List of automobile manufacturers of the United States
This article is a list of all current automobile manufacturers of the United States.
Current manufacturers
Big Three
The currently active brands from the "Big Three" manufacturers (Ford, General Motors and Stellantis) are shown below.
Parent company | Brand | Notes |
---|---|---|
General Motors | Buick | Founded in 1899 as 'Buick Auto-Vim and Power Company'. Formed General Motors in 1908. |
Cadillac | Founded as Henry Ford Company in 1901. Renamed to Cadillac in 1902. Acquired by General Motors in 1909. | |
Chevrolet | Founded in 1911. Acquired by General Motors in 1918 | |
GMC | Formed as General Motors Truck Company (GMTC) in 1912 after merging Rapid Motor Vehicle co. and Reliance Motor Truck co. | |
Stellantis | Chrysler | Formed in 1925 as the founding brand of Chrysler Corporation (the predecessor to Fiat Chrysler Automobiles). Became a part of Stellantis in 2021. |
Dodge | Formed in 1914. Acquired by Chrysler in 1928. | |
Jeep | Formed by Willys-Overland in 1941. Merged with Kaiser Motors in 1953. Acquired by AMC in 1970. Acquired by Chrysler in 1987. | |
RAM | Formed in 2010 during a restructure of Chrysler's truck brands. | |
Ford Motor Company | Ford | Founded in 1903 as Ford. |
Lincoln | Founded in 1917. Acquired by Ford Motor Company in 1922. |
Major EV Companies
- Lucid Motors (2007–present)
- Tesla (2003–present)
- Rivian Automotive, Inc. (2009–present)
Other companies
- AC Propulsion (1992–present)
- AM General (1971–present)
- Anteros Coachworks (2005–present)
- Aptera Motors (2005–present)
- Arcimoto (2007–present)
- Aria Group (2017–present)
- Aurica Motors(2010–present)
- Alpha Motor Corporation (2020–present)
- AlloyCars Aluminum Automobiles (1996–present)
- Bauer Limited Production (2012–present)
- Berrien Buggy (1968–present)
- Brammo (2002–present)
- Bollinger Motors (2014–present)
- Bremach (2009–present)
- BXR Motors (2008–present)
- Callaway Cars (1977–present)
- Canoo (2017–present)
- Cizeta Automobili (1988–present)
- Commuter Cars (2004–present)
- Cord (1929–1937, 2017–present)
- Czinger (2019–present)
- Cruise Automation (2013–present)
- DDR Motorsport (2001–present)
- Deco Rides (2000–present)
- DF Kit Cars (1993–present)
- Dio Cars (1991–present)
- Dove Racing (2008–present)
- Dragon Motor Cars (2002–present)
- Drako Motors (2013–present)
- Drakan Motor Cars (2015–present)
- DeLorean Motor Company (Texas) (1995–present)
- Detroit Electric (1907–1939, 2008–present)
- Elation Motors (2014–present)
- Elio Motors (2009–present)
- Equus Automotive (2013–present)
- Everett-Morrison Motorcars (1983–present)
- Exotic Rides (2014–present)
- Exomotive (2011–present)
- Falcon Motorsports (2009–present)
- Faraday Future(2014–present)
- Factory Five Racing (1995–present)
- Fisker Inc (2015–present)
- Gagliardi Design (2003–present)
- Global Electric Motorcars (1998–present)
- Hennessey Special Vehicles (2017–present)
- Hyperion Motors (2011–present)
- Karma Automotive (2016–present)
- Kepler Motors (2009–present)
- Laffite Supercars (2015–present)
- Local Motors (2007–present)
- Lordstown Motors (2019–present)
- Lucra Cars (2006–present)
- Lyons Motor Car (2011–present)
- Meyers Manx (1964–present)
- Mullen Technologies (2014–present)
- Next Autoworks (2006–present)
- Myers Motors (2004–present)
- N2A Motors (2004–present)
- Niama-Reisser (2005–present)
- Nikola Corporation (2014–present)
- Palatov Motorsport (2008–present)
- Panoz (1989–present)
- Polaris Inc (1954–present)
- RAESR (2014–present)
- Ronn Motor Group (2007–present)
- Rossion-Mosler Automotive (1985–present)
- Rezvani Automotive Designs (2014–present)
- Rush Auto Works (2017–present)
- Saleen Automotive (1983–present)
- Scarab-Motorsports LLC (2006–present)
- Scuderia Cameron Glickenhaus (2010–present)
- Shelby American (1992–present)
- Simpson Design (1978–present)
- SSC North America (1999–present)
- Superformance (1996–present)
- Superlite Cars (2007–present)
- Tanom Motors (2010–present)
- Transtar Racing (2010–present)
- Trion Supercars (2012–present)
- United Motorcar Company (2009–present)
- Valarra (2019–present)
- Vanderhall Motor Works (2010–present)
- Vaydor (2013–present)
- Vector Motors (1971–present)
- Vetter Vehicles (unknown–present)
- VIA Motors (2010–present)
- Visionary Vehicles (2002–present)
- VLF Automotive (2012–present)
- Waymo (2009–present)
- Wheego Technologies (2009–present)
- Workhorse Group (1998–present)
- Zimmer Motorcars (1978-1988, 1997–present)
Defunct manufacturers
See also
Bibliography
- Georgano, Nick, ed. (2000). Beaulieu Encyclopedia of the Automobile. Fitzroy Dearborn. ISBN 9781579582937.
- Kimes, Beverly; Clark Jr., Henry Austin (1996). Standard Catalog of American Cars 1805–1942 (Third ed.). Krause Publications. ISBN 0-87341-428-4.
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