4 Jan 2017

Aquarius Engines and range extender futures
Aquarius Engines, an Israeli startup, said a major European carmaker had agreed to fund further development and road tests of its single-piston generator design.
3 Jan 2017

IDTechEx review of the year: the most impactful tech stories of 2016
These past 12 months have seen numerous celebrity deaths, athlete drug scandals and the end of Brangelina however, it was also the year Tesla announced fully automated cars, Alexa became part of the family and Leicester City won the Premier League. As we plan ahead for 2017, IDTechEx analysts have taken a look back over the past 12 months and picked out the most impactful technology launches, acquisitions and products from 2016.
Happy New Year from all at IDTechEx!
20 Dec 2016

Barclays Energy Revolution Conference Report
In this article Dr Peter Harrop provides exclusive details of the invitation-only Barclays Energy Revolution Conference which took place recently in London.
14 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and energy harvesting reinvented
Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.
13 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented
IDTechEx expects EVs to create significant electricity demand in about ten years and be key to huge improvements in local noise and air pollution and in global warming reduction.
12 Dec 2016

Electricity supply and 3D printing
Oil and coal are now rapidly losers and the future is wind and solar with solar costs dropping faster than predicted by the industry.
9 Dec 2016

EVs go all-wheel drive
Jaguar Land Rover wants half its cars to be available in an electric version by the end of the decade, after showcasing its first electric car at the Los Angeles Auto Show earlier this month.
7 Dec 2016

Dielectric capacitor to beat batteries?
The term supercapacitor means the same as ultracapacitor. It is traditionally limited to electrostatic devices that are based on an electrochemical double layer much thinner and of wider area than the dielectric that is the basis of all other capacitors.
2 Dec 2016

Cars reinvented: huge new opportunities and dangers
The new IDTechEx report, Electric Car Technology and Forecasts 2017-2027 finds that the biggest change in cars for one hundred years is now starting. It is driven by totally new requirements and capabilities.
10 Nov 2016

Hundreds of new electric vehicle technologies revealed
IDTechEx Show! on emerging technologies is taking place November 16-17 in Santa Clara California with record attendance and display of electric vehicle technologies of the future. Coverage is exceptionally comprehensive with land, water and airborne electric vehicle technologies in evidence.
8 Nov 2016

The bus of the future
Buses are very important. Injuries and deaths from two wheelers have not reduced very much in decades whereas vehicles with four wheels or more have seen huge improvements.
4 Nov 2016

Autonomous vehicles: saviour and threat
Autonomous vehicles need no pilot, not even one in reserve. Many truly autonomous vehicles are unmanned mobile robots prowling everywhere from the ocean depths to nuclear power stations, the upper atmosphere and outer space.
1 Nov 2016

New roofing tile is also a solar panel
Homes can capture free, abundant energy from the sun through rooftop solar tiles, turning sunlight into electricity for immediate use or storage.
28 Oct 2016

New fuel cell aircraft flies
Following Boeing flying an uneconomical single seated plane about ten years ago a four seat hydrogen fuel cell plane has taken to the skies. The hydrogen-powered experimental aircraft HY4 has made its first official flight, taking off and landing at Stuttgart Airport Germany.
12 Oct 2016

Searching for a fuel cell USP
Toyota and Daimler presented at a recent IDTechEx conference on their fuel cell vehicle programs. A questioner asked them to reveal the unique selling proposition of fuel cell vehicles. They said there is no USP.
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5 Oct 2016

TankTwo
TankTwo is a Finnish company developing smart Li-ion batteries that enable a full charge in 3 minutes by physically refuelling an EV tank with 18650 cells.
13 Sep 2016

Buses will be taxis will be buses
IDTechEx attended the invitation-only Barclays Select Series: Disruptive Mobility event in Greenwich, London. Here we report some of what was said about autonomous vehicles at the reception and at the event itself.
29 Aug 2016

Skeleton Technologies receives 13m Euro investment boost
Skeleton Technologies has received 13 million Euros in new investment led by FirstFloor Capital, a Malaysian venture capital investment firm specialising in funding high-growth technology companies.
26 Aug 2016

Researchers invent novel materials for better batteries
Inventors are paving the way for the future with energy-efficient batteries for sensors, portable devices and electric cars.
18 Aug 2016

Another EV maker goes full service green: IDTechEx analysis
Leo Motors Inc of Korea with the support of government officials of Henan, China, Leo Motors, Inc and Zhong Ji Well Parking System Co Ltd have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to set up a joint venture company focused on battery production, electric boat business, and Connected Vehicle business based on Internet of Things platforms.