Background
30 Mar 2020

Green Motion
Green Motion is a Switzerland-based EV charger manufacturer.
Background
30 Mar 2020

BP Chargemaster
BP ChargeMaster is an electric vehicle charging solution provider that supplies charging units for residential, commercial and public uses and operates one of UK's largest public charging network.
30 Mar 2020

Silicon Anode Batteries Could Run 400km on a Five Minute Charge
The porous mostly-silicon films can hold more lithium ions and move them around super-fast. And they're cheap.
Full profile interview
2 Mar 2020

Energy Absolute Pcl
Energy Absolute Pcl is an alternative energy company based out of Thailand. It makes and supplies biodiesel and has announced plans for an electric car as well as electric catamarans for its home market.
24 Feb 2020

Keeping Cool as the Electric Vehicle Market Heats Up
Some of the biggest hurdles to widespread adoption of electric vehicles are range anxiety, battery longevity and safety. As the electric vehicle market grows and for it to reach its full potential, there is an increased need for effective thermal management of the vehicles.
28 Jan 2020

Nissan and Uber Advance Zero-Emission in London
Nissan and Uber have signed a deal to support the introduction of 2,000 all-electric Nissan LEAFs for drivers who use the Uber app.
15 Jan 2020

Low Cost Battery Technology For Extreme Fast Charging and Long Range
Enevate announced its new 4th generation technology optimized for high volume commercialization and manufacturing at gigafactory scale.
External press release
15 Jan 2020

World's Smallest (and Mightiest) EV Charging Solutions
The EO Mini Smart Home is the smallest smart electric vehicle charger in the world and is now available through Octopus Electric Vehicles in conjunction with Octopus Energy's EV energy tariff, Octopus Go.
Background
9 Dec 2019

Fetch Robotics
Fetch Robotics was established in 2014. They have raised $23m to date and currently employ 141 people.
16 Oct 2019

Die Attach Materials for Power Electronics in Electric Vehicles
New IDTechEx Research report investigates the market for various die and substrate attach materials used in power electronics in various electric vehicles. It provides a comprehensive view of the industry trends, looking at the trends driving the adoption of higher performance die-attach materials.
Background
9 Oct 2019

Waymo
Waymo began as the Google Self-Driving Car Project in 2009 and became a stand-alone subsidiary of Alphabet in 2016, developing autonomous mobility services.
Background
26 Sep 2019

Rivian
Rivian is an American automaker and automotive technology company with over 1000 staff. Founded in 2009, the company develops vehicles, products and services related to sustainable transportation.
Background
13 Sep 2019

Quanergy
Quanergy offer lidar modules and lidar signal processing software. IDTechEx interviewed Dr Louay Eldada from Quanergy in April 2019. Eldada is the CEO and Co-Founder of Quanergy, and he is based in USA.
External press release
12 Sep 2019

LS Automotive Technologies Licenses TactoTek® IMSETM Technology
LS Automotive Technologies has licensed design and manufacturing rights for TactoTek injection molded structural electronics technology.
21 Aug 2019

UL issues world's first certification for repurposed EV batteries
UL announced that 4R Energy Corporation, a joint venture of Nissan Motors and Sumitomo Corporation focusing on the effective reuse of EV batteries for energy storage systems, is the first organization worldwide to be certified to UL 1974, the Standard for Evaluation for Repurposing Batteries.
20 Aug 2019

Portable electric vehicle charging station shows potential
Sam Elliott, living in Texas, has a YouTube channel called Innovative Sustainable Solutions where he has recently been showing videos of his progress in creating a portable electric vehicle charging station.
26 Jul 2019

Review of current power modules in electric vehicles (HEV, PHEV, BEV)
This part IV of our article series. In this part, we provide an overview of various power modules used in hybrid and pure electric vehicles today.
Update
22 Jul 2019

Toyota (2019)
Dr Peter Harrop explores Toyota's progress with pure electric vehicles in 2019.
22 Jul 2019

Lithium-ion battery prices may rise
EVs are and will remain by far the largest market for LIB. LIB supply commitments increase all the time with China the most ambitious. Thailand is getting into LIB battery making in a big way and may offer 50-100 GWh in 2030, helping to close the gap in supply vs demand. The Europeans may do the same eventually. However, just one successful EV car model can need 100GWh/year.
Background
11 Jul 2019

Volkswagen Group (Volkswagen AG)
We examine the past, present and future position of VW Group in the EV business using various sources including pronouncements by those at the top of the company in mid 2019 and test some of its assumptions.