Electric vehicles

Schacman, which is known as Shaanxi Automobile Holding Group in China is a truck and bus manufacturer located in Shanxi province of China.

With a record 2019 under their belt, fuel cells seem to still be very much on the table for automakers. But are they simply the proverbial ship that is accelerating, but pointed towards the rocks? IDTechEx analysts Luke Gear and Daniele Gatti share their thoughts.

Lightyear and Royal DSM have signed an agreement to jointly scale the commercialization of Lightyear's unique solar-powered roof for the electric vehicle market. With this solution, both companies aim to accelerate the global adoption of a broad range of electric vehicles.

This webinar provides analysis on IDTechEx's latest research into thermal interface materials. This will include an overview of the material trends, the market landscape, and highlight two case studies.

The European trade association LEVA-EU is calling for an urgent change in EU regulations, it says are seriously hindering manufacturers at a time when cities are encouraging use of light, electric vehicles as an alternative form of transport during the coronavirus crisis.

Engineers have demonstrated a practical way to use magnetism to transmit electricity wirelessly to recharge electric cars, robots or even drones. The technology could be scaled up to power electric cars as they drive over highways, robots on factory floors and drones hovering over rooftops.

IDtechEx spoke with battery technology start-up company Addionics.

Learn how zero-emission microgrids will slice into the energy market to become a massive $350Bn business in 2040. See the examples of mining, remote villages and urban water taxis. For distributed generation, what is the most popular new form of high-power solar harvesting after silicon and why? Examples? It is all in this webinar.

Asahi Tanker has decided to build two world first zero-emission electric propulsion tankers. The vessel is a pure battery tanker powered by large-capacity lithium-ion batteries is scheduled to enter Tokyo Bay as a marine fuel supply vessel.

Global plug-in electric vehicle (EV) population reached 7.5 million units (including light commercial vehicles) by the end of 2019.

The new IDTechEx report, "Supercapacitor Materials and Formats 2020-2040" explains why supercapacitors and their variants still only constitute a modest business.

Croda Energy Technologies have been actively researching esters for applications in immersion cooling for electric and hybrid vehicles. Additionally, combining with a phase change material can reduce system pumping, volume and costs.

The aircraft, which uses artificial intelligence to extend the capabilities of manned and unmanned platforms, is the first to be designed, engineered and manufactured in Australia in more than 50 years. It is Boeing's largest investment in an unmanned aircraft outside of the United States.

Torqeedo, the market-leading supplier of electric outboard and inboard drives for leisure boats, recently surpassed their 100,000th electric drive sold. This article details their progress to this milestone.

This article highlights some of the key challenges remaining to bring electric leisure boats into the mainstream which are covered in more detail in the popular report "Electric Leisure & Sea-going Boats and Ships 2021-2040" recently updated by IDTechEx.

This webinar, presented by IDTechEx Technology Analyst Dr Alex Holland, will provide an introduction to the key technological developments occurring within the Li-ion market, focussing on the anode and cathode.

BYD and Hino Motors signed a strategic business alliance agreement with a focus on collaborating in commercial battery electric vehicles development.

McLaren Automotive manufacture some of the best sportscars and supercars in the world. However, their approach to hybrid and fully electric cars has been slower than some competitors.

In January, the Lincoln Motor Company announced that it was working together with Rivian to develop an all-new electric vehicle previously announced as part of Ford Motor Company's original investment in Rivian.

This year, Solaris will introduce a 15-meter Urbino version to the electric bus portfolio. Up until now, the "electric offer" of Solaris encompassed only city buses, the 15-meter version of the Urbino will also meet requirements of inter-city transport.