Applied EV

Direct Overlap

Autonomous electric vehicle platforms. Blanc Robot is a modular autonomous delivery/utility vehicle platform.

WebsiteCoventry, UKFounded 2015Series A

Early Traction

First 100 Blanc Robot units assembled (Suzuki bodies); $30.7M from Australia NRF (Jan 2026); Japan Post Capital investment (Dec 2025)

First 100 units being deployed with strategic partners in Australia; Suzuki OEM partnership for body manufacturing from Japan

StartupLogistics & DeliveryGeneral PurposeAutonomous VehicleDeliveryIndustrial

Specs

Modular autonomous EV platform with drive-by-wire architecture. Configurable for delivery, logistics, and utility applications with L4 autonomy.

Closest to IM's modular autonomous EV vision. Whitespace: they're bigger/heavier — IM owns the nimble, rideable, sub-300lb class.

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