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Mobileye: Automotive Radar

Mobileye is a giant in chips for advanced driver assistance system (ADAS) applications in the automotive market, creating massive success with its EyeQ range of products. For some years now it has been promising an automotive radar for 2025 to beat the competition. At CES 2024, Mobileye showed substantive progress towards this promise.

Software-Defined Vehicles Set to Be Worth Over US$700bn by 2034

Connected and Software-Defined vehicles (SDVs) represent a new paradigm for automakers and consumers. Whereas older ICE vehicles were a conglomeration of 70+ Electronic Control units, kilometers of wiring, and many thousands of components, the new era of vehicles can be more centralized, connected, and convenient, bringing benefits to both the consumer and OEM.

Qualcomm: Unlocking Software-Defined Vehicles

This is a full company profile on Qualcomm Technologies. IDTechEx Technology Analyst James Falkiner attended IAA Mobility (also known as the Munich Motorshow) where he had a discussion with Qualcomm's Hans Christian Thiel. IDTechEx also attended a talk by Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, where he discussed software-defined vehicles (SDV).

Rising Star: Commercial Advancements & Developments of SSB

The announcement claimed by Toyota that it had a "technological breakthrough" to resolve durability issues and "a solution for materials" for a solid-state battery (SSB) powering EVs in July 2023 has triggered another wave of interest in SSBs, in addition to the continuous efforts from companies such as BMW, CATL, Ford, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, LG, Mercedes-Benz, Nissan, Panasonic, Samsung, Volkswagen, etc.

Application Overview for the Graphene Market

Innovation roadmap for the graphene market application overview.

Second Life Lithium

Second Life Lithium is a wholesale distributor of reusable Li-ion batteries harvested from various sources. IDTechEx caught up with the company at The Battery Show North America 2023.

Leading OEMs in the Development of Automated Cars for Consumers

This premium article looks at some of the leaders in the development of automated systems for consumer vehicles. It gives examples of what the systems can do and what sensors they use. This article will provide the reader with a comprehensive update on the start of the art technologies available in the automotive market today.

Electric Pickups: The Next Big EV Opportunity

Electrification in the US is at an earlier stage than other regions globally but has made huge progress over the last few years, with electric cars making up nearly 9% of new registrations in the first half of 2023. The pickup truck is a large portion of the US passenger vehicle market but is at an even earlier stage of electrification, with only approximately 5% of electric vehicles sold in the US in the first half of 2023 being pickup trucks.

Electric Pickups - The Big US Opportunity

Innovation roadmap for electric pickups - the big US opportunity.

Level 3 Vehicles Are on the Road, Here Is When It Will Be Mainstream

Now that Mercedes is rolling out driverless SAE level 3 technologies in Germany and the US, the question that everyone in the automotive market is asking is, "when and how will this trickle down to mass market?". IDTechEx's new report, "Autonomous Cars, Robotaxis and Sensors 2024-2044", provides the answer.