Electric vehicles

Electric truck manufacturer SEA Electric has extended its commitment to the Australian market by doubling the size of its local assembly facility for zero-emission trucks in the Melbourne suburb of Dandenong.

WAVE (Wireless Advanced Vehicle Electrification) are owned by a Nasdaq-listed company called Ideanomics. They are focused on fast wireless charging systems (up to 500kW) for the medium and heavy duty vehicle segments.

Regent has announced that its seaglider technology demonstrator completed its first successful series of flights. The Regent seaglider is the first-ever vehicle to successfully utilize three modes of maritime operation—floating, foiling and flying—marking a major step forward in maritime transportation.

The Battery Show, co-located with the Electric & Hybrid Vehicle Technology Expo, is Europe's largest trade fair for advanced battery and hybrid electric technology. Though the passenger car market is leading the transport electrification trend, zero-emission powertrain development is increasingly prevalent across all vehicle markets. This premium article focuses on presentations from the Battery Show Conference by OEMs developing all-electric solutions, and spans a diverse range of vehicles, including trucks, light commercial vehicles, passenger cars, mobile construction machinery, and electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft.

In terms of payload, distance and routes, heavy-duty long-haul transport is the most demanding segment in road freight transport. At the same time, there is great potential here to reduce CO2 emissions. Following the market launch of the eActros for heavy-duty distribution transport in 2021, Mercedes-Benz Trucks is now igniting the next stage for battery-powered heavy-duty long-haul transport.

3D printing is gaining momentum in the construction industry. Both on-site and in the factory, static and mobile robots print materials for use in construction projects, such as steel and concrete structures. This new approach to 3D printing uses drones, that use collective building methods inspired by natural builders like bees and wasps who work together to create large, intricate structures.

Turntide Technologies Inc achieved a significant milestone with more than 300,000 vehicles now using its electric powertrain components and batteries across its combined customer base.

Forsee is a lithium battery pack manufacturer targeting a wide spread of vehicle applications outside of mainstream automotive. Forsee uses a variety of cell technologies and suppliers depending on the application and also offers hybridized capacitor/lithium solution and solutions for hydrogen and diesel hybrid powertrains.

EcoPro BM are a manufacturer of Li-ion cathodes.

Electreon is a publicly-traded Israeli company, developing and implementing wireless electric road systems (wERS) — a platform that wirelessly charges commercial and passenger electric vehicles while they are in motion.

CATL are the leading manufacturer of Li-ion batteries globally.

This premium article explores the European Chips Act, exploring the plans, goals, investments, budgets, situations in various EU countries, and the current status of the act.

Thursday 13 October 2022 - The Key Driver for the New Industrial Transition? In this webinar, IDTechEx Technology Analyst Yulin Wang will talk about the critical enabling technologies used in collaborative robots, explain several key applications, and analyze how the market size will change in the next two decades.

E-Force One AG are a Swiss engineering firm who manufacture electric heavy-duty trucks. They convert convention IVECO truck chassis to all-electric powertrains.

Hertz and General Motors Co announced an agreement in which Hertz plans to order up to 175,000 Chevrolet, Buick, GMC, Cadillac and BrightDrop EVs over the next five years. Hertz and GM believe this plan is the largest expansion of EVs among fleet customers and the broadest because it spans a wide range of vehicle categories and price points — from compact and midsize SUVs to pickups, luxury vehicles and more.

This IDTechEx premium article discusses the new policies being introduced by the International Maritime Organisation (IMO) and the EU to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the shipping sector. The policies are expected to drive uptake of low carbon fuel use in shipping such as methane, ammonia, and hydrogen in large vessels, as well as battery solutions in smaller, coastal, or inland vessels.

IPT Technology design, manufacture, install, and service wireless charging hardware into a wide variety of electric vehicles. In 2021, IPT acquired the company Primove from Bombardier, which, among other things, has developed solutions for wireless charging of cars and trucks. IDTechEx spoke to their marketing manager and learned about their product portfolio and deployments.

Mercedes-Benz plans to build a wind farm at its test track in Papenburg, northern Germany, with an output of more than 100 MW to cover more than 15 percent of the annual electricity demand of Mercedes-Benz Group AG in Germany. As part of its effort to erect a double-digit number of wind turbines by the middle of the decade, Mercedes-Benz is also planning a long-term power purchase agreement with a partner, equivalent to a triple-digit million euros amount.

Aiways are an electric car start-up headquartered in Shanghai, China. Alongside the Chinese market, they are particularly focused on selling their EVs into European markets. IDTechEx spoke with Aiways' European Product Manager Uwe Likar at the 2022 Battery Show in Stuttgart, where he presented an overview of Aiways' operations in China and Europe.

This premium article explores the DroneX Trade Show and Helitech Expo, summarising the main takeaways of the event.