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AVERE e-Mobility Conference Amsterdam 13-14.4.16

IDTechEx report on their attendance at the AVERE e-Mobility Conference in Amsterdam.

Future powertrains for electric vehicles: huge opportunities

The new IDTechEx report, Future Powertrains 2016-2031 concerns the twenty year future of powertrains for land vehicles, including reference to water and airborne vehicles as appropriate. The primary emphasis is on the most important applications by market value - cars and buses - and the most important powertrain types by value potential but most of this analysis is directly applicable to most other vehicles.

Optomec showcases mass production 3D printing technology

Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed electronics and metals announced that the company will showcase its Aerosol Jet 3D printing technology used for mass production of handheld consumer electronic devices at the IDTechEx conference in Europe.

Thermal interface materials enabling new applications

While there are obviously similarities, different applications have different key requirements of the TIMs. In all cases, the TIM needs to minimise stress, prevent electromigration of its fillers, and maximise adhesion.

Mass producible injection molden structural electronics innovation

TactoTek, a leading manufacturer of 3D injection molded structural electronics solutions has announced that it will present production innovations that deliver mass production scalability at the IDTechEx Printed Electronics Europe conference in Berlin, Germany on 27-28 April.

Future vehicle powertrains harvest and regenerate

The new IDTechEx report, Future Powertrains 2016-2031 concerns the twenty year future of powertrains for land vehicles, including reference to water and airborne vehicles as appropriate.

Two sudden changes in electric vehicles

This year sees two sudden changes in electric vehicles predicted by IDTechEx. To expand on what we said last week, the supply of new strong hybrids that do not plug in - like the traditional Prius - has all but ended.

Europe's most important event on emerging technologies opens next week

To date, attendee registrations are up by 17% and exhibiting organizations are up by 27% on last year.

Death of hybrid vehicles?

Sales of hybrid cars in the USA collapsed from 3.2% of car sales in 2013 to under 2% in 2015 as Americans responded to the sharply reduced oil price. However the oil price will recover eventually so commentary that it heralds the death of hybrid vehicles is wide of the mark. Indeed hybrid car sales outside the USA were sharply up.

Wearable Technology: Smart printed sensors monitor movement sequences

A novel transparent sensor material developed by Fraunhofer ISC enables movement measuring sensors to be printed onto textiles.

IDTechEx Interview: Medical Sensors from BeBop

Video interview with BeBop Sensors at the IDTechEx Wearable USA event.

Charging the future at Berlin Electric Vehicle Conference

At the conference, Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing as part of the IDTechEx Show!, April 27-28, the future of vehicle charging will be revealed and put in context.

Buses facing a classical shakeout

IDTechEx's Chairman Dr Peter Harrop analyses the current state of the market for electric buses.

Speech by Diarmuid O'Connell, VP, Tesla Motors

IDTechEx attended a presentation by Diarmuid O'Connell of Tesla Motors at the AVERE E-Mobility event in Amsterdam 13 April 2016, summarised here.

Printed Electronics Europe: Registrations up 17%, Exhibitors up 27%

Don't miss Europe's largest event on the topic next week. See the full value chain in one place and gain vital insights from end users

Invest in the right battery markets: New opportunities

This article will discuss the emerging technologies, new opportunities and potential markets in the battery industry.

Notion Systems n.jet platforms

Notion Systems GmbH is focused on designing, developing, and manufacturing high-precision inkjet printers for a wide variety of applications in printed electronics as well as other functional fluid applications. Notion Systems' "n.jet" platforms are available in both lab/R&D and industrial/production scale models.

KoruLab

IDTechEx interviewed Koru Lab, a Finnish company who have developed a custom operating system for wearable technology products. They have built the product to run on lower power processors based on ARMs Cortex M4, meaning that, unlike incumbents like Android Wear, they can run in lower power systems. This profile summarises our conversation, outlining their capabilities.

OLED lighting: will it eventually disrupt or fade away?

The OLED lighting technology faced a difficult challenge since the very beginning in the shape of inorganic LEDs.