Electric vehicles

Vestel and Eneco eMobility have announced a new partnership, that is set to make it easier for more drivers across Europe to switch to electric vehicles. Through the installation of Vestel EVC04 Electric Vehicle Chargers in the Benelux region, and Germany, Eneco eMobility can offer its customers a convenient, user-friendly, and ultra-efficient EV charging solution.

Stratasys Ltd is providing the public with baseline material qualification data for Antero 840CN03 filament material in collaboration with Lockheed Martin and Metropolitan State University of Denver. The release of this qualification data allows those in the industry to use the material for additively manufactured aerospace parts, such as those on the Orion spacecraft, using Stratasys production-grade 3D printers.

Petalite, is an award-winning1 electric vehicle charging company that has dedicated six years in R&D to purely solving reliability and cost issues in standard public charge points, engineering a new technology called SDC from the ground-up. They are now highlighting that rapid charging technology needs to change to achieve the 99% reliability the UK government is demanding to avoid penalties for charge point owners.

This premium article will introduce the suite of cathode materials commercially available and the next-generation materials being developed. It also highlights the impact price increases to raw materials could have on cell and battery costs and prices, underpinning many of the strategies regarding cathode development and choices.

IDTechEx attended the Future Propulsion Conference in Birmingham, UK, a two day conference held on the 2nd and 3rd March 2022. The event was co-hosted by AVL Powertrain UK and Imperial College London, bringing together industry and academic experts within the powertrain development field. This article presents highlights from the conference presentations. Conference speakers included Ballard Motive Systems, Changan UK, CNH Industrial, Leyland Trucks, JCB, FEV, Cummins, and Ricardo.

Amazon is launching five electric Heavy Goods Vehicles in its delivery fleet for the first time in the UK. The 37-tonne fully-electric vehicles are now operating from Amazon's fulfilment centres in Tilbury and Milton Keynes, transporting customer packages with zero tailpipe emissions and using battery power.

Stellantis is an umbrella company covering several recognisable car brands including Chrysler, Jeep, RAM, Vauxhall and others.

Researchers uncover new avenue for overcoming the performance decline that occurs with repeated charge-discharge cycling in the cathodes of next generation batteries.

StoreDot has secured a multi-million-dollar investment from Ola Electric. Ola Electric is planning to incorporate and manufacture StoreDot's fast charging battery technologies for future vehicles in India.

Shell and BYD have signed a strategic cooperation agreement to help accelerate the energy transition and improve charging experience for BYD's battery electric vehicle and plug-in hybrid electric vehicle customers. The partnership will start in China and Europe and will extend to other regions across the globe.

Viridi Parente, based in Buffalo in the US, is a green tech company developing electric powertrains for compact construction machines through its Green Machine brand, and lithium-ion battery stationary energy storage through its Volta Energy brand. IDTechEx spoke with Viridi Parente CEO Jon M. Williams to find out more about the company's efforts to bring renewable energy solutions to the construction market.

Charging speeds for electric vehicles (EVs) vary, from as little as 15 minutes using an ultra-rapid 350 kW charger, to as much as 24 hours when relying on a domestic wall outlet. Eventually, we could reach a point where recharging barely takes longer than filling up with fuel.

SkyDrive Inc and Suzuki Motor Corporation have jointly announced a partnership for the commercialization of flying cars.

As the number of electric vehicles on UK roads continues to multiply against a backdrop of charge point shortages, two EV companies have agreed a partnership aimed at providing more chargers for businesses across the UK.

Research has led to the discovery that quantum technologies may promise new mechanisms to charge batteries at a faster rate.

DHL Express and Neste have announced a significant step towards decarbonizing aviation logistics by expanding their existing cooperation with a new strategic collaboration. In the next five years, Neste will supply DHL with approximately 320,000 tons (400 million liters) of Neste MY Sustainable Aviation Fuel. The agreement is Neste's largest for Sustainable Aviation Fuel to date and one of the largest sustainable aviation fuel agreements in the aviation industry.

Frequency modulated continuous wave, or FMCW, has been the standard emission pattern in radar for decades. Other new technologies are starting to emerge, some building on FMCW and some more revolutionary. This article goes into detail on different waveforms and explains some pros and cons for new and emerging technologies as well as a look into what the future holds.

Suzuki Motor Corporation is to investapproximately 150 billion yen (approximately 104.4 billion rupees) for local manufacturing of electric vehicles and battery electric vehicle batteries.

Starting this week, Pedestrian Shield technology will be integrated into a number of Beam's e-scooter fleet in Australian cities, giving cities the power to adjust speeds based on road surfaces.

Wisk are an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft developer, headquartered in Mountain View, California, who are conducting flight trials in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Their Cora aircraft is being developed as an autonomous air taxi.