5 Apr 2017

Europe's Most Important Event on Emerging Technologies
The IDTechEx Show! takes place on 10 & 11 May in Berlin, hosting over 200 exhibitors and over 3,000 attendees.
13 Mar 2017

Autonomous cars re-thought
Suppliers such as Delphi argue that autonomous cars will sell first to organisations, notably as taxis but, after a delay, they will be bought strongly by private individuals. IDTechEx notes that many cities will ban private cars, autonomous or not
30 Aug 2016

World's first public trial of self-driving car service and app
nuTonomy has launched the first-ever public trial of a robo-taxi service.
8 Aug 2016

Anti-explosive remotely operated mobile robot
A robot that features greatly reduced risk of electrical spark or heat creation that can cause explosions or fire when inflammable gas is present
Event summary
27 Apr 2016

AVERE e-Mobility Conference Amsterdam 13-14.4.16
IDTechEx report on their attendance at the AVERE e-Mobility Conference in Amsterdam.
26 Apr 2016

Two sudden changes in electric vehicles
This year sees two sudden changes in electric vehicles predicted by IDTechEx. To expand on what we said last week, the supply of new strong hybrids that do not plug in - like the traditional Prius - has all but ended.
21 Apr 2016

Charging the future at Berlin Electric Vehicle Conference
At the conference, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing as part of the IDTechEx Show!, April 27-28, the future of vehicle charging will be revealed and put in context.
15 Apr 2016

Future Electric Vehicle Technology Experts Gather
At the IDTechEx Show! in Berlin on 27-28 April, large numbers of experts are gathering. Most of them specialise in the next wave of technologies becoming key to the automotive, aerospace and electronics industries.
15 Apr 2016

Seeing the future of electric motors for electric vehicles
This article shares some of the research for the new IDTechEx Research report, Electric Vehicle Traction Motors, Belt Driven & Integrated Starter Generators 2016-2026. It is no longer contentious to say that the future of land, water and air vehicles is to be more and more electric.
Event summary
7 Mar 2016

Highlights of the 7th Battery Japan Expo
IDTechEx visited the 7th Battery Japan in Tokyo, which is an event focusing mainly on rechargeable batteries. In this article IDTechEx will show some innovations and strategic plans announced by big companies.
26 Feb 2016

Berlin leading in electric vehicles
It was in Berlin that the first solar charged electric boat appeared. The first hybrid electric aircraft with a rotary combustion engine flew from Berlin Schoenefeld Airport. In another first, this year Deutsche Bahn will offer a fleet of electric and hybrid cars for rent to its long-distance travelers, in order to make its transportation services door-to-door in Berlin.
16 Dec 2015

Lithium-ion batteries for electric buses
In this article IDTechEx analyst Dr Victoria Adesanya-Aworinde shares insights into demand and sales forecasts, market share, market size and market leaders.
Full profile interview: SWOT
5 Dec 2015

Yaskawa Motoman Robotics
7 Oct 2015

Bosch has groundbreaking battery technology for electric vehicles
Bosch is debuting a new battery technology for electric cars that could be production-ready in as little as five years.
30 Sep 2015

China wants to dominate in 3D printing machines and materials
The conference at Euromold 2015 followed the theme of "Shaping the future of 3D printing globally". The first day was strongly focussed around the "globally" aspect, with speakers chosen from a wide variety of countries across the world and asked to speak about all the 3DP activities in their countries.
21 Jul 2015

Joint Japan-France demonstration of energy storage system project
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation are pleased to announce the launch of a joint demonstration project for utilizing used lithium-ion batteries from electric-powered vehicles.
13 Jul 2015

Winners in electric vehicle batteries
IDTechEx is the only market analyst tracking the development of 45 electric vehicle categories and not just electric cars.
27 May 2015

DHL Express introduces electric vehicles to Russian deliveries
DHL Express began trialling electric vehicles in Russia last week.
External press release
14 May 2015

LG Chem to supply EV batteries to Daimler Group
LG Chem has been selected by Daimler AG (Daimler) as the supplier of lithium-ion batteries for Smart EV that will be newly launched in 2016.