Full profile interview
27 Nov 2023

OneD Battery Sciences
OneD Battery Sciences are a US company developing silicon anode material for Li-ion batteries.
Full profile interview: SWOT
23 Nov 2023

XCMG: Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
IDTechEx believes that out of the leading manufacturers, XCMG has the biggest selection of EV construction machines.
Innovative dual gun charging to deal with recharging of very large batteries.
Largest production electric excavator.
Full profile interview: SWOT
30 Oct 2023

Komatsu: Electrification of Construction Machines
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
The PC210 has an exceptionally large battery and should be able to comfortably deliver 8-hour duty cycles.
The PC33R-6 is currently available in Europe.
Komatsu is already working with electric linear actuators which bring benefits such as increased precision and further reduced maintenance.
Full profile interview
14 Sep 2023

Niron Magnetics: Rare Earth Free Permanent Magnets
Niron Magnetics is a US-based company working on eliminating rare earths from permanent magnets. Niron is looking to replace rare earths with iron nitride magnets, which it aims to make competitive on performance with rare earth magnets, but at a fraction of the price.
7 Sep 2023

Three Key Trends Driving the EV Charging Market
The world is witnessing an electrifying revolution in the automotive industry. Electric vehicles (EVs) have emerged as a compelling solution to combat climate change and reduce our carbon footprint. As more and more individuals and businesses shift towards electric mobility, the demand for efficient and accessible EV charging infrastructure has skyrocketed.
30 Jun 2023

How Long Until Small Modular Reactors Make an Impact on Energy Grids?
By taking advantage of assembly line production, SMRs promise cost reductions and shorter construction times relative to their conventional counterparts. The first nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) are already operational in Russia and China, but widening adoption will require both technical and regulatory developments, including development in fuel supply chains and international licensing standardization.
Innovation Map
9 Jun 2023

Electric Excavator (>6t): ICE Engine vs Electric Motor Size
Innovation roadmap for electric excavators - engine vs motor size.
Innovation Map
9 Jun 2023

Electric Mini Excavator: ICE Engine vs Electric Motor Size
Innovation roadmap for electric mini excavator engine and motor sizes.
Innovation Map
8 Jun 2023

Where are the Nuclear Small Modular Reactor Projects?
Innovation roadmap for the map of nuclear SMR projects.
Full profile interview: SWOT
30 May 2023

Nodar: Untethered Stereo Camera With LiDAR-Like Performance
25 May 2023

The Future of Nuclear SMRs: Will Start-ups Disrupt Established Players
Nuclear Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) aim to disrupt the nuclear industry, slashing the cost of nuclear energy to competitiveness with renewables + storage and making new decarbonization-enabling uses of nuclear power possible.
Event summary
17 May 2023

PCIM Europe 2023: Expo Highlights
PCIM is one of the largest events in Europe dedicated to the power electronics industry, representing all stages of the value chain from the mining and processing of materials to off-the-shelf inverters and intelligent systems. This article covers trends on Cu and Ag sinter die-attach materials, GaN and SiC WBG semiconductors, package materials and design, modules vs. discretes and more from primary interviews with leaders from across the value chain.
Full profile interview
2 May 2023

AEye, Inc.
AEye is a technology company that provides advanced imaging and sensing solutions for various industries, including smart infrastructure and automotive. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Background
21 Apr 2023

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and the BWRX-300
Joint venture GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (Hitachi GE in Japan) is developing the BWRX-300, an SMR (small modular reactor) that is based on the BWR (boiling water reactor) design. It hopes to deploy the first of its SMR designs in 2028.