Electric vehicles

There is a race to 1000km battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and beyond.

The market for transparent, including translucent, electronics will be billions of dollars in 2031 and over $20 billion in 2041. This is a major new opportunity for value-added materials suppliers to earn from the automotive, energy, outdoor media, building, consumer electronics, military and other sectors.

Battery Requirements for Flying Taxis: Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing Aircraft

There is an increasing need to prevent thermal runaway in electric vehicle batteries. There is also the increasing amount of regulation (with more anticipated) and a wide range of designs. This is all with increasingly energy dense cells and more demands with ultra-fast charging.

The EQS, the first electric luxury sedan from Mercedes-Benz, will start in the first half of 2021 in Factory 56 at the Sindelfingen site.

This IDTechEx Premium article covers some of the highlights from the presentations at the IMAPS-UK Thermal Management Online Conference event including presentations on electric vehicles, thermal interface materials and industrial power electronics.

This premium article covers the electrification of four-wheelers in India - cars, vans & buses - covering the latest data, players and case studies.

British Airways has teamed up with ZeroAvia in a project to explore how hydrogen-powered aircraft can play a leading role in the future of sustainable flying.

Hyundai Motor Group and SoftBank Group Corp agreed on main terms of the transaction pursuant to which Hyundai Motor Group will acquire a controlling interest in Boston Dynamics in a deal that values the mobile robot firm at $1.1 billion.

Robotics Plus is a New Zealand-based agricultural robotics start-up. The company is currently developing Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs) that can replace a tractor vehicle with a human operator. The company's UGV technology is one of the ten finalists selected for Future Farming Magazine's "Best Concept Field Robot 2020", with winner being awarded at FIRA 2020.

Thursday 17 December 2020 - An IDTechEx Perspective for 2020. The webinar will cover Vertical farming; Plant-based and cultured meat; Biostimulants and biopesticides; Genetic technologies in agriculture; and Agricultural robots and drones.

Plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) are an interim product. IDTechEx explains why PHEV potential is now limited.

Does science have a responsibility to be sustainable? The Graphene Flagship, one of the European Commission's biggest research projects, is working to bring graphene out of labs and into society. But, what kind of impact will graphene have on daily life?

HEV car and bus market analysis for the US. Emissions targets, historic sales data and manufacturer shares.

IDTechEx have released a brand new report, "Smart Cities Emerging Materials Markets 2021-2041" - a comprehensive analysis of multifunctional smart materials, bioplastics, structural electronics, composites, 3D printing, graphene, 2D and 3D molecules, 5G, 6G, IOT, new recycling.

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 2020 to become the pivotal year as the automotive industry goes through a once in a hundred-year transformation.

Entech 'unicorn' Octopus Energy has been awarded the 'Best EV innovation' award at the Driving Electric awards for its simplified EV charging system, the Electric Juice Network.

New report available to pre-order from IDTechEx today - "Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage 2021-2031". A global view on the Li-ion-dominated batteries for stationary energy storage market. Regional analysis for behind-the-meter (BTM) & front-of-meter (FTM) development, policies, and market players

IDTechEx has been interviewing members of the Auto Industry for twenty years, doing consultancy for them, lecturing alongside them and so on.

The original invention of the electric motor by Faraday involved an axial flux permanent magnet motor, but ever since almost all permanent magnet traction motors have been radial flux. Now, the unique power & torque density advantages of axial flux, alongside more advanced manufacturing techniques, is leading them to make a comeback in certain electric vehicle markets.