Toyota Motor

Tier IV: Autonomous Driving Software

Tier IV is known as the creator of Autoware, an open-source software platform for autonomous driving. This profile covers Tier IV's products and business activity.

Momenta

Momenta is a global autonomous driving technology company headquartered in Suzhou with engineering centers in Beijing, Shanghai, and Stuttgart.

Routes for EV Motors to Reduce Their Chinese Rare Earth Reliance

Trade restrictions put in place by China in 2025 have made securing rare earth materials more challenging for the rest of the world. This article discusses the routes to reducing or eliminating rare earth materials in electric motors for electric vehicles in light of these restrictions.

XPeng Motors - IRON Humanoid Robotics

XPeng's IRON humanoid robot is a next-generation, highly anthropomorphic robotics platform designed to showcase advances in biomechanics, artificial intelligence, and robotics commercialization. The IRON project leverages XPeng's expertise in mechatronics, AI, and autonomous systems, intending to converge its automotive and robotics technologies into a scalable business model focused on industrial and retail deployment

Bosch Semiconductors

Bosch has been producing semiconductor devices since the 1950s. This profile focuses on the company's SiC portfolio, which Bosch have been developing since 2021.

Comma AI

Comma AI develops aftermarket driver-assist systems and can be retrofitted into vehicles, supplying both the hardware and software for SAE Level 2 assisted driving.

Key Power Electronics Trends of 2025 and Beyond

2025 has been a turning point for the power electronics industry. Despite a slowdown in EV (electric vehicle) sales, IDTechEx forecasts a tripling in the market size of the power electronics for electric vehicles market, to US$42 billion by 2036. In IDTechEx's new report, "Power Electronics for Electric Vehicles 2026-2036: Technologies, Markets, and Forecasts", these trends are analyzed and used to forecast unit sales, market size, and US$ per kW.

Kobelco (Bipolar Plates)

Kobe Steel (Kobelco) is a leading manufacturer of titanium bipolar plates for PEM fuel cells.

The Robotaxi Race is Heating Up Globally in 2025

2025 has yielded massive jumps in autonomous vehicle technology, both in hardware and software. IDTechEx's report, Autonomous Driving Software and AI in Automotive 2026-2046: Technologies, Markets, Players, forecasts a more than 1,000 times increase in software-related revenue for autonomous vehicles from 2026 to 2046.

QuantumScape

QuantumScape is a US-based company working on oxide-based solid-state batteries.

Ilika

Ilika plc, a UK-based company specializing in solid-state battery technology, has evolved significantly since its inception in 2004. Founded as a spin-out from the University of Southampton, Ilika initially focused on combinatorial materials development, leveraging high-throughput techniques to rapidly discover and optimize new materials. This approach gained attention from major corporations, including Toyota, which partnered with Ilika in 2008 to develop safer and more efficient battery materials for electric vehicles (EVs).

Stellantis Exits the Fuel Cell Vehicle Market: Is it Over for FCEVs?

Major automotive group Stellantis has officially discontinued its hydrogen fuel cell technology development program. This also means that its hydrogen-powered Pro One vehicles will no longer commence serial production this year. According to IDTechEx's analysis, light commercial vehicles were never a good value proposition for fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) technology, but is this the start of the fall for FCEVs globally? In this article, IDTechEx investigates the developments in the first half of this year in the FCEV industry.

Gentherm: Radiant Cabin Heaters

Gentherm is the largest player in automotive seat heaters. IDTechEx spoke to Gentherm to learn about its radiant heating panels to improve cabin thermal management, especially in EVs.

Will More OEMs Drive the Fuel Cell Car Market Upwards?

As battery technology rapidly advances in cost, performance, and reliability, fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs) are struggling to gain market traction. While FCEVs are seen as ideal for long-haul trucking, they aim to break into the larger passenger car market. IDTechEx explores their potential in this space by examining automaker strategies, past trends, and tech comparisons

Waymo

IDTechEx analyzes the market developments with Waymo, including developments to its new generation vehicle platform, AI, collaborations, and funding.

Solid-State Battery Commercialization: Mass Production Taking Off

Solid-state batteries (SSBs) are heralded as a transformative innovation in energy storage (ES), offering numerous advantages over traditional lithium-ion batteries. These benefits position SSBs as a cornerstone of the next generation of battery technologies, with the potential to reshape industries reliant on ES.

Musashi Energy Solutions

Musashi Energy Solutions develops and manufactures hybrid supercapacitors. The company is headquartered in Troy, Michigan, with manufacturing and assembly facilities in Yamanashi, Japan and Battle Creek, Michigan.

Toyota

Toyota is an important player in the area of solid-state batteries and this profile provides the latest updates on its work in this space.

Will Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Boom or Bust in the Next 20 years?

While battery electric vehicles (BEVs) continue to grow in model availability, sales numbers, and available charging infrastructure, the same cannot be said about fuel cell electric vehicles (FCEVs). IDTechEx reviews the on-road fuel cell electric vehicle market and assesses whether passenger cars, light commercial vehicles, buses, and medium and heavy-duty trucks will use fuel cell technology in 20 years.

Preferred Computational Chemistry (PFCC)/MATLANTIS: Early 2025 Update

Preferred Computational Chemistry (PFCC)'s MATLANTIS platform uses deep learning to provide universal atomistic simulation at high speed. IDTechEx caught up with PFCC's team at Neo-Functional Materials 2025.