Electric vehicles

IDTechEx Launchpad will showcase innovations from 10 start-up companies at the IDTechEx Show! held in Santa Clara, USA on November 15-16 2017. All winners will be showing a new working prototype or product, many for the first time.

Fuel cells could someday generate electricity for nearly any device that's battery-powered, including automobiles, laptops and cellphones.

Airbus and HAX have joined forces to explore the future of urban air mobility through a four-month accelerator programme based in Shenzhen, China.

Trucking is a big business. In the US, trucking industry revenues are in excess of $726bn. No wonder then that autonomous trucking is a hot topic.

Home, world's first Fast Displacement with hybrid propulsion, won the RINA green award during the Monaco Yacht Show.

The world's first conference on energy independent electric vehicles took place at the Technical University of Delft 27-28 September. It was well timed because many major new versions are about to hit the market addressing major global challenges.

New robotics is already quietly transforming many aspects of agriculture, and the agrochemicals business is no exception. Here, intelligent and autonomous robots can enable ultraprecision agriculture, potentially changing the nature of the agrochemicals business.

Escorts Ltd has launched India's first Electric & Hydrostatic concept tractor and an expanded global portfolio of tractors for the export and domestic market.