Electric vehicles

The automotive sector is constantly looking for more eco-friendly alternatives to the traditional methods of transportation due to growing concerns over climate change and global warming. The issue that is most difficult to overcome is the economics of the endeavor, however with the right combination of engineering ingenuity and additive manufacturing technologies we might find some progress in this department as well.

Switzerland has become the first country in Europe to develop a process to authorize spray drones. According to the Swiss government, drones are well suited as replacements for helicopters in spraying pesticides.

This is part V of our article series.

Whilst the automotive startup landscape is a challenging one, EV startups may benefit from being able to begin with a clean slate, without the legacy of an ICE based history hindering their efforts. This deck presents short profiles for six EV startups founded in either the US or Europe.

Peloton's Automated Following is an advanced platooning system, using vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) technology to enable a single driver to drive a pair of vehicles.

Electric Vehicle Symposium (EVS) is the longest-running and largest event dedicated solely to electric vehicles. Having started in 1969, this year was the 50th anniversary of EVS, held in Lyon, France. IDTechEx Analyst Luke Gear was in attendance and presents his findings in this article.

IDTechEx's upcoming electric vehicle forums will take place in Tokyo, Japan, on 18th and 19th of September, and in Seoul, South Korea, on 25th and 26th of September.

It is nonsense to forecast pure electric cars costing the same as traditional ones, then life continuing much as usual. The up-front price of pure electric cars will be dropping below that of internal combustion engine ones around 2025. The fundamentals are now clear. Short range electric cars will continue to sell badly because of range and financial anxiety: their resale value after three years can be down 80%. 200 miles/ 320 km is the tipping point where resale value can be only 40% down on purchase price. See the IDTechEx report, "Electric Vehicles 2020-2030" for the full picture of 100 categories of electric vehicle EV by land, water and air.

In the world of flexible electronics, printed electronics and In Mold Structural Electronics IMSE ™ the staple is metal patterning for basic purposes such as interconnects.

This part IV of our article series. In this part, we provide an overview of various power modules used in hybrid and pure electric vehicles today.

ibeo Automotive Systems offer lidar modules.

Hesai offer lidar modules.

FRIS AI are a stealth mode start up developing an imaging sensor platform with lidar, camera and radar.

This is part III of our series on metal sintering in power electronics (PE). In the last two parts, we considered (1) the key trends shaping the power electronic technology, and (2) the key existing and emerging approach seeking to replace Al wire bonding to boost thermal reliability in PE packages. In this article, we examine how and why metal sintering is emerging as an alternative to, or as the next generation of, die attach technology, seeking to replace solder in demanding applications.

BYD Toyota have signed an agreement for the joint development of battery electric vehicles. The two parties will jointly develop sedans and low-floor SUVs as well as the onboard batteries for these vehicles and others with the aim to launch them in the Chinese market under the Toyota brand in the first half of the 2020s.

Volvo Group and Samsung SDI have entered into a strategic alliance to develop battery packs for Volvo Group's electric trucks.

Corvus Energy are the market leading suppliers for ruggedized battery systems for commercial and industrial electric boats and ships. Here IDTechEx provides an update on their progress based on an interview with two engineers from Corvus in June 2019.

Analog Devices are developing solid-state lidar technologies. In 2016, Analog Devices acquired electro-optical (EO) scanner chip technology based on liquid crystal (LC) clad waveguides from Vescent Photonics (USA) in 2016 for lidar development.

IDTechEx's Dr Peter Harrop looks at five types of EV now.

Boulder Nonlinear Systems (BNS) are developing lidar technology. The company develop liquid crystal (LC) devices to control light.