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Energy Independent Electric Boats and Ships Lead the Way

There is more energy to harvest at sea. True, water craft have stronger resistance to overcome but on balance, it means that energy independent electric boats are more common than their equivalents on land or in the air and they have lessons for both.

Automotive Companies Escape to Aerospace

Companies get vaporised when market segmentation widens. Classics are those making steam trains missing the move to electric and to other modes of travel and NortonVilliersTriumph thinking that dominance of the UK motorcycle market protected them when, of course, motorcycles are a world market appropriately addressed by others

Removing cars from cities: Perfect storm

RethinkX and Barclays Research have issued carefully prepared research concluding that the global peak for cars will be in only a few years. Analysts IDTechEx say around 2030. Most experts see it as inevitable.

Ship energy independence from multimode energy harvesting

It is now becoming clear that the appalling emissions from ships that cause global warming and local injuries can be virtually eliminated.

Sono Motors energy independent vehicle impresses

Sono Motors in Germany has officially launched its solar electric car Sion in Munich with first deliveries expected in 2019.

Fiat Chrysler belatedly electrifies but how?

CEO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) Sergio Marchionne plans for more than half of its Maserati lineup to be electrified by 2022, but the detail is, as yet, unclear.

Energy independent vehicles key to solving grid problems

IDTechEx Chairman Dr Peter Harrop gives his view on the recent announcement from the UK National Grid that peak impact of electric cars in the UK will be equivalent to capacity of 6 nuclear plants.

Presenters promise revelations at Energy Independent Vehicle event

IDTechEx technology analyst Dr Richard Collins will present on lightweighting at Energy Independent Electric Vehicles, the world's first conference on energy independent vehicles.

Will Last Mile Vehicles be Energy Independent?

"Last mile vehicles" refers to vehicles used to take people and goods to their final destination.

Energy Independent Electric Vehicles: Big Companies & New Technologies

EIVs are an idea whose time has come.

Fuel cell vehicles enter serious production

Do fuel cells have a significant future in cars?

Volvo Cars drops ICE only based cars by 2019. How radical is this?

Volvo Cars has been in the news recently in relation to their announcement this Wednesday on their decision to leave the internal combustion engine only based automotive industry. But is this move really a revolutionary one?

Energy Independent Electric Vehicles: Reinventing their Wind Turbines

Several organisations are working to improve the poor efficiency of a wind turbine on a boat, car, bus or similar vehicle.

Webinar Tuesday 27 June - Future Powertrain: EV Options and Objectives

IDTechEx are holding a free webinar on Tuesday 27 June titled Future Powertrain: EV Options and Objectives.

Giving robots a sense of touch

By mounting GelSight sensors on the grippers of robotic arms, teams have given robots greater sensitivity and dexterity.

Consumers sue general motors for allegedly installing defeat devices

Consumers are suing General Motors for allegedly rigging the emissions controls in Duramax diesel trucks in order to pass emissions tests, while in real world conditions the trucks emit 2 to 5 times the legal limits of deadly NOx pollutants.

Shell on the future of transport

What happens in the transport sector, which accounts for more than a quarter of total world energy use, will be critical to progress in the ongoing energy transition.

Runaway Adoption of Pure Electric Vehicles: Multiple Triggers

It has long been speculated that electric vehicle adoption may have a sudden tipping point of adoption. IDTechEx pointed out that incentives help as does reaching lower cost of ownership but lower up-front price is the killer blow.

Blockchain technology for development of new mobility ecosystem

Blockchain and distributed ledger technology for use in the development of a new mobility ecosystem that could accelerate development of autonomous driving technology.

Unintended Consequences Advance Electric Car Takeoff

Obvious things drive adoption of a new type of car such as subsidies, tax breaks and special privileges such as free parking.