Tesla, Inc.

Motional

IDTechEx spoke to Motional (Hyundai) at CES 2026 about its progress and strategy for autonomous driving and robotaxis

The Need for Speed: EV Motors Breaking the 30,000rpm Barrier

2025 has seen a slew of announcements for high speed electric vehicle (EV) motors, with several exceeding 30,000rpm! What is behind this sudden need for speed? In this article, IDTechEx discusses the benefits, challenges, and solutions for taking this approach. With IDTechEx's latest report on Electric Motors for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036 predicting that over 140 million EV motors will be required in the year 2036, shifting technology trends could see new opportunities for motor manufacturers and their suppliers.

How do OEMs Produce 800V Platforms for Electric Vehicles?

The transition to 800V EVs is one which affects the whole powertrain, including the power electronics. In IDTechEx's report, Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036: Technologies, Markets, and Forecasts, these trends are analysed and used to forecast the adoption of wide bandgap semiconductors SiC and GaN, as well as the entire power electronics market for electric vehicles (EV).

The Case for Autonomous Private Vehicles and the Software Market

IDTechEx, along with many other industry experts, are expecting robotaxis to become a common sight in major cities over the next twenty years. The business case for robotaxis, although not without its obstacles, is compelling. However, in the meantime, there will still be billions of privately owned vehicles on the roads. This article considers the case for autonomous private vehicles and the software market: from adaptive cruise control to true autonomy, everywhere.

Windrose

Windrose manufactures heavy duty battery electric trucks from the ground up, contrasting with the approach of traditional OEMs that use existing trucks as a base. This profile analyzes the developments in Windrose's truck and technology.

Reducing Battery Energy Storage Fire Risk While Balancing Cost

With the growing scrutiny of Li-ion battery energy storage system (BESS) safety, demand for passive materials and active technologies is set to grow. BESS developers are all adopting different strategies to ensure that their systems can strike the right balance of safety against overall system cost.

Baidu Apollo

Baidu Apollo is the world's largest autonomous driving open platform and a leading provider of autonomous driving technologies in China. As the autonomous driving division of Baidu, one of China's largest technology companies, Apollo is often described as the training ground for China's autonomous driving talent.

DSA: skylyze.battery

IDTechEx had the chance to interview DSA to discuss its new skylyze.battery software and testing hardware, which together allow for enhanced battery diagnostics.

XPeng Motors - IRON Humanoid Robotics

XPeng's IRON humanoid robot is a next-generation, highly anthropomorphic robotics platform designed to showcase advances in biomechanics, artificial intelligence, and robotics commercialization. The IRON project leverages XPeng's expertise in mechatronics, AI, and autonomous systems, intending to converge its automotive and robotics technologies into a scalable business model focused on industrial and retail deployment

Motional

Motional, originally nuTonomy, is a company developing autonomous vehicle technology. It was originally a joint venture between Hyundai and Aptiv.

TQ Group

The TQ Group is a significant technology service provider and electronics specialist based in Germany, founded in 1994 as a small two-person operation and now growing to about 2,200 employees across 15 locations internationally, including Germany, Slovenia, Hungary, the U.S., and China.

Safer Battery Storage: Thermal Management & Fire Protection Trends

Thermal runaway in lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries has become one of the most pressing challenges for the global battery energy storage system (BESS) industry.

How the Quantum Physics Nobel Links to a Future US$21B Market

In this article by Technology Analyst Noah El Alami, IDTechEx explains how the recent announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics links closely to the quantum computing industry, where the prize-winning research has been foundational in building superconducting quantum chips.

The Robotaxi Race is Heating Up Globally in 2025

2025 has yielded massive jumps in autonomous vehicle technology, both in hardware and software. IDTechEx's report, Autonomous Driving Software and AI in Automotive 2026-2046: Technologies, Markets, Players, forecasts a more than 1,000 times increase in software-related revenue for autonomous vehicles from 2026 to 2046.

Vigilex Energy

VIGILEX ENERGY is the subsidiary of STIF, (Société de Tôlerie Industrielle Française), headquartered in France. The company offers passive and active venting and sensors for battery energy storage systems (BESS). IDTechEx spoke with the company at The Battery Show Europe 2025.

Solid Power

Solid Power was established in 2012 as a spin-out from the University of Colorado Boulder. Founded by Doug Campbell, Conrad Stoldt, and Sehee Lee, the company initially received funding from DARPA to explore next-generation solid-state battery technology. By 2013, Solid Power secured US$4.5 million in funding from ARPA-E and other non-dilutive sources, such as the Department of Defense and NASA. This early support enabled the company to transition out of the university's research labs and begin independent operations.

SES AI

SES AI Corporation, formerly known as SolidEnergy Systems, was founded in 2012 as a spin-out from MIT by Dr. Qichao Hu, with incubation support from A123 Systems. The company initially focused on solid-state Li-metal batteries but soon recognized the limitations in scaling such technology for practical manufacturing. By 2013, SES had developed early prototypes of multi-layer cells.

Prologium Technology Co Ltd

ProLogium was founded in 2006, with core technology in oxide electrolytes, ASM, LCBs, and MAB.

Ganfeng Lithium

Ganfeng Lithium Co., Ltd., established in 2000 and headquartered in Xinyu, Jiangxi, China, is the largest lithium salt producer in China and the third largest worldwide. The company operates across the lithium battery supply chain, including lithium resource development, refining, battery manufacturing, and recycling. Ganfeng is dual-listed on the Shenzhen Stock Exchange (002460) and the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (1772).

Software-Defined Vehicles: Built for Users, or for the Industry?

The concept of the Software-Defined Vehicle (SDV) has rapidly emerged as a transformative trend reshaping the automotive industry. Yet, despite widespread use of the term, there remains significant confusion around its core meaning, structural elements, and real-world driving forces.