Background
8 Jul 2020

Karma Automotive
California based Karma Automotive are best known for manufacturing luxury plug-in hybrid electric sports cars, but they are also developing a range of skateboard type chassis platforms for a wide variety of different battery electric and extended-range electric vehicles.
8 Jul 2020

Electric Vehicles in Agriculture: Now is the Time
Cars electrify, now farm vehicles. The new 215-page IDTechEx report, "Electric Vehicles and Robotics in Agriculture 2020-2030" explains. This is a drill-down from the popular report, "Electric Vehicles in Construction, Agriculture and Mining 2020-2030".
External press release
8 Jul 2020

Partnership Between Energica Motor Company SpA and Total Lubrifiant
Total Lubrifiants, the world's fourth-largest international energy company on the lubricants market and Energica Motor Company, the Italian manufacturer of high-performing electric motorcycles, are proud to announce a new international partnership until the end of 2022. Total Lubrifiants becomes the Official Sponsor and Industrial Partner of Energica.
Topic overview
7 Jul 2020

Battery Energy Density and Thermal Management for Electric Cars
Energy density is increasing in electric vehicle battery cells and packs. How has this trend evolved and how does the thermal management strategy effect it?
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Background
7 Jul 2020

Hercules Electric Vehicles
Hercules Electric Vehicles is an early stage EV startup based in Detroit, Michigan, who are developing high performance luxury all-electric pickup truck.
Background
7 Jul 2020

Heraeus
Heraeus provides a portfolio of IC packaging materials including sintered Ag paste for die attach purposes.
Background
7 Jul 2020

Alpha Assembly
Alpha: commercializing Ag nano sintering die attach paste
Background
7 Jul 2020

Namics
This is a low-temperature die-attach conductive paste for metalorganic nano Ag inks. The innovation is mostly around lowering the sintering temperature.
7 Jul 2020

Electrify America Completes First of Two Fast Charging Routes
Electrify America announced the completion of its first cross-country route, which allows electric vehicle drivers to travel from coast to coast using the largest open DC fast-charging network in the United States.
7 Jul 2020

Join the IDTechEx webinar 8 July - An Introduction to Li-ion Recycling
This webinar will provide an introduction to Li-ion recycling, covering the following key areas: Overview of recycling processes, Discussion of the value proposition of recycling, Analysis of 2nd-life vs recycling, and Look at the current Li-ion recycling market
Background
6 Jul 2020

Motiv Power Systems
Motive Power Systems are a California based manufacturer of all-electric chassis for medium duty (Class 3 through 6) commercial vehicles.
6 Jul 2020

Automated Shipping Coming to Europe's Waters
Moving more goods by water could reduce pressure on roads and cut emissions, yet Europe's shipping industry is held back by labour shortages. Automated shipping - which would work in a similar way to self-driving cars - could help expand capacity but safety and regulatory hurdles remain.
3 Jul 2020

Thermal Interface Materials: Diverse, Essential, and Evolving
This article highlights some key material development trends. More specifically, approaches to increase the thermal conductivity (in W/mK) of TIMs are considered. This is an important trend because the IDTechEx assessment is that the market, in absolute terms, for high or ultrahigh thermal conductivity TIM materials, will inevitably rise.
3 Jul 2020

Daimler Truck to Prepare Series Production of Fuel Cells
Investments are being made in new state-of-the-art facilities covering every single process stage of fuel cell production: from membrane coating and stack manufacturing to the production of fuel cell units.
Event summary
2 Jul 2020

Electric and Hybrid Buses: Policy Drivers
Today, no major electric vehicle market is growing without supportive governmental policy. Indeed, policy drivers, ranging from upfront purchase subsidies and emissions targets to minor perks such as lane privileges and free parking, have been key enablers for consumers to switch from fossil fuelled vehicles, nurturing the market until price barriers are lowered.
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Event summary
2 Jul 2020

EV Summit Online Series: EV Trucks
EV Summit Online Series: EV Trucks
In partnership with the Silicon Valley Leadership Group and Green.TV
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External press release
2 Jul 2020

Landmark Hydrogen Move for London and UK
A significant step has been made in fuelling hydrogen buses on the streets of the UK with Ryse Hydrogen signing a three-year contract with Suttons Tankers to transport bulk hydrogen gas to different locations in the UK, starting with London.
External press release
2 Jul 2020

Voxan Motors Unveils High-Performance Electric Motorcycle Wattman
The Wattman is the first high-performance electric motorcycle made by Voxan, specially designed for our a speed record project. In July 2021, the Voxan Wattman will attempt to set a new world speed record on the Salar de Uyuni salt flat in Bolivia.
External press release
2 Jul 2020

JCB Unveils World's First Hydrogen Digger
JCB chairman Lord Bamford and his son Jo, who runs Ryse Hydrogen and Wrightbus, have spent two years working on the construction industry's first ever hydrogen-powered excavator and a further year testing the prototype.
Background
1 Jul 2020

Mitsubishi Materials
Mitsubishi Materials: low temperature die attach Ag conductive paste