Mobility & Transportation Startups

Take 5 operates a chain of drive-through auto service centers offering oil changes and related vehicle maintenance—including filter, wiper, and battery replacement, coolant exchange, and multi-point inspections—completed in about 10 minutes while customers stay in their cars. It serves individual vehicle owners seeking quick preventative maintenance without appointments.

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Talixo is an online booking platform for taxis and limousines, letting travelers reserve rides across Economy, Business, and First Class categories with fixed prices, flight tracking, and electronic payment. It serves both private and corporate customers, offering business accounts with additional payment options such as AirPlus and invoicing.

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Tallano Technologies develops TAMIC, a braking-particle capture system that captures over 70% of the fine particles emitted by road and rail vehicle braking systems. Its solution targets automotive and railway operators seeking compliance with the EU's Euro 7 emissions regulation, with a focus on the European market.

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neoRide is a mobile app that pays tolls automatically using a vehicle's license plate, removing the need for cash or a toll tag; users register their vehicle, add a payment method, and drive through covered toll roads while charges settle from stored credit. It serves individual drivers and fleets across covered U.S. toll roads, including support for rental vehicles.

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neoRide is a mobile app-based toll payment service that allows drivers to pay tolls via automatic license plate recognition without needing physical toll tags or cash. The service covers toll roads and bridges across multiple U.S. states and automates billing through a stored credit system.

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Tarform designs and manufactures machines by hand in Brooklyn, with a focus on motion, material, and longevity. The company produces its products one at a time.

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Tarot Routing is a delivery operations platform that optimizes route planning, real-time tracking, and driver management for distributors and retailers. The software reduces driving distance and fuel costs while improving delivery visibility and customer communication.

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Team DriveAway transports and delivers commercial trucks and vehicles across the US and between the US and Canada, using a network of independent drivers. It handles driveaway hauling of industrial equipment, inoperable and new vehicles, cargo, sprinter vans, and port deliveries for businesses needing fleet relocation.

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Tecfil manufactures automotive filters — including oil, air, and fuel filters and wiper blades — for light and heavy vehicles, with an emphasis on ecological filter designs that use recyclable and synthetic materials to reduce waste.

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Teclogi operates a digital freight platform that connects shippers with truck drivers and vehicle owners to arrange cargo transport. It provides tools for shippers to send loads and for drivers/owners to find freight and increase their earnings.

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Tectrax designs and manufactures electric amphibious drive systems that let boats be driven on land and launched into the water, offering both integrated amphibious boats and a retrofit boat-launching system. It serves recreational boat owners and partners with boat builders and trailer manufacturers, primarily in New Zealand.

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Tekmetric offers a payment processing and point-of-sale system built into its shop management software for automotive repair shops, supporting card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, and text-to-pay transactions. It includes buy-now-pay-later financing, next-day funding, automated reconciliation, and payment analytics.

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Teknia is a multinational group that manufactures metal and plastic components for the automotive and mobility industry using technologies such as machining, stamping, tube forming, plastic injection, and aluminium injection/High Pressure Die Casting. It serves leading vehicle manufacturers through factories across Europe, the Americas, and North Africa.

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TEMO builds a range of 48V electric propulsion systems (500W to 3kW) including portable outboard motors and fixed, steering, and retractable pods for boats. The products serve recreational boating and professional use across watercraft such as tenders, dinghies, and sailboats, and are manufactured in Europe.

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Tempo is a theft protection program for bike and ebike owners, offering QR-code and UV security badges that deter theft, aid recovery, and provide up to $2,500 toward a replacement if a bike is stolen. It positions itself as an alternative to ebike insurance with no deductible or depreciation, serving individual bike owners in the United States.

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Teradar develops all-solid-state terahertz imaging sensors, built on its Modular Terahertz Engine (MTE) architecture, that provide long-range, high-resolution vision in rain, fog, and snow. The sensors target automotive manufacturers for vehicle perception, as well as defense, security screening, and infrastructure applications.

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Terbine is developing STRATA, a mobility infrastructure platform that provides real-time orchestration and synchronization for intelligent machines such as electric vehicles, drones, and delivery and bipedal robots operating in physical environments. The platform serves consumer, commercial, and government applications, including a supervisory layer above EV charging network management systems for fleet operators.

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Terraline builds a software-defined vehicle (SDV) platform combining a central compute system (CCS) that replaces multiple ECUs, cloud-connected telemetry and OTA updates, and an AI backend for predictive maintenance and digital twins. It serves commercial fleets, industrial and utility equipment, mobility and defense applications, and emerging vehicle platforms.

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Tetra Aviation develops electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) "flying cars," including its two-seater teTra Mk-7 aircraft with a range of up to 200 km, aimed at short-distance air travel that connects rural and urban areas. The company positions its aircraft as a form of mobility infrastructure and is developing and testing it in Minamisoma City, Fukushima, Japan.

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texlock makes textile bicycle locks that combine multi-layer high-tech fibers with an integrated steel core for theft protection while remaining flexible and lightweight. The company, based in Leipzig, Germany, positions itself as the inventor of the textile lock and produces its locks in-house for urban cyclists.

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The Reefer Group (TRG) designs and manufactures refrigerated and insulated transport vehicles and equipment for cold chain and logistics operators, through four brands: Aubineau, Chereau, Paneltex, and SOR. Its solutions range from urban delivery vehicles to long-distance semi-trailers, with a focus on energy efficiency and reduced environmental impact.

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The SMART Tire Company commercializes NASA-developed Shape Memory Alloy Radial Technology (SMART) to produce airless, flat-proof tires made from a nickel-titanium alloy (NiTinol+) for on- and off-road vehicle applications. It targets the global tire market with tires designed to be durable and superelastic.

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The Tyre Collective develops a patent-pending device that uses electrostatics and airflow to capture tyre wear particles from vehicles, and works with researchers on tyre wear characterisation and toxicology. The captured micronised rubber is upcycled into products such as bitumen, shoe soles and soundproofing, targeting pollution from mobility.

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autoi offers a vehicle security and driver-safety system that provides real-time live-stream surveillance with built-in threat detection, including GPS, pedestrian and animal detection, traffic light recognition, distracted-driving and seatbelt alerts, crash detection, and impact sensing. The product includes internal cameras for driver and passenger monitoring and is powered by Crome Security.

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