.33
Hot · Maximum power transfer theoremAdvancing · Photovoltaic systemOpportunity · VoltageConcern · Renewable energy
Berlin86 · +0.40
Hot · Software deploymentAdvancing · ScheduleOpportunity · Battery electric vehicleConcern · Greenhouse gas
Dresden47 · +0.32
Hot · Noise (video)Advancing · Energy managementOpportunity · Masking (illustration)
PATENT SIGNAL · Germany

Who's filing electric vehicles patents in Germany

Germany electric vehicles patent filing is accelerating — 116,530 filings from 8,000 assignees (2016–2025), led by Robert Bosch, Bayerische Motoren Werke, AUDI; annual filings 8778→13877.

116,530 filings8,000 assigneespeak 13877/yr2016–2025
filing momentum (YoY 2016–2025)
top patent filers
  • Robert Bosch26045
  • Bayerische Motoren Werke13438
  • AUDI12266
  • Volkswagen11086
  • Zahnradfabrik Friedrichshafen8097
  • Daimler7933
  • Porsche6335
  • Siemens6331

Common questions

How many Electric Vehicles companies are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
Radar tracks 57 indexable Electric Vehicles companies headquartered in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany that meet our profile-completeness bar.
What is the total funding raised by Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
The Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have raised a combined $132.7M in disclosed equity funding across 9 funded companies.
Which is the highest-funded Electric Vehicles company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
e.GO Mobile is the highest-funded Electric Vehicles company in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, with $93.5M in disclosed equity funding.
How many Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany are funded?
9 of the 57 Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list have disclosed at least one equity funding round.
How many Electric Vehicles unicorns are there in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany?
None of the Electric Vehicles companies in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany on this list currently has a disclosed valuation of $1B or more.
Who are the top investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Electric Vehicles companies?
The most active investors in North Rhine Westphalia, Germany Electric Vehicles companies on this list include Europa, startport, Bund.de, E.ON :agile, AXIA.
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