Electric vehicles

Battery Show North America 2024 was held in Detroit, Michigan from 8th to 10th October. The event had about 20,000 attendees and over 1,150 exhibitors involved in the traction battery value chain. This premium article will highlight some high level findings from the event and provide insights across various topics like solid state batteries, aviation grade batteries, and commercial fleet charging strategies. Relevant IDTechEx reports are linked within.

The technology used on the planes and the source of the hydrogen needs to be considered carefully before the industry can celebrate significant carbon reductions. If done incorrectly, hydrogen planes could be worse for the environment than existing jet fuel-powered planes.

In 2024, the largest market for haptics is in smartphones, but as the smartphone market stagnates, the industry is looking towards automotive interiors as the major opportunity for the next decade.

Chemix is a US start-up offering a platform for material discovery and battery testing.

Autonomous vehicles are making great strides across the world. As such, the industry of autonomous driving software is now growing. Momenta is a Chinese startup that is now finding traction and starting to grow.

Aionics Inc. is a software startup focused on the use of generative AI to develop electrolyte materials.

In spite of the benefits of electric construction machines, IDTechEx finds that financial savings in the total cost of ownership (TCO) of machines will be the primary benefit that drives the electrification of the industry.

Hydrogen-powered flight is one of the leading options to decarbonize the aviation industry and ZeroAvia is one of the leading start-ups in the field.

Thursday 24 October 2024 - Strategic Roadmap for EV Charging: Market Trends, Emerging Tech, and Opportunities; Market Overview: A comprehensive analysis of global EV charging infrastructure, including public, private, and fleet solutions, and insights into key regions such as China, Europe, and the US; Emerging Technologies: Discover innovations like megawatt charging, wireless charging, battery swapping, and off-grid solar solutions that are redefining the EV charging experience; Competitive Landscape: Insights into key market players, product benchmarking, and strategic positioning, including the impact of market consolidation and V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything) solutions; Challenges and Opportunities: Explore the technical challenges of high-power charging, grid limitations, and the latest on megawatt charging standards for heavy-duty vehicles

This premium article introduces some of the companies that are working on hydrogen-powered aviation for smaller general aviation planes. It explains the challenges, technology options, and carbon impacts of hydrogen-powered aircraft. Finally, this premium article provides a total cost of ownership calculation, highlighting the key cost factors in building and operating a hydrogen-powered aircraft.

Micromobility UK, attended by IDTechEx, is the UK's only in-person gathering of the country's micromobility industry. This premium article will primarily focus on IDTechEx's findings in the e-bike and e-scooter segments.

Many options are being explored for the decarbonization of the aviation industry. One option that could be faster to market than others is hybrid electric powertrains. Heart Aerospace is a leading start-up in the development of hybrid technologies for aviation.

Volkswagen Group is one of the largest producers of vehicles in the world. It sells passenger vehicles through its various brands (including VW, Audi, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, and Porsche). In 2023, it sold over 770,000 BEVs globally, mostly based on its MEB platform. This profile assesses VW Group's electrification efforts so far, as well as its plans to move to a unified SSP architecture and its performance in light of the European Union's CO2 regulations.

This article aims to discuss some of the key factors and tradeoffs to be made for electric motor design if sustainability is the ultimate goal.

Although over 1.2 million on-road vehicles have thermal LWIR camera technology installed, this is 0.08% of the estimated total of 1.5 billion vehicles on roads worldwide. For LWIR cameras to fill their potential in the automotive market, drivers in regulation and innovation are a requirement.

Toyota was the largest car manufacturer by sales in 2023, with over 10 million vehicles sold. It was an early leader in hybrid technology, however it has been more cautious in its adoption of fully electric technologies. This IDTechEx profile focuses on Toyota's latest plans to decarbonize its vehicles.

ECO STOR AS is headquartered in Oslo, Norway, and is one of two divisions of ECO STOR. ECO STOR AS is a developer of second-life battery energy storage systems (BESS). These are for residential, commercial & industrial, and grid-scale applications.

The global commercialization of autonomous trucks in 2024 is being shaped significantly by regional regulations and government policies. To enable the growth of autonomous trucking, the U.S., Europe and China have adopted different approaches, primarily influenced by their respective regulatory environments, infrastructure development, and governmental support.

Carester specializes in hydrometallurgical and solvent extraction technologies for rare-earth metal recovery, and is based in Lyon, France. Carester has signed a binding offtake agreement with Stellantis Auto SAS. The long-term agreement provides the supply of more than 3,400 tonnes of neodymium, praseodymium, dysprosium, and terbium oxides, 36% of which are derived from recycling, over a ten-year period.