3 Nov 2017

Spotlight on Hydro Extruded Solutions
Hydro is a fully integrated aluminum company with 35,000 employees in 40 countries on all continents, combining local expertise, worldwide reach and unmatched capabilities in R&D.
3 Nov 2017

Spotlight on Terrafugia
Terrafugia's mission is to create practical flying cars that enable a new dimension of personal freedom.
3 Nov 2017

5-minute extreme fast charge battery technology for electric vehicles
Enevate Corporation announces technology which features extreme fast charging in only 5 minutes with high energy density and long driving range that adds up to 240 miles (390 km)—or up to 50 miles (80 km) range with a 60-second charge.
2 Nov 2017

Self-charging electric bike
A design team has revealed its new self-charging electric bike design concept, "Hybrid Module Mobility". Depending upon users' requirements, this design concept is capable of converting its forms into six different purposes, including cargo-carrying, child-carrying, driving.
1 Nov 2017

EV Charging and Automotive Lightweighting at LCV
In September, IDTechEx attended and exhibited at the Low Carbon Vehicle (LCV) conference and exhibition in the UK. This show saw its highest recorded numbers of attendees (total 3866) and came in the wake of several electric vehicle news stories, including government strategies and OEM pledges.
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31 Oct 2017

NEVS AB and DiDi Chuxing form strategic partnership
NEVS AB and DiDi Chuxing, the world's leading mobile transportation platform, have now formed strategic partnership and finalized a number of steps towards an extensive cooperation.
31 Oct 2017

Delve deeper into the ocean with drones
With the help of drones, areas of the ocean which have previously proved challenging to access are now within reach. Treacherous arctic conditions make exploration from a boat in these remote areas difficult, even for the most experienced researchers. Deploying drones enables researchers to capture accurate more reliable data, in a safer and more cost-efficient way.
30 Oct 2017

Mayors of 12 pioneering cities in zero emissions pledge
Mayors of 12 cities commit to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that major areas of their city are zero emission by 2030.
27 Oct 2017

Electric Vehicles: Full 1.5 trillion dollar picture at last
The "IDTechEx Show!" November 15-16 in Santa Clara, California brings the electric vehicle picture alive showing the Terrafugia flying car, a presentation by the most admired manufacturer of single propeller electric aircraft Bye Aerospace and a California State University talk on biomimetic aircraft.
27 Oct 2017

Flash-charging connection technology powers electric buses
ABB has won a $20 million order from Swiss bus manufacturer HESS to supply its flash-charging technology for 20 e-buses and related infrastructure for the French city of Nantes.
27 Oct 2017

Electric vehicles deliver two killer blows
The total cost of ownership of an electric vehicle is
usually lower than the TCO of the smoking alternative
but that is just the beginning.
26 Oct 2017

Israel's first underwater robotic vehicle
Ben-Gurion University introduces Israel's first underwater robotic vehicle.
26 Oct 2017

NASCAR, JCDecaux, Galvani and Terrafugia to open the IDTechEx Show!
Opening the IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, Nov 15-16, are four select Cornerstone presentations which will showcase how new technologies are coming to market which solve big problems created by changing demographics and global megatrends, from mobility to healthcare to enabling the ubiquity of electronics.
26 Oct 2017

Drone delivery: publicity stunt or game changer in instant fulfilment?
The idea of drone delivery sharply divides commentator opinion: some dismiss it as a mere publicity stunt whilst others consider it a game changer that will bring near instant product fulfilment to e-commerce, stripping traditional shops of their last major differentiator.
25 Oct 2017

Electric motors based on reluctance torque
RETORQ Motors company designs and manufactures advanced electric traction motors-generators based on its proprietary RETORQ axial flux REluctance TORQue motor technology.
24 Oct 2017

Corvus Energy powers industry's first hybrid fish processing vessel
Corvus Energy has been selected by Wärtsilä as the supplier of a lithium ion based energy storage system for the world's first full service hybrid fish farm processing and transport vessel.
23 Oct 2017

Record for longest range of an electric vehicle
IT Asset Partners have claimed the official Guinness Book of World Records title for the Longest Range of an Electric Vehicle by traveling more than 1600 kilometers at the Auto Club Speedway of California in Fontana over a two day consecutive run.
20 Oct 2017

Australia trials delivery drones
Over the past few years, Project Wing has conducted thousands of flights to get their drone delivery technology ready for everyday use.
Event summary
19 Oct 2017

A report from eMove 360 in Munich, Germany
IDTechEx analyst Dr Lorenzo Grande reports on his time at this years eMove 360 event.
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19 Oct 2017

Record Number of Exhibitors for the IDTechEx Show! on Nov 15-16
245 organizations from 23 countries will be exhibiting at the IDTechEx Show! on November 15-16 2017 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in California.