Tesla (TSLA 0.66%) has been a massive winner for investors, and a litany of other EV start-ups -- including Rivian (RIVN 2.44%), Lucid Group (LCID 0.18%), and Canoo (GOEV -2.12%) -- (not to mention legacy automakers) are fighting to win their share of the EV pie.

Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe discuss Applied Industrial Technologies (AIT 0.73%) and why this relatively unknown company is set to win in the EV race, no matter which auto company comes out on top.

*Stock prices used were from the afternoon of March 28, 2023. The video was published on April 16, 2023.