29 Mar 2017

London taxi pollution
For the first time, air pollution in the UK is now primarily caused by road vehicles. Legal limits for the year were exceeded in the first four days of the 2017. London schools are being built where the children are forced to suck in four times the approved amount of acid gas.
27 Jan 2017

Electricity utilities reinvented and bypassed
"Death by a Thousand Cuts" was the brutal appraisal of the power generation goliaths by Jeffrey Eckel of Hannon Armstrong, the leading energy investment house, at the Barclays Future Energy Conference December 2016 in London.
14 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and energy harvesting reinvented
Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.
13 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented
IDTechEx expects EVs to create significant electricity demand in about ten years and be key to huge improvements in local noise and air pollution and in global warming reduction.
12 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and 3D printing
Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.
9 Nov 2016

Buses reinvented
The very structure of the bus is changing with electrics, mechanics and electronics previously made as "components-in-a-box" being replaced by structural electronics - the roof is the solar, the dashboard is the instruments - all as smart materials.
8 Nov 2016

The bus of the future
Buses are very important. Injuries and deaths from two wheelers have not reduced very much in decades whereas vehicles with four wheels or more have seen huge improvements.
3 Nov 2016

IDTechEx Show! Features Winning Solar Racing Car
Debuts in North America; Event Also Features Presentations from Major Car Companies Including Ford, Nissan, Porsche and Toyota
3 Nov 2016

Silicon valley: doctor heal thyself
Silicon Valley in California spawns the awesome giants that hold the future in their hands but they cannot solve their traffic problem.
21 Oct 2016

Electric vehicles: witness how everything is changing
Next month organizations from over 40 countries will converge at the Santa Clara Convention Center on November 16-17 to showcase the latest innovations and highlight the latest commercial progress with electric vehicles. The event is held in the heart of silicon valley, the hub for mobility innovation. Here are a few of the reasons why you should be there.
14 Oct 2016

When will 48V mild hybrids become EVs?
48V mild hybrids will start series production at many automotive manufacturers in 2017 with many others following shortly after.
14 Oct 2016

Electric vehicles: next comes the melodrama
Electric vehicles have gone from curiosity to being a frequent news item and, if you live in Norway or the Netherlands, something you see often. However, that is nothing compared to EVs shaking the foundations of society over the coming decade from robot agriculture and delivery to almost free travel in sunny countries and almost eliminating air pollution even in mining.
14 Sep 2016

Will Western bus companies be wiped out?
Global warming is leading to increasingly onerous laws worldwide restricting carbon dioxide emissions. Even some of today's hybrids will fail to conform so it is back to the drawing board for most of the world's vehicle manufacturers.
18 Aug 2016

Another EV maker goes full service green: IDTechEx analysis
Leo Motors Inc of Korea with the support of government officials of Henan, China, Leo Motors, Inc and Zhong Ji Well Parking System Co Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a joint venture company focused on battery production, electric boat business, and Connected Vehicle business based on Internet of Things platforms.
15 Aug 2016

Is vertical integration by car companies into batteries premature?
Management theory says that a manufacturing company should only vertically integrate - like Tesla with its Gigafactory - when the technology is mature so you can pare off the last pennies in cost without the technology being superceded.
11 Aug 2016

Webinar Tuesday 23 August -Industrial and commercial electric vehicles
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 23 August 2016 titled Industrial and Commercial Electric Vehicles: Biggest Market.
5 Aug 2016

Bus that travels above traffic
In August 2016, China Xinhua News reported that the Transit Elevated Bus has had its first road test in Qinhuangdao City. It consisted of a brake and power consumption test of this electric vehicle that runs on tracks.
3 Aug 2016

Tesla moves towards compatible green technology
It is no surprise that the Tesla - Solar City merger has been approved by investors. Elon Musk will combine his two co-founded companies after paying $2.6bn dollars for SolarCity in an all-stock transaction. The merger will be completed before the end of the year, and save the companies $150 million in costs in the first full year after closing.
3 Aug 2016

Panasonic view of the Tesla Gigafactory
Panasonic is a $70 billion giant with strongly rising profitability and a place in the first division of battery manufacturers greatly boosted by its acquisition of Sanyo. It has shipped over 180 billion batteries since 1931.