Peak Power

Collaboration on electric supercharging technology

Controlled Power Technologies and Eminox have reached agreement to collaborate on the development of electric supercharging solutions to reduce fuel consumption.

Green storage for green energy grows cleaner

SEAS research team removes toxins from flow battery, making it safer and cost-effective.

Electric Vehicle wins outright at Pikes Peak International Hill Climb

For the first time, an electric car is the overall winner at an internationally recognised motorsport event, the Pikes Peak International Hill Climb in Colorado, USA.

HeliaFilm® on concrete façade

Europe´s first solar concrete wall was inaugurated at RECKLI's headquarter in Herne, Germany. The façade, designed by RECKLI to fit the solar film from Heliatek (HeliaFilm®), represents a novel approach to BIOPV.

Shape-fixing nanoreactor to make a better fuel cell catalyst

Proton-exchange membrane fuel cells are lightweight fuel cells being developed for applications in vehicles and portable electronics.

New BLE golf sensor patch from Enfucell

Enfucell has developed a SoftBattery powered wireless golf sensor patch in a joint project with a leading technology company.

World's first one megawatt electric race car

Drive eO announces the arrival of eO PP03, world's first one megawatt all-electric race car.

Heliatek supplies HeliaFilm® for Asia's largest BIOPV installation

Heliatek's partner, vTrium Energy, will be implementing the world's most powerful and Asia's largest Building Integrated Organic Photovoltaic project. Heliatek's organic solar film, HeliaFilm®, will be the core part of this installation in Singapore, which provides a test-bed platform for new sustainable technologies.

Electric Vehicle Motors Rise to Two per Vehicle - Creates $144 Billion

The motor market is doubling in value even over the underlying fast growth of the electric vehicle business, whether hybrid or pure electric.

Intelligent charging system could protect EV owners

A recent pilot project in New York City looked for an intelligent way to charge large numbers of electric delivery trucks at the lowest cost without straining the local grid and infrastructure.

EV Battery and Supercapacitor

IDTechEx has visited many supercapacitor manufacturers and interviewed several professors who have presented at IDTechEx events on the subject. This article highlights some of our findings from those interviews.

The Rise of Thin, Flexible and Printed Batteries

IDTechEx has studied the technologies and markets for thin film, flexible and/or printed batteries. IDTechEx will disseminate its key findings. Here, IDTechEx will qualitatively benchmark the different technologies that fall under its categorization including single use zinc batteries, printed zinc-based rechargeable batteries, thin film lithium ion and lithium metal batteries.

The death of coal and oil boost EVs

When representative of OPEC, Sheik Yamani famously said, "The stone age did not end for lack of stones", it is now clear that the coming decade will see a collapse of coal power and not because coal supplies are running out. The writing is on the wall for oil as well - it will help electric vehicles because it will no longer be true that they use "dirty" electricity in the main.

DC/DC converter with energy harvesting battery charger

Linear Technology announces the LTC3331, a complete energy harvesting solution that delivers up to 50mA of continuous output current to extend battery life when harvestable energy is available.

Lessons from Electric and Hybrid Marine World Expo June 2014, Amsterda

IDTechEx was present in the first Electric and Hybrid Marine World Expo which took place in Amsterdam from the 24th to the 26th of June. Amsterdam's RAI Conference centre witnessed a more consolidated industry positioned to Electrification. Find in this article the main findings.

Enfucell Oy

Enfucell was founded in June 2002 after a decade of research on power sources for low power applications at the Automation Laboratory of The Helsinki University of Technology. It is based in Finland. Their main product is a flexible and thin battery made of low-cost industrial environmentally-friendly materials that are disposable with other household waste. The main target t markets are in RFID/logistics, cosmetics, and medical industry.

Shandong Xindayang Electric Vehicle Co.,Ltd

The ZhiDou Micro electric car was released in October 2012 by Chinese manufacturer Shandong Xindayang Electric Vehicle Co. Ltd. (XDY). The company is part of the XinDaYang Group Co., Ltd. (XDY), incorporated in 2001. This car is the result of the Micro-Travel Electric Vehicle program which has invested 3.07 billion Chinese Yuan (or 375 million Euro) with a planned annual manufacturing capacity of 300,000 vehicles on a 1.33 sq km site.

Paper Battery Company Inc

Paper Battery Co is a developer of thin film supercapacitor technology primarily for consumer electronic applications.

Moss powered FM radio

Designer Fabienne Felder in collaboration with Dr. Paolo Bombelli from the University of Cambridge has created Moss FM, the world's first plant-powered radio.

Order-books open today for all-electric Volkswagen e-Golf

From 11 March, customers can place orders for the fully electric Volkswagen e-Golf.