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IDTechEx Hong Kong event award winners

IDTechEx held their Printed Electronics Asia and Wireless Sensor Networks, Energy Harvesting & RFID conference in Hong Kong last week. This was the first time all these topics were brought together at one event.

Heavy duty electric land vehicles

There are about 250 manufacturers of heavy industrial vehicles worldwide but most do not make EVs. Between them they will make about 700,000 of these vehicles in 2010.

Future technologies of electric buses and taxis

Buses and taxis are an excellent launch pad for new technologies. In the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Buses and Taxis 2011-2021" we assess all the options and the markets resulting.

Structure of plastic solar cells impedes their efficiency

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University and the U.K. has found that the low rate of energy conversion in all-polymer solar-cell technology is caused by the structure of the solar cells themselves.

SANYO & SUZUKI co-develop system for experimental electric scooters

SANYO has announced the co-development of the Electric Drive System with SUZUKI MOTOR CORPORATION (SUZUKI). The Electric Drive System combines a `high performance in-wheel motor*1' and a `high efficiency control circuit', basically developed by SANYO, as well as a `dedicated charger' and a `battery system for electric motors' which uses proven SANYO lithium-ion batteries for consumer equipment. SANYO has supplied the system to the experimental electric scooters previously announced by SUZUKI.

New government EV support in China

China will inject more than RMB100bn ($14.8bn) into promoting the adoption of energy efficient vehicles in the coming decade.

Energy Harvesting & Storage - WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010: At a glance

IDTechEx Energy Harvesting & Storage and the WSN & RTLS Summit USA 2010 conference and exhibition areonly a few weeks away now, and the programme is already full of a wide array of speakers, representing different industries and requirements from energy harvesting devices as well as implementations of wireless sensor networks.

Electric tuk tuks introduced to Europe

Dutch company presents first fully electric version of the Asian Tuk Tuk to the European market

Boeing's solar powered unmanned aircraft

A large unmanned aircraft using solar energy may soon be stationed on the edge of space, said Boeing in a recent statement. The aircraft which has a 400-foot wing to increase solar power will have highly efficient electric motors and propellers.

Hyundai Heavy to build Korea's largest solar cell factory

Hyundai Heavy teams up with France's Saint-Gobain to build Korea's largest thin-film solar cell factory. Hyundai Heavy held a signing ceremony for the construction contract on October 8 in Paris. The ceremony was attended by Hyundai Heavy Chairman & CEO Min Keh-sik and Saint-Gobain Chairman Pierre-Andre de Chalendar.

Printed electronics killer applications

Printed and partly printed electronics and electrics are not being applied to very expensive things or electronic things first. It is more about modernising printing more than it is about modernising electronics.

ECOtality to create a pilot network of DC fast charging stations

Blink Network DC fast charging stations to be located at 45 BP and ARCO locations as part of The EV Project

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia

The fourth annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event was held in Hong Kong in mid October. The event this year had much more of a commercialization flair - companies discussing product opportunities and technologies that can be moved to high volume production.

IDTechEx WSN, Energy Harvesting & RFID Asia

This event was the first of a global series of events on these topics to be held in Asia. After holding successful annual conferences on those topics in Europe and North America, IDTechEx launched the first Asian version of ...

IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia

The fourth annual IDTechEx Printed Electronics Asia event was held in Hong Kong in mid October. The event this year had much more of a commercialization flair - companies discussing product opportunities and technologies that can be moved to high volume production. This was the intention of organizers IDTechEx, given the location of the event in the World's largest manufacturing country. Tours were held to local organizations including ASTRI, the quasi government/industry research group, who co-organized the event, along with the Logistics and Supply Chain Management (LSCM) association.

Photovoltaics forms driving force behind electric transport

Bosch Solar Energy illustrates future key role photovoltaics will play in powering electric drive units. Debut for this unique combination of Bosch solar modules and Bosch e-bike drive unit.

IDTechEx WSN, Energy Harvesting & RFID Asia

This event was the first of a global series of events on these topics to be held in Asia. After holding successful annual conferences on those topics in Europe and North America, IDTechEx launched the first Asian version of the series in Hong Kong, part of the country that is the world's largest product manufacturer.

Thinfilm & PARC to develop next-generation printed memory solutions

High-capacity, compact form-factor memory enabled by low-cost printed electronics opens up new market opportunities