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Founders: Robert Falck (CEO), Linnéa Kornehed-Falck, Filip LiljaLaunched: 2016Headquarters: Stockholm, SwedenFunding: $652.3 millionValuation: N/AKey technologies: Artificial intelligence, autonomous vehicles, machine learningIndustry: AutomotivePrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 0Just as electric vehicles are gaining popularity among consumers, so too are they catching on in the commercial trucking realm. In a quest to reduce carbon footprints and curb air pollution, the transport industry is in the early stages…

Founder: Tony Atti (CEO), Patrick McCann, Matthew TrevithickLaunched: 2009Headquarters: Durham, North CarolinaFunding: $250 millionValuation: $650 millionKey technologies: Autonomous vehiclesIndustry: LogisticsPrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 3 (No. 17 in 2019)Phononic is a solid-state cooling company pioneering solutions to replace energy-guzzling cold storage with efficient, environmentally friendly supply chain technology.It started out going after the compressors, heat sinks and fans in refrigerator…

Founders: Gene Berdichevsky (CEO), Gleb Yushin, Alex JacobsLaunched: 2011Headquarters: Alameda, CaliforniaFunding: $930 millionValuation: N/AKey technologies: NanotechnologyIndustry: AutomotivePrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 1 (No. 34 in 2021)As the electric vehicle fast becomes the future for major automakers, critical elements including lithium are poised to be the equivalent of new oils.Elon Musk has been saying for years that if there's any business a smart entrepreneur should get into, it's lithium…

Founders: Praveen Penmetsa (CEO), Mark Schwager, Zachary Omohundro, Carlo MondaviLaunched: 2018Headquarters: Livermore, CaliforniaFunding: $116.4 millionValuation: $271 millionKey technologies: Autonomous vehicles, roboticsIndustry: AgriculturePrevious appearances on Disruptor 50 List: 1 (No. 20 in 2022)Agriculture has been difficult to disrupt, and decarbonize. As the producer of the world's first-ever fully electric, driver-optional smart tractor, Monarch Tractor's goal is to bring sustainability to farming's workhorse.…