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November 12, 2019

Top automotive industry accelerators

There has been an explosion of automobile company accelerators — since around 2017 almost every major carmaker runs some kind of startup programme. But programmes vary hugely in terms of what is on offer.


Kimberly Eynon

5 min read

There has been an explosion of automobile company accelerators over the past few years. BMW's Startup Garage and Daimler's Startup Autobahn were some of the earliest on the scene, but since around 2017 almost every major carmaker has had some kind of startup programme.

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