3 Jun 2024
3D Electronics and Additive Electronics in the Automotive Industry
With 3D electronics, bulky PCBs can be replaced, resulting in sleek and integrated designs. The automotive industry is one of the largest sectors benefiting from this technology, as electronics can be printed in a thin layer onto surfaces or integrated within components, which can be particularly useful for human-machine interfaces (HMIs).
Full profile interview
3 Jun 2024
Telstar (Helium)
Telstar is a Spanish company that provides engineering and construction services. It offers helium leak testing and helium recycling solutions for industrial manufacturers.
Background
3 Jun 2024
Solectrac
Solectrac is a California-based manufacturer of battery-electric tractors. This profile covers technical details on the company's three tractor models and an overview of the regulatory environment driving EV tractor development in California.
31 May 2024
What Does 2025 and Beyond Hold for Electric Buses?
Buses are the most common form of public transport worldwide and are an integral part of billions of daily commutes. From Mumbai to Amsterdam, buses offer cheap and accessible transportation for people to get to work, leisure, and a whole host of other destinations. Buses have been the workhorses of urban transport for almost a hundred years, and for most of that time, they have run on diesel engines.
Full profile interview
31 May 2024
Carbon Neutral Fuels
Carbon Neutral Fuels (CNF) is a UK-based start-up aiming to produce electro-fuels (e-fuels) for decarbonization of long-haul aviation and maritime shipping sectors. IDTechEx spoke to the company at Innovation Zero 2024 in London, UK.
31 May 2024
Dispelling the Downturn of the EV Market
Electric vehicle (EV) related news has been somewhat bleak in the first part of 2024; you will have heard a lot about the downturn in the EV market and OEMs scaling back plans. This might make one think that EVs are beyond their hype and that they will not be the solution of the future, but is that really the message we should be taking away? In this article, IDTechEx discusses the current statistics, the state of the market, and the outlook for the future.
Full profile interview
31 May 2024
Tesla — Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS)
Tesla is well known as an electric vehicle maker, but the company also has business in the energy storage sector, offering Li-ion battery technologies both for residential and C&I/utility-scale stationary energy storage applications.
Youtube
30 May 2024
The Time for Long Duration Energy Storage is Coming
This webinar, presented by Technology Analyst Conrad Nichols, gives an overview of the upcoming long duration energy storage market.
30 May 2024
eVTOL Vehicles and Zero Emission Travel
eVTOL air-taxis could be the new efficient means of intercity travel with zero-emissions short flights. Whilst they may resemble helicopters, they could be far more cost effective and more environmentally friendly in the long run and are similar to aeroplanes in their rotor-enabled forward flight. With their electric propellors powered by batteries, new designs and innovations are broadening the market.
30 May 2024
Transformation of Driver Experience with Automotive Heads-Up Displays
Automotive heads-up displays (HUDs) are awaited with great expectations and are set to revolutionize the automotive display industry. There are many reasons why this technology is anticipated with enthusiasm, namely its potential to positively impact driver behavior on the road, allowing for further vehicle customization and enhancing communication between the front seat passenger and the vehicle.
Update interview
30 May 2024
HydroGraph
IDTechEx caught up with Hydrograph (Canada) CSO, Ranjith Divigalpitiya, at the Advanced Materials Show 2024.
Background
30 May 2024
ZQuip: Batteries for Construction Machines
ZQuip is a brand new subsidiary of Moog Construction, manufacturing modular and swappable battery packs for electric construction machines. ZQuip was a sponsor of the ERA Convention 2024, which IDTechEx attended.
29 May 2024
Join Our Upcoming Webinar on Chemical Recycling
Thursday 13 June 2024 - Chemical Recycling: Navigating the Landscape of Innovative Technologies and Scaling Challenges; An overview of chemical recycling of plastic technologies; Challenges to adoption and scaling; The challenges faced by enzymatic depolymerization; Chain of custody approaches; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions
29 May 2024
Quantum Bits, AI and Supercomputers
Quantum computers could solve new sets of problems that might otherwise take super computers thousands of years with the advanced technology of quantum bits.
Full profile interview
29 May 2024
DELO: Semiconductor Packaging
DELO is a leading company that supplies adhesive materials for various industries, including semiconductors, automotive, and consumer electronics. IDTechEx spoke with DELO regarding its recent research and development efforts in adhesive technologies tailored for advanced semiconductor packaging.
29 May 2024
Electromagnetic Metamaterials Market to Approach US$15B by 2034
Metamaterials use regular engineered patterns of subwavelength structures to interact with waves. Electromagnetic metamaterials promise to have transformative effects within the fields of optics and telecommunications. They could make biometric recognition cheaper and more accurate, make virtual reality more immersive and comfortable, and facilitate high-speed mobile internet with zero signal blackspots, yet adoption is in its infancy.
Full profile interview
29 May 2024
Otto Motors — Autonomous Mobile Robots (AMR)
Otto Motors is a Canadian company specializing in AMR. It has a global presence and features its products with a high level of safety.
28 May 2024
Thermal Filler for TIMs: How to Select the Most Suitable TIM Fillers
Thermal interface materials (TIMs) are increasingly adopted, with the market size expected to exceed US$8 billion by 2034. Thermal fillers play a crucial role in TIMs as they directly affect properties such as thermal conductivity, viscosity, cost, abrasiveness, and several other factors.
Innovation Map
28 May 2024
TIM2 in EV Power Electronics and Comparison of TIM2 Properties
Innovation map for TIM2 in EV Power Electronics and Comparison of TIM2 Properties.
28 May 2024
Thermal Energy Storage Technologies for Industrial Heating Application
Heating and cooling accounts for approximately 50% of global energy consumption, with 30% of this consumption represented by heating demand from industry. Given that the great majority of industrial heating processes use fossil fuels to generate heat, this has caused industrial heating processes to be responsible for ~25% of global emissions.