BluSmart Mobility Funding, Investors & Competitors

Caocao Chuxing is a Hangzhou-headquartered ride-hailing service operating in over 100 cities across China as a Geely Holdings subsidiary launched in 2015. The platform emphasizes electric vehicles for zero-emission mobility, providing premium rides, shared cars, and autonomous vehicle pilots integrated with WeChat for seamless urban transport.

DST Car is a Shenzhen-based new-energy vehicle fleet operator, founded in 2015 by Zhang Haiying, that provides electric truck and van rental and operational services to China's logistics industry. Its digital platform lets clients and drivers monitor vehicle and battery data, plan routes, and manage the EV life cycle, while the company also runs charging, fleet repair, maintenance, and insurance services through a large network of service stations and charging piles. DST has grown into the largest logistics EV operations platform in China, supporting a large fleet across hundreds of cities.

Tesla is a vertically integrated battery electric vehicle automaker and developer of real world artificial intelligence software, which includes autonomous driving and humanoid robots. The company has multiple vehicles in its fleet, which include luxury and midsize sedans, crossover SUVs, a light truck, and a semi truck. Tesla also plans to begin selling a sports car and offer a robotaxi service. Global deliveries in 2025 were nearly 1.64 million vehicles. The company sells batteries for stationary storage for residential and commercial properties including utilities and solar panels and solar roofs for energy generation. Tesla also owns a fast-charging network and an auto insurance business.

CATL, headquartered in Ningde, Fujian Province, is a global leading battery manufacturer founded in 2011. The company specializes in the development and production of lithium-ion batteries for EVs and energy storage systems. CATL is the largest EV battery manufacturer in the world and leads the industry in innovative battery technology development for higher-energy density and safety, longer battery service life and super-fast charging. CATL is also involved in the manufacturing of cathode and other related battery materials. Through its subsidiary Brunp, it works with customers to create a closed-loop battery life cycle from production, application, to recycling.

LG Energy Solution is the third-largest battery maker for electric vehicles with about 11% global share in 2024, according to SNE Research. The EV battery segment is the largest revenue contributor, which accounted for more than 60% of total revenue in 2024. LGES also manufactures batteries for mobility, mobile phones, laptops, electrical devices, and energy storage systems. The company was spun off from LG Chem’s battery division in December 2020 and listed on the Korea Exchange in January 2022. It has global manufacturing facilities in Korea, China, Poland, and the United States. Key customers include General Motors, Tesla, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and Stellantis.

Founded in 2015, XPeng is a leading Chinese smart electric vehicle company that designs, develops, manufactures, and markets EVs in China. Its products primarily target the growing base of technology-savvy middle-class consumers in the midrange to high-end segment in China’s passenger vehicle market. The company sold over 190,000 EVs in 2024, accounting for about 2% of China’s passenger new energy vehicle market. It is also a leader in autonomous driving technology.

Ecopro BM Co Ltd is engaged in the development and production of secondary battery materials like precursors and cathode materials. Its products are used in electric vehicles, electric energy storage systems, uninterruptible power supply, smart grids, and ones for aerospace, medical and military purposes.

Joby Aviation Inc is a transportation company developing an all-electric, vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) air taxi for commercial passenger service. Its Joby eVTOL aircraft is designed to transport a pilot and up to four passengers or an expected payload of up to 1,000 pounds at speeds of up to 200 mph. The aircraft is optimized for urban routes, with a target range of up to 100 miles on a single charge. The company is also developing an app-based platform to build and operate an aerial ridesharing service powered by a network of eVTOL aircraft that it will manufacture and operate. It has one operating and reportable segment, namely flight services. Currently, the company generates all of its revenue from flight services provided to the Department of Defense in the United States.

Archer Aviation Inc advances the benefits of sustainable air mobility. The company is engaged in designing and developing a fully electric vertical takeoff and landing eVTOL aircraft for use in UAM networks. It is creating an electric airline that moves people throughout cities in a quick, safe, sustainable, and cost-effective manner.

Ninebot Ltd is engaged in the research and development, design, manufacturing, distribution and sales of short-distance transportation products. The products offered by the company include electric balance bikes and electric scooters for short distance commuting.

Coherent's Silicon Carbide unit produces power devices and substrates for electric vehicle powertrains, including inverters and onboard chargers. Based in Warren, New Jersey, the division supplies substrates to Wolfspeed and devices to automotive OEMs like Tesla and Volkswagen. Its 200mm SiC wafers support 800V architectures in models such as Porsche Taycan.

QuantumScape Corporation is an American company that researches and develops solid-state rechargeable lithium metal batteries for use in electric cars. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Jose, California, employs around 850 people. Major investors include Volkswagen Group and Bill Gates.

Aima Technology Group Co Ltd is engaged in the research and development, production, and sales of electric bicycles, electric mopeds, and electric motorcycles.

Rimac Group is a Croatia-headquartered developer of electric vehicle technology, producing the Nevera hypercar with 1,914 horsepower and supplying powertrains to automakers. Founded in 2009 near Zagreb, Rimac partners with Bugatti-Rimac for high-performance EVs and Porsche for platform engineering. The company delivers battery systems, motors, and software for vehicles achieving sub-two-second 0-60 times.

Fastned BV is engaged in providing fast charging services for electric vehicles. The company's technology is available for all types of electric vehicles such as Tesla Model 3/S/X, Nissan Leaf, BMW i3, and Hyundai Ioniq. The company has operations in the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, France, Switzerland, and Belgium. The majority of its operations and charging stations are in the Netherlands. Key revenue is segmented from sales of electricity to EV Drivers and Sales of renewable energy units.

SFCC is a Shenzhen-based high-tech enterprise pioneering hydrogen fuel cell vehicle commercialization. Founded on April 8, 2016, in Guangdong province, the company conducts research, develops power systems, and industrializes core technologies for buses and commercial fleets in China.

Ola Electric Mobility Ltd is a pure EV player in India and is building vertically integrated technology and manufacturing capabilities for EVs and EV components, including cells. The company manufactures EVs and certain core EV components like battery packs, motors and vehicle frames at the Ola Futurefactory. Its business focuses on capturing the opportunity arising out of electrification of mobility in India and it also seeks opportunities to export its EVs in select international markets in the future.

Chunqing Technology is a Chinese firm that develops electric vehicles powered by alcohol-hydrogen fuel cell systems. Based in Chongqing, the company manufactures vehicles such as the world's first alcohol-electric hybrid truck unveiled in 2023, alongside production of methanol-based fuels and hydrogen energy solutions. It supplies these technologies to commercial fleets seeking zero-emission alternatives to traditional batteries.