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The Case for Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles: Efficiency and Scalability

With rapid charging becoming common and more powerful for battery electric vehicles, IDTechEx assesses whether this makes fuel cell electric vehicles less appealing in comparison.

General Fusion

General Fusion is a commercial fusion energy company pursuing a magneto-inertial fusion approach called magnetized target fusion (MTF) using deuterium-tritium fuel.

Webinar: Heat Shields in an Increasingly Commercial Space Industry

Thursday 8 May 2025 - Surviving the Heat, Heat Shields for Atmospheric Re-Entry in an Increasingly Commercial Space Industry; Outline the role and function of TPS; Delineate the key categories of TPS, from tile-based systems to ablators and hypersonic expandable decelerators; Examine the key requirements of TPS, from a technical and economic perspective, as well as emerging use-cases; Give a brief outlook for the market over the next decade

QLC vs HDDs: The Battle for High-Capacity Storage

The rise of QLC SSDs is challenging hard disk drives in cold storage and beyond. IDTechEx explores how performance, density, and cost are shifting the economics of data storage.

Collaborative Robots Drive Workforce Return in Auto Industry

Collaborative robots (cobots) are reshaping automotive manufacturing by enabling safe, flexible, and efficient human-robot collaboration across tasks like assembly, screwing, and polishing, thanks to advanced force sensing, AI-driven vision, and intuitive programming. As electric vehicle production grows and factories seek greater agility, cobots offer a scalable solution, with their market projected to expand significantly through 2045.

Mayerhofer Elektronik

IDTechEx Technology Analyst Thomas Bithell met Managing Director Merlin Reingruber at Electronica 2024, after his circular economy keynote presentation.

METOL

METOL is a UK-based startup, founded in 2024, with a focus on the development of recyclable composite materials. IDTechEx spoke with Gerry Boyce, Founding Director.

Cavotec

Cavotec develops electrification solutions such as chargers to heavy industry (including off-highway). IDTechEx spoke to Cavotec at Bauma 2025 about its newest megawatt charging system (MCS) for electric mining machines.

Green Concrete and Lowering Carbon Emissions

Concrete is the second most consumed resource in the world, following behind only water. It is a well-understood material with excellent properties, including its strength, robustness, and fire and water resistance. Because concrete will continue to be necessary for building new infrastructure as populations grow and urbanize, simply cutting down on construction isn't an option.

Upcoming Webinar on the Green Steel Market

Wednesday 7 May 2025 - Green Steel Market: Key Drivers, Production Pathways, Innovations, and Offtake Sectors; Overview of the iron and steel supply chain, including low-carbon and green steel; Key drivers for the steel decarbonization and the green steel market, including policies and incentives in key regions; Key innovations in iron and steel production technology; Main sectors adopting green steel and a market outlook

US Tariffs' Impact on the EV Charging Market

This article analyzes the significant impact of recent US tariffs on the EV charging market, affecting both the physical charging equipment and the broader electrical infrastructure required to support it.

Ligna Energy

Ligna Energy is a spinout company from Linköping University focused on developing small bio-based supercapacitors designed for wireless electronics, smart cards, and IoT applications.

Tokamak Energy: TE Magnetics

Tokamak Energy are a commercial fusion startup pursuing the spherical tokamak fusion approach using high temperature superconductors (HTS), a technology which they have commercialized through their TE Magnetics division for other applications.

Computers to Cars: IDTechEx Celebrates Sustainable Tech on Earth Day

The environment often pays a price for the comforts of modern life. Every year on Earth Day, the world reflects on pathways towards a greener economy that promotes resource circularity and a lower carbon footprint.

Self-Healing Materials to Build on Success in Construction Industry

Self-healing concrete aims to mitigate economic losses caused by corrosion and degradation of concrete, such as the need for repair or replacement, maintenance costs, and disruptions caused by downtime. Bacteria-based approaches are leading the way for self-healing concrete.

Li-ion Battery Recycling Market to Reach US$52B in Value by 2045

IDTechEx forecasts the Li-ion battery recycling market to grow to US$52B in value by 2045, given the increasing availability of retired Li-ion batteries over the coming decades. Key sources of feedstock will include electric vehicle batteries, and Li-ion batteries from energy storage systems, consumer electronics, alongside manufacturing scrap.

H2SITE

H2SITE is a Spanish startup that makes palladium-based gas separation systems and membrane reactors for hydrogen applications, primarily ammonia cracking. This is an update from IDTechEx's 2021 profile on the company.

FDK Corporation

FDK has a long history in battery innovation, starting with the production of carbon-zinc batteries in 1950. Over the years, it has expanded its expertise to include advanced battery technologies such as nickel-metal hydride (Ni-MH) and lithium-ion batteries. The company began focusing on solid-state batteries as a next-generation energy storage solution to address safety, energy density, and durability challenges inherent in conventional lithium-ion batteries.

The Growing Graphene Market and the Shift from Carbon Nanotubes

Advanced carbon materials can be described as a family, made up of a diverse array of 3D, 2D, 1D, and 0D materials, each with its own properties and best-suited applications. IDTechEx's research provides in-depth analysis of the market impact of each material type, and their individual use cases from high-end sporting goods to R&D materials that are beginning to mature.

Upcoming Webinar on the Global Sodium-Ion Battery Market

Wednesday 30 April 2025 - Sodium-Ion Batteries: Navigating the Path to Commercial Maturity. The following aspects will be addressed: Impact of historically low lithium prices on sodium-ion's economic viability; Alternative value propositions beyond cost, including material availability and application-specific advantages; Sodium-ion battery players and commercialisation efforts; and IDTechEx outlook for sodium-ion batteries by 2030