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Fuel Cells at Automotive World 2024

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.

Digital Health Progress Report: IDTechEx Examines the Future of Health

Healthcare systems around the world are being put under increasing strain every year. Key challenges they face include overburdened medical staff and a steady rise in patients with chronic health conditions that require high levels of care.

CarbonCapture Inc.

US-based CarbonCapture is targeting large-scale direct air capture through Project Bison, aiming to capture 20 megatonnes of carbon dioxide per annum by 2030.

Electric Vehicle Fire Protection Material Benchmarking

Innovation map of EV fire protection material benchmarking.

mmWave 5G to Drive Low-loss Materials to Surpass US$2.1B by 2034

Smart devices, autonomous driving, remote patient monitoring - countless new applications are being unlocked by advancements in telecommunication technology, specifically the transition to 5G. 5G telecommunications introduces two new frequency bands: sub-6 GHz (3.5 - 7 GHz) and mmWave (24 - 71 GHz).

Green Science Alliance: MOF and Advanced Materials Developer

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

Infinitum Electric: PCB Stator Axial Flux Motor

Infinitum Electric, founded in 2016, designs and produces electric motors. IDTechEx previously spoke to Infinitum in 2021 to learn about its printed circuit board (PCB) stator axial flux motor. IDTechEx caught up with Infinitum at CES 2024.

Clean Coastlines & Silent Ships - The Electrification of Boats & Ships

The electrification of boats and ships has the potential to reshape communities around busy ports. Hybrid and electric ships have the potential to drastically improve air quality and reduce noise pollution while offering other key benefits to cities. Ships now have the potential to become a welcomed part of communities and a friend to the environment.

Noya

Noya is a US-based direct air capture company.

Pivotal Aero: Personal Aerial Exploration

Pivotal is a start-up with a commercially available eVTOL vehicle. However, its price and performance limit its functionality and customer base.

Beam Global

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

When and Why Is Long Duration Energy Storage Technology Needed?

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.

2Pi Optics

2Pi Optics is a recent MIT spinout developing metamaterial lenses. IDTechEx met the company at CES 2024, where it was showing off its single element metasurface fisheye lens.

Stanley: Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries

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.

Sandvik

Sandvik is a manufacturer of mining vehicles, specializing in underground mining machines. This profile will cover Sandvik's activity in the production of battery-electric mining vehicles.

Fujipoly: Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries

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.

Altium

Altium is a company providing software tools for electronic product design. This profile highlights its new 3D-MID (Mechatronic Integrated Devices) Design feature, which focuses on 3D circuit design, allowing the integration of both electrical and mechanical functionality into a single part.

Hailo: AI Acceleration in Automotive SoCs

Hailo started with AI accelerator chips in the automotive industry but has recently launched its system on chip. IDTechEx spoke to Hailo at CES 2024.

Denka: Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle 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.

Tesla's Ross and Rachel Relationship With Radar

Ross and Rachel's relationship in the TV series Friends was characterized by its on-again, off-again nature, with the inevitability that they end up together in the end. Tesla started its full self-driving hardware with radar in 2016, it began the break-up with radar in 2021, and radar was removed from production entirely in 2021.