Full profile interview
17 Feb 2025

Aspen Aerogels
US-based Aspen Aerogels is the market leader in silica composite aerogel products, founded in 2001. It designs, develops, manufactures, and sells its aerogel blankets.
Background
17 Feb 2025

Svenska Aerogel
Founded in 2000, Svenska Aerogel is a Swedish manufacturer of aerogel products and is focused on commercializing its Quartzene® range.
Background
17 Feb 2025

Aeroshield
Founded in 2019, Aeroshield is an MIT spin-out that is developing and manufacturing monolithic transparent aerogel sheets for applications in thermally insulated windows and doors.
12 Feb 2025

How Electric Vans Could Soon Become Cheaper Than Diesel
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.
11 Feb 2025

Is the Quantum Computing Market Going Through a Teenage Phase?
Quantum computing is growing closer to realizing its full potential, pipe dreams have become tangible five-year plans, and more and more players are earning their own money for the first time. Finally, time will pass quicker than many appreciate in the years ahead - don't blink and miss the quantum computing market grow up, and the chance to leverage its disruptive potential at maturity.
Full profile interview
10 Feb 2025

BYD Auto
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.
7 Feb 2025

Photonic Integrated Circuit Market to Surpass US$50B by 2035
The market for Silicon Photonics and PICs is experiencing robust growth, driven by the surge in AI and datacom transceiver demand. IDTechEx forecasts that PIC technology will continue to dominate the high-performance transceiver market, further solidifying its position as a critical component in the modern technological landscape.
Update
3 Feb 2025

QuantumScape: Developing the Future of Solid-State
QuantumScape is a major player in the solid-state battery space and developer of lithium metal batteries.
Full profile interview
3 Feb 2025

Electra
Electra (ElectraSteel Inc) is a US-based start-up developing an electrochemical green ironmaking technology for green steel applications.
Youtube
30 Jan 2025

Commercial Trends for Data Center Liquid Cooling
The total market size of liquid cooling is set to have a 6-fold increase over the upcoming decade. In this short video, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Yulin Wang explains some of the commercial trends for data center liquid cooling.
29 Jan 2025

Materials Informatics Will Revolutionize Battery Development
The battery industry is facing increasing pressure to develop new chemistries and materials to keep up with rising energy density and sustainability demands. The traditional materials discovery process is both expensive and time-consuming. Machine learning methods, specifically materials informatics, could provide a necessary avenue for accelerating the battery development process.
Update
23 Jan 2025

Saft: C&I BESS and UPS
Saft designs, develops and manufactures battery energy storage systems (BESS) and batteries for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) applications.
Background
23 Jan 2025

Caterpillar: Hybrid Wheel Loader
Caterpillar is the largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment in the world. IDTechEx spoke to Caterpillar at CES 2025, where it presented a hybrid wheel loader - which will be the focus of this company profile.
Full profile interview
22 Jan 2025

CHASM
CHASM is an advanced materials company based in the USA, producing carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for a variety of use-cases. IDTechEx caught up with CHASM to learn about a new manufacturing method.
Innovation Map
22 Jan 2025

Next Generation Semiconductor Technologies for Automotive Radar
Innovation map of next generation semiconductor technologies for automotive radar.