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The shortlist categories are divided into FOUR groups:
Excellence Categories – These categories look at achievements in our core areas of excellence and include everything from Covid-19 Response to Social Impact.
Sector Excellence – These categories look at achievements within each individual market sub-sector and can include everything from notable business expansion through innovation to diversity and environmental initiatives.
Firms of the Year – These categories look at achievements by specific types of companies and includes everything from new market entrants to finance and legal firms.
Deals of the Year – The most notable finance and M&A deals from the research period.
*Please note that we also have awards for individuals, the winners of which will be announced in our Awards Report alongside the other category winners
Excellence Categories
COVID-19 RESPONSE
- Daimler
- Ford
- GM
- Honda
- Shiftec
- Torsus
DIVERSITY
- Driving Pride
- Hyundai
- Skoda
- Volvo Cars
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
- Audi
- BMW Group
- GM
- Johnson Matthey
- The Climate Group EV
- Volvo Cars
INNOVATION
- Baidu
- BMW Group
- Ford
- Harman
- Hyzon Motors
- Stellantis
- Volvo Thailand
PRODUCT LAUNCH & R&D
- Baidu
- BMW Group
- Castrol
- Delphi Technologies
- Ford
- Hyundai
- KLA
- Mahle
- Scania
- Toyota
- ZF
SAFETY
SOCIAL IMPACT
- Mitsubishi
- The Climate Group EV
- Volvo Cars
Sector Excellence
COMMERCIAL VEHICLES
- Daimler
- Ford
- Michelin
- Scania
- TuSimple
- ZF
COMPONENTS
- Denso
- Hyundai Mobis
- Mahle
- ZF
ELECTRIC VEHICLES
- BYD
- Daimler
- Electrify America
- Enel X
- GM
- Hyundai
- LG
- Mitsubishi
- Scania
- Tesla
RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT
- Bentley
- Carbios, Michelin
- Denso
- Ford
- Great Wall
- StoreDot
RETAILING, MARKETING & DISTRIBUTION
- Enel X
- Volvo Cars
- Hyundai Mobis
- Porsche
- PSA
SERVICE SUPPLIERS/SUPPLY CHAIN
- Britishvolt
- Google Cloud, SAP, Inchcape
- LG Chem
VEHICLE MANUFACTURING
VEHICLE PRODUCT & DESIGN
- Mahindra
- Tesla
- Volvo Cars
Firm of the Year
DISRUPTOR
- Beijing Qingzhou Zhihang Intelligent
- Beijing Zhixingzhe Technology
- Didi Chuxing
- Nio Inc
- Online Engineering
- Shanghai Pateo Network Technology Service
- Sila Nanotechnologies
- TradePending
- Ubitricity
- Workhorse Group
FINANCE
- Bank of America Corp
- Barclays Plc
- BNP Paribas SA
- Citigroup Inc
- Deutsche Bank AG
- Evercore Inc
- JPMorgan Chase & Co/J.P. Morgan Securities LLC
- Morgan Stanley
- PricewaterhouseCoopers International Ltd
- The Goldman Sachs Group Inc
- UBS Group AG
LEGAL
- Baker & McKenzie LLP
- Cooley LLP
- Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
- Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
- Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP
- Jones Day
- Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Latham & Watkins LLP
- Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP
- Sullivan & Cromwell LLP
- Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP
NEWCOMER
- Cerence Inc
- Electra
- FUELL
- IAA – Impact Auto Auctions
- Moove Africa
- Suzhou Haizhibo Electronic Technology
- Vitesco Technologies
PRIVATE EQUITY/VC
- Bain Capital LP
- BayPine LP
- Coatue Management LLC
- CVC Capital Partners
- EQT Partners AB
- FMR LLC
- Greenbriar Equity Group LLC
- IDG Capital
- KPS Capital Partners LP
- PAI Partners SAS
- The Carlyle Group Inc.
- TSG Consumer Partners, LP
SME
- AMTE Power
- Electrovaya
- Fisker
- Hyliion Holdings Corporation
- Leclanche
- Onto Holdings
- Saeitta Group
Deal of the Year
M&A (Impact)
- FCA and Groupe PSA merger
- Goodyear acquires Cooper
- Lucid Motors/Churchill Capital Corp IV merger
- Shell acquires ubitricity
- Platinum Equity acquires Club Car
- Zhongsheng Group Holdings acquires Zung Fu
M&A (Innovation)
- Amazon acquires Zoox
- Aurora Innovation acquires Uber ATG
- Brookfield Business Partners acquires DexKo Global
- Hyundai acquires Boston Dynamics
FINANCE
- AUTO1 Group
- BYD (Build Your Dreams)
- Cruise
- FCA
- Nio
- Renault
- SK IE Technology
- Tesla