Excellence Awards – Shortlists Announced

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