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Founded in 2000, Svenska Aerogel is a Swedish manufacturer of aerogel products and is focused on commercializing its Quartzene® range.

First established in 2015, Keey Aerogel is a French startup that manufactures aerogel materials from construction and demolition waste.

Cabot is a manufacturer of aerogels and established its manufacturing plant in Frankfurt, Germany in the early 2000s.

As growing numbers of countries identify critical materials within their economies, the ability to recycle them is becoming increasingly important, especially considering both their economic importance and ongoing supply risks. Sustainability goals rely on growing technology sectors like electric vehicles, which rely on magnets to be manufactured, ultimately meaning sourcing and recycling critical materials is an economic necessity to keep supply chains running.

Aerogel-It is a manufacturer of aerogels with the capability to manufacture inorganic, organic, and bio-aerogels and is based in the Hamburg University of Technology.

Global sales for electric cars will reach 69 million by 2045 - IDTechEx offers expert-led insights on this evolving market based on unique information from industry leaders.

When the Society of Automotive Engineers released their definitions of varying levels of automation from level 0 to level 5, it became easier to define and distinguish between the many capabilities and advancements of autonomous vehicles. Supervision and functionality remain in the balance as values to prioritize for OEMs choosing to employ higher levels of automation.

LG Chem is the largest chemical company in Korea and is a manufacturer of silica composite aerogels since 2024, targeting the industrial insulation and electric vehicle (EV) battery markets.

With global cargo and e-commerce demand set to skyrocket over the next 20 years, electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs) will play a crucial role in the decarbonization of transport. eLCVs are now technologically mature enough to compete with current combustion vehicles on virtually all performance metrics. However, before they can be adopted en-masse into commercial fleets, they must first demonstrate that they can be financially competitive too.

John Deere is a leading global producer of construction, agriculture, and mining equipment - with tractors historically being its key product. IDTechEx spoke to John Deere at CES 2025 regarding its most recent developments in the electrification and automation of its tractors.

BYD Auto is a Chinese automotive subsidiary of the BYD Company. It is a global leader in electric car sales and battery technology, with sales of over 4 million cars in 2024.

Electric vehicle (EV) sales continued to increase in 2024, admittedly with some significant regional disparity, but IDTechEx found that globally, EV sales increased 24% in 2024 over 2023. Despite the fact that most data shows EV fires are less common than combustion engine vehicles, safety cannot be overlooked in any rate of occurrence. This article aims to discuss some of the key factors and some of the potential materials that EV battery designers may consider.

Aerogel Technologies is a US-based manufacturer of aerogels, with a key focus on its polymer aerogel range, Airloy, using a roll-to-roll continuous process.

iMoto is an Indonesian startup founded in 2021 producing electric two-wheelers (E2Ws). This profile will cover the company's products and the role of Southeast Asia in the expanding global E2W market.

Sales of electric light commercial vehicles (eLCVs) are expected to surge from just under 500,000 in 2024 to over 11 million by 2045. In this short video, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Pranav Jaswani provides key insights into this rapidly expanding industry on the brink of widespread adoption.

Westwood Aerogel is a spin-out from UCLA. It is using its patent-pending ambient pressure drying process to scale aerogel manufacturing.

The automotive industry is under increasing scrutiny to improve sustainability, and one of the key approaches to addressing this is sustainable material choice. The automotive sector uses over 14 million tonnes of plastics in passenger automotive vehicles each year.

Despite the large increase in EV adoption, EV battery designers still face a great deal of challenges. For material players within the EV supply chain, there are several routes to supporting EV battery designers with these challenges and differentiating their offerings. This article covers the primary and secondary targets for EV battery designers and some of the ways that materials suppliers can support them.