Full profile interview
24 Feb 2025

Carbon Blade
Start-up Carbon Blade is developing direct air capture and point source capture technologies based on an electrodialysis pH swing. In January 2025, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Eve Pope spoke with CEO Kalle Marsal.
Background
24 Feb 2025

BioHalo
BioHalo is a Denmark-based start-up which has developed a patent-protected biofluorination process for the production of bio-based fluoropolymers. IDTechEx attended a presentation led by BioHalo at the RSC's PFAS Alternatives Workshop in February 2025.
21 Feb 2025

The Application Areas Driving The Uptake Of Perovskite Photovoltaics
Silicon-based solar technologies continue to dominate the market; however, there is rising interest in an emerging technology known as perovskite. Perovskites have the potential to enhance existing silicon solar supplies, but which applications can perovskite solar be used for, and how will it compete in a market dominated by an already well-established technology?
Background
21 Feb 2025

XEV Yoyo
XEV is a an electric vehicle startup jointly based in Italy and Hong Kong. It produces the Yoyo, a microcar largely made up of 3D printed components.
Update interview
21 Feb 2025

TerraSafe Materials
TerraSafe Materials is a US-based startup specializing in sustainable packaging solutions. Its portfolio includes cellulose-based, starch-based, and algae-based materials, along with other additives such as biochar. The company is at an early stage, focusing on scaling up production and establishing industry partnerships. It has acquired 25 patents from universities and recently purchased US$2 million worth of machinery to advance film production.
Full profile interview
21 Feb 2025

ION Clean Energy
ION Clean Energy is a point-source carbon capture technology provider, focusing on water-lean amine solvents capable of lowering energy demand and subsequently lowering capture costs. CEO Tim Vail presented at the Economist Impact Carbon Capture Summit 2025.
Update interview
21 Feb 2025

Datwyler: Dry Electrodes
Datwyler is a well-established manufacturer of critical elastomer components, developing solutions for both established and emerging markets. This includes a range of dry electrodes suited to the wearable technology market. IDTechEx spoke with Fabrizio Abascia, Business Development Manager, at NEPCON Japan 2025 in Tokyo.
20 Feb 2025

Top-Tier ADAS Systems - IDTechEx Explores Automotive Radar Technology
Radars have had a place within the automotive sector for over two decades, beginning with the first use for adaptive cruise control and many other developments taking place since. With radar technology becoming cheaper and, therefore, more widely available, ADAS system features are offered by many vehicle manufacturers. IDTechEx predicts that the automotive radar market will grow with a CAGR of 4.8% between 2024 and 2034.
20 Feb 2025

Webinar: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?
Thursday 6 Match 2025 - Driving Sustainability: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?; An overview of sustainable automotive plastics; The circular economy for automotive plastics; A summary of other sustainable materials covered in the report including sustainable upholstery, composites, and tire materials; Coverage of the key drivers pushing for sustainable automotive plastics; The key challenges for players in the automotive supply chain; Industry targets for sustainable plastics adoption; Discussion on the progress of adopting sustainable plastics and other polymers into passenger vehicles; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions
Innovation Map
20 Feb 2025

Updated Timeline on EU PFAS Restriction Proposal
Innovation map on EU per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) restriction proposal.
Full profile interview
20 Feb 2025

Meta-Rosetta
Meta-Rosetta (also written as MetaRosetta) is an early-stage spinout of Taiwan's National Central University, focusing on providing software and services for the design of metasurface optics (meta-optics) including metalenses. The startup has an electronic design automation (EDA) tool for meta-optics, although has yet to decide on its final business model for the tool. IDTechEx met Meta-Rosetta's CEO, Dr. Wei-Lun Hsu, at Neo-Functional Materials 2025 in January 2025.
Background
19 Feb 2025

Euler Motors
Euler Motors is an Indian electric vehicle start up that produces the HiLoad EV, a commercial electric three-wheeler (E3W). This profile highlights the HiLoad EV as well as the E3W market in India and globally.
19 Feb 2025

Lithium Metal Battery Market Set To Exceed US$13 Billion By 2035
Lithium metal batteries are well placed to see significant adoption in the next ten years. IDTechEx anticipates mass production of solid-state lithium metal in 2027/2028; of liquid electrolyte lithium metal in 2029/2030,6 and of lithium-sulfur in 2031/2032.
Innovation Map
19 Feb 2025

Fire Protection Material Benchmarking for EVs
Innovation map of fire Protection Material Benchmarking for electric vehicles (EVs).
Update
19 Feb 2025

Moa Technology
Moa Technology is a University of Oxford spin-out focusing on developing herbicides with new modes of action.
19 Feb 2025

3 Challenges Facing the Wearable Sensors Market
The wearable sensors market encompasses an array of exciting technologies with the potential to unlock a host of applications in healthcare, extended reality, industrial IoT, and more. Yet as the wearable sensors market matures, there will be some roadblocks for growth ahead. In this article, IDTechEx outlines three challenges facing the wearable sensors market and some potential solutions which will see the market size grow to US$7.2 billion with a CAGR of 5% by 2035.
Full profile interview
19 Feb 2025

Lenzing Group
Lenzing Group is a leading supplier of cellulose fibers for the textile and nonwoven industries. It also produces biobased chemicals from its byproducts to utilize 100% of the wood. IDTechEx spoke to the Biorefinery & Co-Products Director, Elisabeth Stanger.
Innovation Map
18 Feb 2025

PIC-Based Transceiver Roadmap
Innovation map for photonic integrated circuits-based (PIC-based) transceivers.
18 Feb 2025

From Lead-Acid to Lithium-Ion, the Diverse Batteries of EVs
The battery remains one of the key components of an EV, and vastly different performance, economic, and operational requirements necessitate a wide range of other batteries likely to be required for each sector. IDTechEx's report "Electric Vehicles across Land, Sea, and Air" covers 11 diverse vehicle categories. What types of batteries will be needed to meet the unique requirements of each of these sectors?
Full profile interview
18 Feb 2025

Faraday Factory Japan
Faraday Factory Japan is one of the largest suppliers of second-generation high temperature superconductor (2G HTS) tape.