Electric vehicles

Golden Dragon, officially Xiamen King Long United Automotive Industry Co., Ltd., is a Chinese bus manufacturer established in 1988. The company produces city buses, tourist coaches, school buses, and commercial vehicles, focusing on electric and hybrid powertrains.

Honda Motor Co., Ltd. is a Japanese automobile manufacturer founded in 1948. This profile will focus on Honda's offerings and strategy for the electrification of cars.

QCraft stands out as a pioneering provider of full-stack autonomous driving solutions, branded as Driven-by-QCraft, in the competitive landscape of China's tech industry.

XCMG is a world-leading OEM of construction and mining machines. This profile will focus on the company's developments in the electrification and automation of mining vehicles.

Bugatti Automobiles is a French luxury sports car manufacturer based in Moslheim that has been making vehicles in various forms since 1909. The most recent development in its 115-year history is its role in a joint venture with Rimac, a manufacturer of high-end performance electric vehicles (EV). Bugatti has recently unveiled its first electric car, the hybrid Tourbillon.

Buses are increasingly turning electric to meet carbon emissions targets. Although battery electric sales are growing rapidly, fuel cell electric buses have struggled to grow at the same rate. This premium article assesses the reasons why and explores what opportunities remain for fuel cell buses.

IDTechEx spoke to Bosch at PCIM 2024 about its EG120 gate driver, which can increase efficiency and range of electric vehicles through intelligent parameter identification of current profiles.

Sunward is a Chinese OEM of construction equipment including excavators. This profile will discuss the company's electric excavators and mini-excavators, in production since 2022.

GAMA is the new brand following the acquisition of Navya, and it remains committed to developing and operating autonomous shuttles.

This premium article focuses on immersion cooling for electric vehicles and players and partnerships in the field.

EasyMile is a French-based roboshuttle company that was founded in 2014. It has been one of the leaders in the roboshuttle space. In general, the roboshuttle space is struggling to find a foothold. This profile looks at EasyMile's recent activity in the field.

Forecasts from the IDTechEx Research report " Electric Vehicles in Construction 2024-2044: Technologies, Players, Forecasts"

Electrification is tough. It has taken around 15 years to convince car owners that battery power is a viable alternative to their fossil fuel comfort blanket. In the construction, agriculture, and mining industries, electrification is an even steeper uphill battle. In these industries, if a machine runs out of battery, the operators will soon start losing money.

Gridwiz is a South Korean distributed energy resources (DER) renewables company that provides a range of energy solutions including EV charging. IDTechEx spoke to Gridwiz to find out more about its activities.

IDTechEx spoke to Bosch at PCIM 2024 about its SiC products on the electric vehicle (EV) market and the potential benefits in cost and efficiency.

WeRide.ai is a company that develops autonomous minibuses. It focuses on creating self-driving shuttle buses for urban transportation. The company aims to provide safe and efficient transportation solutions using its automated driving system (ADS) and L4 sensor suites.

IDTechEx spoke to Nexperia at PCIM about its copper clip technology for power modules, as well as its new 1200V SiC MOSFETs for EVs.

Aurrigo is a UK-based startup developing autonomous and connected technologies. Its previous work has included small autonomous shuttles, autonomous minibus, and even electrification projects. It has recently had a successful deployment of an autonomous vehicle which is discussed in this profile update.

SonoTek is a USA-based company, providing ultrasonic nozzles for spray coating. IDTechEx spoke to Bryan Hartz regarding the company's fuel cell activities.