Background
23 Mar 2023

Siemens Mobility
Siemens Mobility is a division of multinational conglomerate Siemens with a focus on manufacturing trains and developing rail technologies. The company has a large presence in the European market where it has been developing battery electric multiple units (BMUs) to replace diesel.
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Full profile interview: SWOT
17 Mar 2023

Wabtec: Battery-Electric Trains
manufactures and optimises the locomotive car and powertrain system.
Leveraging competitive battery cells from GM/LG (Ultium) partnership.
Route optimisation and advanced energy management systems are unique to the rail sector and help minimise system sizes.
High level of experience optimising rail powertrains (including diesel).
Few BEL competitors in the US market.
Background
13 Feb 2023

Air Liquide: Low-Carbon Hydrogen Solutions
Air Liquide S.A. is a French multinational company supplying industrial gases, technologies, and services to various industries including chemicals, healthcare, metallurgy, electronics, and energy. This profile focuses on Air Liquide's product offering and activities within the low-carbon hydrogen space.
26 Jan 2023

The Transition to Oil in EV Thermal Management
The EV market continues to develop, not just in sales but in technology. A critical technology aspect for EVs is the thermal management of the various components to keep everything operating at the optimal temperature.
Full profile interview
22 Nov 2022

Lubrizol: Oil E-fluids
Lubrizol is a key player in providing additives for various automotive coolants. Lubrizol is now looking to the electric vehicle (EV) market and coolants tailored to EV applications (specifically for this profile, oil type coolants that can be used for directly cooling EV drivetrain components).
24 Oct 2022

Wireless Charging to Pull the Plug on Charging Stations
The development of wireless charging systems for electric vehicles (EVs) has slowly picked up momentum over the past decade. This charging solution relies on the principle of resonant inductive coupling to achieve wireless power transfer (WPT) from a ground-based pad to a vehicle-fitted pad. Drivers should simply align their vehicles with the ground pad for charging to begin automatically, eliminating the need to plug in.
External press release
28 Sep 2022

First Wind Farm Repowering in Africa
The Surus Group, through its online platform Escrapalia, has put 73 wind turbines up for public auction. They come from the Koudia Al Baida Wind Farm, located in Morocco.
26 Sep 2022

Mercedes-Benz Trucks Presents eActros LongHaul for Long Distance
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.
Full profile interview: SWOT
20 Sep 2022

Aiways: EV Passenger Car Start-up
Full profile interview
12 Aug 2022

WiTricity
WiTricity is a wireless charging company spun-out from the physics department at MIT and has over 1200 patents in the field. It licenses its IP to auto OEMs and tier 1s looking to introduce wireless charging platforms as well as offering its own product. IDTechEx spoke to David Schatz, VP of Sales and Business Development at WiTricity, to understand its technology and business model.
9 Aug 2022

Recylable Wind Turbine Blades Get to Work
The first commercial installation of recyclable wind turbine technology recently took place at RWE's Kaskasi offshore wind power project in Germany. It marks a turning point in the long-term sustainability of offshore wind power.
External press release
26 Jul 2022

Skeleton to Build World's Largest Supercapacitor Factory with Siemens
Skeleton Technologies and Siemens are announcing a far-reaching technology partnership for the development, planning and implementation of a fully automated, digitalized manufacturing plant to produce supercapacitors in Germany.
External press release
26 Jul 2022

Energy Link Connecting Germany and the United States
The European Investment Bank — as part of a consortium of more than 20 international banks — has agreed on the financing structure of the first ever energy link connecting Germany and the United Kingdom.
Background
12 Jul 2022

Lightning eMotors: Electric Trucks
Lightning eMotors, headquartered in Colorado, design, manufacture, and fit all-electric powertrains into vans and medium- and heavy-duty trucks.