2 Mar 2015

Bosch plan to double energy density of batteries within 5 years
Bosch has entered a joint venture to make lithium-ion batteries up to two times more powerful.
18 Feb 2015

ILS Technology enables the information-driven enterprise
LS Technology, a Telit company, has announced enhancements to its popular deviceWISE Application Enablement Platform for the Industrial Internet-of-Things.
2 Feb 2015

Electric Vehicle Motors Rise to Two per Vehicle - Creates $144 Billion
The motor market is doubling in value even over the underlying fast growth of the electric vehicle business, whether hybrid or pure electric.
6 Nov 2014

Electric car value chain upended on way to $188 billion
The market for hybrid and pure electric cars homologated as such is set to be $188 billion in 2025 according to IDTechEx analysis.
18 Sep 2014

Electric Vehicle News from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich Day One 17 Sept.
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. It was very pan European with delegates from the UK to the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Russia and Romania but also further afield such as Japan, South Korea and the USA - professors, industrialists and developers. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
18 Sep 2014

Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014
The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
26 Aug 2014

On-board chargers and DC-DC converters
On-board chargers and DC-DC converters use similar components to the inverters that are the main focus of this article and they face the same issues in the main, such as improving space, weight, cost and efficiency.
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17 Jul 2014

Exeger
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16 Jul 2014

New Energy Technologies Inc
13 Jun 2014

IDTechEx sees Zytek as an indicator of latest power electronics trends
The market for electric vehicle inverters, both hybrid and pure electric, will grow from around $2.8 billion in 2013 to an estimated $4.2 billion in 2023 as discussed in the IDTechEx report, "Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles 2013-2023: Forecasts, Technologies, Players."
2 Apr 2014

Mitsubishi Motors' Outlander PHEV available soon
Mitsubishi Motors' new Outlander Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicle (PHEV) will make a dramatic entrance into Mitsubishi showrooms across the UK next month although customers can place orders from this week.
18 Feb 2014

Bosch, GS Yuasa, and Mitsubishi Corp to double capacity of EV battery
Robert Bosch GmbH and the Japanese companies GS Yuasa International Ltd., based in Kyoto, and Mitsubishi Corporation, based in Tokyo, have set up a joint venture.
11 Feb 2014

Zero-emission highlights from The Renault-Nissan Alliance
The Renault-Nissan Alliance is the only automaker with a wide range of 100% electric vehicles which can be charged with purely renewable energy.
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3 Feb 2014

AGC Asahi Glass
Asahi Glass Co. (AGC) is one of the largest flat glass producing companies in the world. AGC has developed carrier glass technology. The company's 0.1 mm-thick glass is laminated on carrier glass for easy handling and transportation during product manufacturing.
14 Jan 2014

'Superlens' extends range of wireless power transfer
Duke University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields over distances much larger than the size of the transmitter and receiver.
31 Dec 2013

2013 at a glance - Outlook for 2014
As 2013 comes to an end, IDTechEx analysts summarize the main market trends in some of its core sectors of expertise, giving insight to the events of the past year and how they are expected to influence further developments, market entry for emerging technologies but also the behaviour of incumbents in 2014.
2 Dec 2013

Electric vehicle batteries used in Mitsubishi's Super Giraffe robot
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has developed a remote-controlled robot, dubbed the "MHI-Super Giraffe (MARS-C), capable of working at heights up to 8 metres and moving freely in areas inaccessible by humans like highly radioactive environments.
External press release
26 Nov 2013

Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV exempt from London congestion charge
Mitsubishi Motors in the UK is pleased to announce the new Outlander PHEV will be exempt from the London Congestion Charge.
11 Nov 2013

Mitsubishi and Renault Nissan expand partnership
The Renault-Nissan Alliance and Mitsubishi Motors will explore several new projects covering shared products, technologies and manufacturing capacity among the automakers.
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23 Oct 2013

DAICEL CORPORATION