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BASF is a German multinational chemical company and the largest chemical producer in the world. IDTechEx spoke to BASF to learn more about some of its metal-organic framework manufacturing capabilities.

This premium article discusses busbar insulation and polymers as fire protection.

The 16th annual Automotive World was held at Big Sight, Tokyo, from 24th-26th January 2024. The conference was co-located with a number of other conferences including NEPCON, the Wearable Expo, Smart Logistics and Factory Innovation Week. The Automotive World conference featured over 1,650 exhibitors and saw 85,000 visitors attend, according to official metrics published by the conference organisers. The focus of this event summary will be for fuel cell technologies and components featured at EV Japan.

Innovation map of EV fire protection material benchmarking.

Green Science Alliance is a developer of metal-organic frameworks and advanced materials for applications in energy and environmental science.

Beam Global, previously Envision Solar, is a California based provider of integrated off-grid solar EV chargers.

As the volume of variable renewable energy (VRE) sources penetrating electricity grids increases globally, so does the need to manage the increasing uncertainty and variability in electricity supply.

Stanley Engineered Fastening is a global leader in precision fastening and assembly solutions. The brand is also historically famous for tools and other products. At Nepcon 2024, Stanley announced a series of materials for EV battery production and fire protection. IDTechEx spoke to Stanley to learn more about these products.

Fujipoly is primarily a thermal interface material (TIM) manufacturer established in 1978 and headquartered in Nagoya, Japan. At Nepcon 2024, IDTechEx spoke to Fujipoly about its materials under development for fire protection in electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Denka is a large chemicals company founded in 1915 and headquartered in Tokyo, providing materials for various applications and industries. IDTechEx spoke to Denka at Nepcon about its latest development of a fire protection material for electric vehicle (EV) batteries called ProfyGuard.

Promethean Particles is a UK-based chemical manufacturing company, with a focus on industrial scale production of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs).

Dow is a large materials supplier and the world's largest supplier of silicone products. It provides a wide variety of products to a huge number of applications. At Nepcon 2024 in Tokyo, IDTechEx spoke to Dow to learn more about some of its fire protection materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.

Nepcon JAPAN is Asia's largest expo for electronics manufacturing technology. This premium article will focus on the information IDTechEx learned from exhibitors about fire protection materials and EV power electronics.

Bevan Davidson is a UK-based research and development company involved in the development of electric vehicle models. IDTechEx spoke to Bevan Davidson at the London EV Show 2023.

Innovation map for the purpose and form factor of bipolar plates in proton exchange membrane fuel cells.

Innovation map for graphite bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells

CES is one of the biggest exhibitions of technology in the world. Day one of the event is a media only day where big companies give keynote speeches, highlighting their biggest announcements and new products before the show opens. This article goes through the press relevant to the automotive industry from Bosch, Valeo, Hyundai, Doosan, and Samsung. The premium article provides coverage of the key announcements, highlights of trends, and key takeaways from talks.

This premium article provides an update on the performance of advanced silicon and high silicon content anodes.

Thursday 8 February 2024 - Introduction to LDES; why and when LDES technologies will be needed to support growth of VRE penetration; Key countries and states expected to be earlier adopters of LDES technologies; LDES technology overview including funding, energy and power decoupling, introduction to technology benchmarking, and duration of storage of upcoming LDES projects; Overview of grid supply-side and demand-side flexibility; LDES market applications; Key customers that will benefit from LDES technologies; LDES revenue generation opportunities, challenges, and potential solutions; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions

Innovation map of polyfluoroalkyl substance (PFAS) regulations on membranes in proton exchange membrane (PEM) fuel cells.