Full profile interview
28 Mar 2024

Infineon: 750V SiC MOSFETs for Onboard Chargers
IDTechEx attended and asked live questions during a webinar about Infineon's 750V SiC MOSFETs for use in automotive onboard chargers, focussing on power density and bidirectionality
21 Mar 2024

The Opportunities & Barriers Facing 3D Printing for Electric Vehicles
The electric vehicle (EV) market experienced another exciting year of growth in 2023. Following a 62% increase in electric car sales in 2022 compared to 2021, IDTechEx predicts a 16% increase in global sales for 2023. However, growth was somewhat constrained during the year due to the performance of plug-in hybrids (PHEVs) in Europe, particularly in the first half of 2023, partly attributed to subsidy reductions in Germany. Nevertheless, many agree that EVs represent the future of the automotive industry, particularly for passenger cars.
7 Mar 2024

Linking Car Electrification, Battery Chemistries, and Copper Demand
Copper is a critical material in the manufacturing of all vehicles, regardless of whether they are powered by gas, diesel, electricity, hydrogen, or even liquid natural gas (LNG). The demand for copper from the automotive industry was just over 3MT (1MT = 1 billion kilograms) in 2023 but is set to increase to 5MT in 2034.
22 Feb 2024

Tesla Adopts Interior Radar for Interior Monitoring
With the shift towards electric vehicles, end-users are becoming less concerned about traditional differentiators like engine horsepower and are placing greater emphasis on smart interior functions. This trend is compelling automotive OEMs to invest more efforts in enhancing interior features, thereby adding greater value to their products and distinguishing them from other vehicles.
20 Feb 2024

EV Fire Protection Materials, Protecting a US$3.5 Trillion Market
Electric vehicle (EV) fire safety continues to be a critical topic. Data continues to support the fact that EVs are less likely to catch fire than internal combustion engine vehicles. However, as a new technology, EVs get more press, and besides, even a very low occurrence rate still poses significant risks to vehicle occupants and surroundings.
16 Feb 2024

CES 2024 Showed that the Future of Cars will be Defined by AI
IDTechEx's new report, "Future Automotive Technologies 2024-2034: Applications, Megatrends, Forecasts", highlights the biggest changes coming to cars over the next ten years. Electrification will change what powers cars, and automation will change how they are driven, but one of the biggest opportunities is connectivity and software definition, which will change how cars are monetized.
12 Feb 2024

Sodium to Debut in Small Microcars First for Mobility Applications
Many people were surprised when HiNa revealed their lineup of sodium-ion battery cells, as well as a prototype of an electric car, in February 2023. But it had been a long time coming. The low-cost Sehol E10X microcar uses a 25 kWh battery pack made from cylindrical sodium-ion cells from HiNa.
9 Feb 2024

Will Fuel Cell Vehicles Succeed, and What Would It Take?
The sales of hydrogen fuel cell cars have largely stalled from 2021 onwards, but does this mean there is no market for fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) in the future, and what is required to make them a success?
Topic overview
6 Feb 2024

Tesla's Unboxed Production Concept
This premium article explains the Unboxed production method in more detail. It shows how Tesla plans to use the process and how it can help achieve its goals of producing EVs that cost US$25,000 and scaling to an annual production capacity of 20 million vehicles annually. The article also shows which other manufacturer is working on a similar production concept.
Update interview
31 Jan 2024

Hailo: AI Acceleration in Automotive SoCs
Hailo started with AI accelerator chips in the automotive industry but has recently launched its system on chip. IDTechEx spoke to Hailo at CES 2024.
31 Jan 2024

Tesla's Ross and Rachel Relationship With Radar
Ross and Rachel's relationship in the TV series Friends was characterized by its on-again, off-again nature, with the inevitability that they end up together in the end. Tesla started its full self-driving hardware with radar in 2016, it began the break-up with radar in 2021, and radar was removed from production entirely in 2021.
Full profile interview
29 Jan 2024

Dow: Fire Protection Materials for Electric Vehicle Batteries
Dow is a large materials supplier and the world's largest supplier of silicone products. It provides a wide variety of products to a huge number of applications. At Nepcon 2024 in Tokyo, IDTechEx spoke to Dow to learn more about some of its fire protection materials for electric vehicle (EV) batteries.