6 Oct 2017

McLaren Applied Technologies reveals Invincible Shield
Introducing Project Invincible, the latest innovative personalised healthcare solution made from materials that will be used in next season's Formula 1 car.
14 Jul 2017

Probably the most performant in-wheel powered car in history
Elaphe decided to put this to the test and raced it against its original diesel counterpart. They also tried something new to showcase the raw torque performance of Elaphe in-wheel technology and raced against a production electric car. In reverse.
Full profile interview
25 Apr 2017

North Thin Ply Technology
North Thin Ply Technology (NTPT) is a company formed in 2008 that specialize in the thin ply prepregs for composite products. IDTechEx analyst Richard Collins interviewed Joe Summers (Sales and Marketing director).
External press release
14 Mar 2017

Energy Harvesting Network dissemination event
The annual one-day dissemination event organised by the Energy Harvesting Network is being held on 5th April 2017 at Manchester Town Hall.
30 Jan 2017

Stratasys signs deal with McLaren to bring 3D printing to Formula 1
McLaren Racing and Stratasys have announced a new four-year partnership under which Stratasys will supply McLaren Racing with a suite of 3D printing and additive manufacturing solutions, as the Official Supplier of 3D Printing Solutions to the McLaren-Honda Formula 1 team.
12 Dec 2016

Award-winning graphene battery could slash electric-car charging times
A student engineer from the University of Sussex has won a national car industry award for designing a new battery that could revolutionise electric vehicles.
15 Nov 2016

Industrial vehicle technology conference reveals trends
The iVT Electric and Hybrid Industrial Vehicle Technology Symposium November 9-10 took place in Cologne Germany, the first of a series splitting out Industrial EVs from the whole subject of EVs and batteries covered in UKIP, the organisers' Novi Michigan event every year. About 200 attended with around six table top exhibitors. Most of the speakers were on topic and had valuable things to say. Others varied from McLaren to hydraulics people and those modestly improving conventional vehicles.
15 Apr 2016

Seeing the future of electric motors for electric vehicles
This article shares some of the research for the new IDTechEx Research report, Electric Vehicle Traction Motors, Belt Driven & Integrated Starter Generators 2016-2026. It is no longer contentious to say that the future of land, water and air vehicles is to be more and more electric.
10 Dec 2015

McLaren's conceptual vision for the future of motorsport technology
This is McLaren Marketing's unique conceptual take on motor racing's future.
Full profile interview
21 Oct 2015

Smartlife
Smartlife is a UK based smart clothing company, developing e-textile/wearable technology products such as fitness clothing and smart bandages. They have made their first commercial revenue in 2015.
12 Nov 2013

Nissan Bladeglider concept
Nissan's BladeGlider is more than a concept, it's both a proposal for the future direction of Nissan electric vehicle (EV) development and an exploratory prototype of an upcoming production vehicle.
17 Sep 2013

Regen braking on first Spark-Renault e-racer
The recently-announced Spark-Renault SRT_01E Formula E racing car will feature a Rechargeable Energy Storage System.