Jaguar Cars

Jaguar Land Rover to Develop Hydrogen Powered Defender

Jaguar Land Rover is developing a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle based on the new Land Rover Defender, with testing scheduled to begin this year.

Tesla's Innovative Power Electronics: The Silicon Carbide Inverter

Like the Beatles in the 60s, Tesla has arguably achieved the feat of being simultaneously the best and most popular at what they do. As the IDTechEx report "Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea & Air 2021-2041" discusses, Tesla enters a new market and quickly becomes the top-selling electric vehicle maker. In this article, we focus on Tesla's innovations in the field of power electronics and some of the new materials opportunities being created.

Jaguar Cars All-Electric by 2025 as JLR Announce Zero-Emission Plans

Jaguar are set to to become an all-electric brand by 2025 as part of a new global strategy announced by Jaguar Land Rover this week. This strategy will also see all Jaguar and Land Rover nameplates to be available as pure-electric by 2030 with the aim of achieving net zero carbon emissions across their entire supply chain, products and operations by 2039.

AVID Technology

AVID Technology is a British manufacturer of high-performance electric vehicle powertrain components, established in 2008 as a spin-out of Comesys, and later rebranded Avid Technology in 2010.

Circular End of Life Supply Chain for EV Batteries in the UK

A ground-breaking project to create a new circular end-of-life supply chain for the electric vehicle industry is being led by EMR Metals Recycling. The project has won grant support from the UK Government's Advanced Propulsion Centre.

What Sells Electric Cars

Tesla became the most valuable car manufacturer for many reasons from glamour to having the longest-range vehicles. The IDTechEx report, "Electric Vehicles: Land, Sea and Air 2021-2041" gives the big picture.

General Motors (2020)

After a promising start in the 1990s with the EV1, a heated legal battle between US automakers and California ultimately killed GM's electrification plans for a decade. In 2020, despite being in second place behind Tesla in US electric vehicle sales, the company is still behind the curve - but has exciting plans to catch up.

Britishvolt Announces Project Director, Partners for UK Gigaplant

Britishvolt has announced the appointment of Ray Macera as Project Director for the construction and implementation of Britain's first battery gigaplant.

Jaguar Land Rover Develops Contactless Touchscreen to Fight Bacteria

New contactless touchscreen technology developed by Jaguar Land Rover and the University of Cambridge will help keep drivers' eyes on the road and reduce the spread of bacteria and virusesin a post COVID-19 world.

McLaren Insolvency?

The automotive market as a whole is struggling with the COVID-19 situation. McLaren recently announced without backing from the British government that it could be in insolvency by mid-July 2020.

Tesla Motors (battery development)

This profile discusses Tesla involvement in Li-ion battery development specifically.

World's Smallest (and Mightiest) EV Charging Solutions

The EO Mini Smart Home is the smallest smart electric vehicle charger in the world and is now available through Octopus Electric Vehicles in conjunction with Octopus Energy's EV energy tariff, Octopus Go.

Electric Air Taxi Cabable of Carrying 250kg

Vertical Aerospace has revealed flight footage of an electric vertical take off and landing aircraft capable of carrying loads of up to 250kg - the first company in the world to do so.

Jaguar Land Rover Printed Electronics Powers Next Gen Personalisation

Jaguar Land Rover is developing the Lightweight Electronics in Simplified Architecture (LESA) research technology - used in flexible wearables and curved OLED TVs - for car interiors. It has the potential to radically change cabins of the future and would offer customers greater ability to customise their cars to suit their needs.

Rivian Overblown?

Those desperate to invest in "The next Tesla" continue to pile into start-up Rivian, the latest $350 million coming from a media company. That takes investment up to the $2 billion level familiar at Tesla.

Waymo

Waymo began as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009 and became a stand-alone subsidiary of Alphabet in 2016, developing autonomous mobility services.

Further grant support from Faraday Battery Challenge

Ilika announces the offer of a further £0.9m funding directly to Ilika under the UK Government's Faraday Battery Challenge:

Rivian

Rivian is an American automaker and automotive technology company with over 1000 staff. Founded in 2009, the company develops vehicles, products and services related to sustainable transportation.

Quanergy

Quanergy offer lidar modules and lidar signal processing software. IDTechEx interviewed Dr Louay Eldada from Quanergy in April 2019. Eldada is the CEO and Co-Founder of Quanergy, and he is based in USA.

Used car batteries could power farms in the developing world

As part of a Circular Economy for electric vehicle battery systems, as the number of such vehicles increases rapidly, the need to find the best way to reuse and recycle vehicle batteries becomes just as intense.