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Electric industrial lawn mower evolution

The Textron division in the UK Ransome Jacobsen in the UK makes industrial lawnmowers based on diesel engines and lead acid batteries that are sometimes primitive hybrids in having a separate lead acid battery pack for the powertrain.

Electric motors for electric vehicles: $400 billion confusion

What do golf cars and heavy electric trucks have in common? There is still no agreement on the best type of electric motor to use in either of them. On IDTechEx analysis, the booming, confusing traction motor business will rise to around $400b in 2027.

Electric vehicles in construction are the future

The industrial and commercial sector is the largest part of the electric vehicle value market and that will continue to be the case according to analysis in the unique IDTechEx report, Industrial and Commercial Electric Vehicles 2017-2027.

The aerogel market has finally come of age

IDTechEx research analysis has shown that this industry, which is almost a century in the making, is finally coming of age. Major players are finding more nascent applications and new entries are progressing out of semi-commercial prototypes and into full market launches.

Electricity supply and energy harvesting reinvented

Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.

EleStor

EleStor is a Dutch company working on hydrogen-bromine redox flow batteries, which they hope can lowball the redox flow industry thanks to a levelised cost of energy of 0.05 €/kWh.

JenaBatteries GmbH

JenaBatteries is a spin-off from the University of Jena in Germany. They have developed an aqueous-based redox flow technology with redox-active polymers.

Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented

IDTechEx expects EVs to create significant electricity demand in about ten years and be key to huge improvements in local noise and air pollution and in global warming reduction.

Energy Storage in Germany: A report from the BVES end-of-year meeting

On Thursday, the 8th December, the members of the German Energy Storage Association (Bundesverband Energiespeicher, BVES) gathered in Berlin to learn about the progress made by the group and get a glimpse of the activities in place for 2017. IDTechEx was invited as a prospective member for the year 2017.

Optodot Corporation

Optodot is a US-based company that produces boehmite coatings for Li-ion battery separators. In 2016, LGChem signed a patent licensing agreement with the company.

The growing demand for low cost environmental sensors in smart cities

Last week Paris experienced its worst spike in pollution since records began. Cars were banned from the streets and public transport made free in the city and surrounding areas. Such vehicle bans have only been introduced four times in the last two decades, and never before on consecutive days.

Electricity supply and 3D printing

Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.

EVs go all-wheel drive

Jaguar Land Rover wants half its cars to be available in an electric version by the end of the decade, after showcasing its first electric car at the Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month.

Solar floating airport with smart city

Dick Wallis, CEO of Positioning Systems in the UK has sent IDTechEx a visionary proposal for a new combined airport, smart city and green electricity supply in Wales in the UK.

Dielectric capacitor to beat batteries?

The term supercapacitor means the same as ultracapacitor. It is traditionally limited to electrostatic devices that are based on an electrochemical double layer much thinner and of wider area than the dielectric that is the basis of all other capacitors.

Inside Levi's Stadium: where entertainment meets technology

While in Santa Clara for the IDTechEx Show, technology analyst Dr David Pugh met with staff at Levi's Stadium, home of the San Francisco 49ers. The 68,500 capacity stadium was opened in 2014 and is one of the most technologically enabled entertainment venues in the world.

Report from the IBM-EnOcean Alliance meeting

On the 29th November at the IBM Watson IoT Centre in Munich, Germany, about 60 attendees took part in a meeting about the decision by IBM to become the 401st member of the EnOcean Alliance, a group of companies that focus on hardware and software for the Internet of Things (IoT). This network was initiated by EnOcean, a German company based around Munich that, about 15 years ago, developed a battery-less, wireless technology that enables sensor solution for the IoT, building automation, and smart homes. Technology Analyst Lorenzo Grande reports updates from the meeting.

Innovations in Large-Area Electronics Conference (innoLAE 2017)

A key event for the large-area electronics community, bringing industry and academia together and providing valuable opportunities to share the latest research results and discuss new projects and collaborations.

Cars reinvented: huge new opportunities and dangers

The new IDTechEx report, Electric Car Technology and Forecasts 2017-2027 finds that the biggest change in cars for one hundred years is now starting. It is driven by totally new requirements and capabilities.

Gas Sensing Solutions (GSS)

Dr David Pugh spoke to Gas Sensing Solutions' CEO Ralph Weir about their latest developments. They integrate unique mid infra-red light source and detector technology into innovative optics and signal processing to produce market leading carbon dioxide sensors.