Electric vehicles

Attention is turning to integration of extra power electronic units and regeneration modules.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 5 July 2016 titled Lithium-ion Batteries: Disrupting the Energy Sector or Being Disrupted From Within?

Ecotuned Automobile specializes in electric conversion of pickups with the first reusable powertrain system in the world.

Local Motors has introduced the first self-driving vehicle to integrate the advanced cognitive computing capabilities of IBM Watson.

The new IDTechEx report, Energy Harvesting: Off-grid Microwatt to Megawatt 2017-2027 concerns a system architecture that can be summarised as follows.

Following the trend to two or more traction motors per vehicle, the Technical University of Berlin with Infineon is merging their motor controllers and the on-board charger (OBC). Infineon now has a special chip to assist. At EVS29 in Montreal June 2016, Dr Martin Bruell of Continental AG, Germany, revealed progress on elimination of the OBC.

Video interview with TankTwo at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

At EVS29 here in Montreal Canada the six parallel conferences are world class even though the exhibition is modest.

The new IDTechEx report, Energy Harvesting: Off-grid Microwatt to Megawatt 2017-2027 tells a remarkable story of these twelve magnitudes of green electricity production.

Shadow Robotics was established in 1999 although its core team had been working on emerging robotics and dexterous robotic hands since 1987. They seek to create a robotic arm as dexterous and as flexible as a human hand.

IDTechEx recently interviewed Mr Ralf Teichmann, the general manager of Bionic Robotics, who make a light-weight, safe and collaborative robotic arm.

UAV Factory are a Latvian company, employing 60 people (most in production) and has over 1m Euros in revenue. IDTechEx interviewed them at RoboBusiness in June 2016.

At IDTechEx we believe that there is an excellent solution being proved for the long distance battery vehicle, starting with trucks.

This event wanders the world, being largest when in China. After being in Los Angeles then Korea it is now taking place in Montreal Canada with a nominally 136 stand exhibition (actual count rather less) and an almost exclusive focus on land vehicles.

Video interview with Toyota Motor Europe at the IDTechEx Show! (27-28 April, 2016 | Berlin, Germany).

The electric vehicle market in Canada is small, but growing. At the end of year 2015, there were close to 18,500 EVs registered in Canada representing less than 0.1% of all light-duty vehicles on the road. In total, there are now 21 different plug-in models of EVs available, made by 12 different manufacturers and this number is constantly increasing.

In this article IDTechEx discusses the presentation by Siemens at EVS29 in Montreal on their solution for the long distance battery vehicle.

Forget steel and aluminum. The robots of tomorrow may be able to squish, stretch and squeeze.

Marty is a fully programmable and customisable walking robot. For kids, makers, and educators created by Edinburgh University startup Robotical.

IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 28 June 2016 titled Electric Motors and Motor Generators Grab More of the Electric Vehicle Dollars.