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29 Jan 2024

Tesla's Giga-Casting
Tesla has several giga-presses at its plants across the world. This premium article explains in more detail the pros and cons of using giga-casting, how Tesla is using it and what advantages it is getting, and which other OEMs are investigating giga-casting.
18 Jan 2024

How Tech Giants Could Displace Automotive OEMs
The automotive market is a huge industry, and its evolution has spawned several giant corporations with many sub-brands, many of which are household names. However, the automotive industry is arguably undergoing the greatest technological shifts it has ever seen. Electrification, autonomous driving, and a shift to software-defined vehicles.
17 Jan 2024

3D Printing: A Dynamic Industry Approaching a Crossroads
The 3D printing industry is by no means new, given the invention of the first 3D printing technologies in the 1980s; yet, in an industry with a long history of twists and turns, 2024 is looking to be the most consequential yet for additive manufacturing. This can be traced back to the shockwaves set off by COVID-19. While the pandemic initially lowered sales for many 3D printer manufacturers, it also created opportunities for additive manufacturing to showcase its unique strengths, as numerous companies looked to reshoring and strengthening their supply chain to avoid persistent disruptions amidst global shipping shortages.
8 Jan 2024

Software-Defined Vehicles Set to Be Worth Over US$700bn by 2034
Connected and Software-Defined vehicles (SDVs) represent a new paradigm for automakers and consumers. Whereas older ICE vehicles were a conglomeration of 70+ Electronic Control units, kilometers of wiring, and many thousands of components, the new era of vehicles can be more centralized, connected, and convenient, bringing benefits to both the consumer and OEM.
5 Jan 2024

Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles to be 4% of the Zero Emission Solution
Battery electric vehicles (BEVs) have made monumental progress in the passenger car market, becoming a standard drivetrain option. The success in cars is also overflowing into other vehicle segments, such as vans, trucks, buses, 2-wheelers, and more. However, despite some key proponents, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) have had a much tougher time getting to significant adoption.
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3 Jan 2024

Electric Hydrogen
Electric Hydrogen is a new PEM electrolyzer company based in the Boston and California Bay areas in the US. The company has developed proprietary PEM electrolyzer technology with its first system delivery expected in 2024.
19 Dec 2023

Tesla's Major Recall Shows the Benefits of Software-Defined Vehicles
Tesla's recent recall could have cost it billions of dollars, but instead, an over-the-air software update was all that was required to fix an issue affecting over 2 million vehicles.
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14 Dec 2023

Paired Power
Paired Power is a provider of rapidly deployable solar EV chargers. IDTechEx spoke with the California-based company's CEO to discuss more, and present their assessment of the product within the broader market space.
13 Dec 2023

Automotive Megatrends Drive 4.8% CAGR in Copper Demand until 2034
Copper is a key mineral for the automotive industry, used ubiquitously across the wiring harnesses market. Its demand is set to grow due to electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle megatrends. IDTechEx's brand new report "Copper Demand for Cars 2024-2034: Trends, Utilization, Forecasts" finds the automotive copper demand will reach 5MT (1MT = 1 billion kilograms) of annual demand in 2034.
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6 Dec 2023

Copper vs Aluminium for High Voltage Cables
Innovation roadmap for copper vs aluminium for high voltage cables.
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4 Dec 2023

Diamond Foundry: Electric Vehicle Inverters
Diamond Foundry has demonstrated a high power density electric vehicle inverter using diamond wafers to improve heat dissipation.
1 Dec 2023

Future Technologies, Materials, and Markets for Thermal Management
The battery deservedly takes the major focus when it comes to technology development in EVs. But an EV's powertrain has to act holistically to operate with optimal performance and interact with the passenger cabin's conditioning system. This means that the thermal management of the motors, power electronics, and how this all interacts is just as important as the battery.
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28 Nov 2023

Tritium: Charging for Mining Electric Vehicles
Tritium is a manufacturer of DC fast charging for electric vehicles (EV), founded in 2001 and based in Brisbane, Australia. This company profile will pay particular attention to Tritium's involvement in the mining industry.
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28 Nov 2023

Qualcomm: Unlocking Software-Defined Vehicles
This is a full company profile on Qualcomm Technologies. IDTechEx Technology Analyst James Falkiner attended IAA Mobility (also known as the Munich Motorshow) where he had a discussion with Qualcomm's Hans Christian Thiel. IDTechEx also attended a talk by Qualcomm's CEO, Cristiano Amon, where he discussed software-defined vehicles (SDV).
24 Nov 2023

Evolution of the Automotive Industry and Electrification Beyond Cars
2023 has proven another momentous year for the electric vehicle (EV) market. 2022 saw electric car sales rise by 62% compared with 2021, and IDTechEx estimates that 2023 will see global sales rise by another 16%. But what can we expect for the future of EVs? In this article, Dr James Edmondson and Shazan Siddiqi from IDTechEx discuss what can be learned about the future of electrification, not only for vehicles on land, but also for marine sectors and aerial vehicles.