There are so many companies that are producing or working on electric vehicles but here at eautoarena, we are going to discuss the top 5 companies that are leading in the race of the top 20 companies that manufacture electric vehicles.
Tesla:
Tesla is a highly anticipated American multinational automobile company that was incorporated in July 2003 by the two brothers called Martin Eberhard and Marc Tarpenning as Tesla Motors. In July 2004 Elon Musk was the highest invested shareholder who invested overall $6.5 million and served as CEO in 2008.
Recently, Gemmingen who bought a used Tesla Model S P85 back in 2014, has now successfully reached the 1 million mile mark on his red sedan.
Automotive products:
Tesla became the first company who invent electric vehicles and made their first model, the Roadster sports car, in 2009. And after that, Model they made the next and extraordinary Model S sedan in 2012, the Model X SUV in 2015, the Model 3 sedan in 2017, and the Model Y crossover in 2020 respectively.
Upcoming project:
Elon Musk is now setting a new and huge standard of new launch because nowadays the update comes under the Tesla that, Tesla is going to produce Cybertruck, Roadster, and Semi in 2023.
Price of the upcoming model
Well as we know that the price is yet to be revealed but according to our estimation the company will fix their cars price to $40,000 (As Per TomsGuide Report)
FORD Motor Company:
Ford motors is a multinational company that was founded by Henry Ford in June 1903 in the United States. Nowadays Ford is a highly appreciated company for electric cars and beaches. There are so many electric cars made by the company but some are very famous models which increased the net worth of the company.
Well according to 2015 vehicle production to sources Ford is the second-largest U.S.-based automaker and the fifth-largest the most in the world (behind Toyota, Volkswagen, Hyundai, and General Motors). At the end of 2010, Ford was the fifth-largest automaker in Europe.
Famous cars:
Ford is generally famous for the models which are usually formed in UK subdivision mainly called Jaguar and Land Rover, acquired in 1989 and 2000 respectively, were sold to the Indian automaker Tata Motors in March 2008. Ford owned the Swedish automaker Volvo from 1999 to 2010
Upcoming model:
Well according to the sources of Ford company there 2 main upcoming cars has been announced to launch which are 2 Coupes and 2 SUVs. Of the above, 1 car is expected to launch in the next three months
Price
Ford Mustang 2022 $ 62,000 estimate
Ford Mustang Mach E $43,000 respectively
BMW
BMW is a highly appreciated company which is formed in Munich, Germany on March 7, 1916. Basically BMW refers to the Bayerische Motoren Werke AG . Well according to the sources BMW is a multinational company founded by the Camillo Castiglioni
Franz Josef Popp Karl Rapp. Well BMW is mainly known for the motorcycle and electric cars as well.
Main models or brands of BMW
Basically, there are so many brands made by BMW but here are a few main brands through which BMW actually knows for Automobiles such as:-
Alpina, BMW, BMW I, BMW M , BMW, DriveNow, Mini, Rolls-Royce, Motorcycles, BMW Motorrad
Upcoming features and their price
Well as we all know that Mini E was the first BMW electric vehicle from the BMW which actually used lithium-ion batteries in 2008, with huge advances in range, power, and durability; its claimed 0-100kph time was just 8.5sec. And now after the huge success of Mini E now the company is going to launch the BMW i4 which is the second BMW branded electric vehicle after the iX and will go on sale on May 26, 2022.
And the main highlight of the cars will be the i4 electric sedan will be the first of its kind in the luxury space. India will get the BMW i4 eDrive40 variant with the 81.5 kWh battery. But the price is yet to be revealed. But according to some sources of the company, the price will expect $55,400. The 2022 BMW i4 M50 starts at $65,900.
Hyundai motors company
Hyundai motors company is a multinational manufacturing company that was founded by Chung Ju-Yung on 29 December 1967. Basically, its main headquarters is located in Seoul, South Korea, and it’s mainly known as the Hyundai. Well according to the sources Hyundai is one of the largest companies that was manufacturing the largest integrated automobile facility of Ulsan which produced 1.6 million units annually and we must say that this was the largest unit in the history of Hyundai. Well talking about the production of the main models of the company so here are few models which give the huge success to the company.
From the success of Hybrid electric vehicles, the company started innovating get new achievements by the new models every year such as:-
In 2010 – at Geneva Motor Show, a variant of the BLUE-WILL hybrid system.
In 2011- Sonata Hybrid sales in the U.S. began in February 2011.
In 2014 Hyundai was on top of the global sales of the models was 200,000 units.
In 2016 -Hyundai revealed the Ioniq five-door liftback to rival the Toyota Prius. The nameplate Ioniq is a portmanteau of ion and unique. It was actually having that quality that was never seen before such as plug-in hybrid, and all-electric variants with no “standard” internal combustion engine only version. After finishing the plug-in hybrid model they finally launched in the 2017 fab.
In 2020 the company start thinking about the battery system and then they start planning the model which was based on the fastest charging battery model. After Hyundai announced their three big project car models which were the Ioniq 5, Ioniq 6, and Ioniq 7 a large SUV. In all three brands, they claim that they will go to utilize Hyundai’s Electric Global Modular Platform (E-GMP), which they claim will enable “fast charging capability and plentiful driving range. After finishing up the work the automakers said that the first model will be midsize crossover avail in early 2021. and others will launch early in 2024. And not even this the new models will be named numerically, with even numbers for sedans, and odd numbers for SUVs.
Selling ration of the company based on regarding data:-
Well according to the previous data in 2016 the company selling goes down from before was 4,858,000 units (2016) was only 21.43 % of the previous sales ratio which means the sales ratio was going down before 2016. But if talking about 2021 Hyundai sales increased 3.9% to 3,890,726 units 2021.
Upcoming features and models of the company:-
In 2022 the company is going to hit 5 new models which will have a stronghold in the car market
- Hyundai Venue 2022
- Hyundai Elantra 2022
- Hyundai Tucson 2022
- Hyundai Creta facelift
- Hyundai Ioniq 2022
Hyundai venue facelift
Revised front and rear styling interior likely to remain same engines to be carried forward launched mid-2022.
Hyundai Tucson 2022
Completely new design language new interior and ADAS features current engines likely to continue. launch in the 2nd half of 2022.
Hyundai Elantra 2022
Hyundai Kona electric facelift is different in design and very rare front. brand new interior features, approx 40 kWh battery to remain to come as CDK. Will finally launch in the 2nd half of 2022.
Hyundai Creta facelift
New Tucson-like design in order to achieve more variable features of technology, ADAS mechanically unchanged. Will most probably be launched in the 2nd half of 2022.
Hyundai Ioniq 2022
We’ll this model will be based on the bespoke EV platform which was made with a minimalist interior design. And talking about the battery system then it could hold 72.7 KWH batteries CBU import and will be launched in the 2nd half of 2022.
NIO
NIO is a Chinese multinational company who are manufacturing automobile cars and vehicles. Its main headquarters is in shanghai China founded in November 2014; 7 years ago. this company is specializing in developing and designing electric vehicles. Not even this the company is also known for the development of battery-swapping stations for its vehicles as an alternative to conventional charging stations.
Investment of the companies in the NIO:
after launching in Saatchi gallery in London in 2016, there are few companies who were willing to invest in the NIO. here is the name of the company that was invested in the company. including Tencent, Temasek sequoia, Lenovo, and TPG.
Vehicles by NIO:-
Nio came to the form when it launch the EP9 electric hypercar in 2017 which is a sports car. and on the same day, NIO also revealed a new model Es8. A seven-seater electric SUV in December 2017 and began deliveries of the ES8 in June 2018. After then the company launched new models every single year which started picking success in the highly anticipated field of the automobile company.
After then NIO launched 5 seater SUV in December 2018june and it started delivering in June 2019. NIO also launched EC6 also a 5-seater SUV in September 2020.NIO launched ET7, its electric sedan, in January 2021 and revealed ET5 its most compact sedan at NIO Day in December 2021.
So these were the highest ranking company which are estimated to working for the highly anticipated future of electric vehicles.