Harbinger Motors
Harbinger Motors is a Garden Grove, California-based maker of vertically integrated Class 4-7 medium-duty electric and plug-in hybrid chassis, cab chassis and step-van platforms, selling to upfitters and fleets including FedEx and Airstream.
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Harbinger Motors is a Garden Grove, California-based maker of vertically integrated Class 4-7 medium-duty electric and plug-in hybrid chassis, cab chassis and step-van platforms, selling to upfitters and fleets including FedEx and Airstream. In February 2026 it acquired autonomous-driving company Phantom AI and signed a computer-vision licensing deal with ZF, adding ADAS capability to its trucks.
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Capital graph
Company· 12
Investor· 10
Founders / team· 3
Funding history
- 2026-11-05Series D$240M
Investors · Tiger Global, Capricorn Partners, Ridgeline, Fidelity Management & Research Company, SquarePoint Capital, Xantium, FedEx, THOR Industries, BuildGroup, Maniv, Greycroft, Australian Gulf Capital, PanaceaVC, ArcTern Ventures, LeitmotifSource · prnewswire.com ↗
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