Electric vehicles

The Global EV Battery Technologies & Management Systems 2021 was held online from 12-13th Jan 2021. The event hosted speakers from OEMs, tier 1 suppliers and more. Key topics addressed were the challenges to electric vehicle (EV) adoption with a focus towards fast charging and thermal management.

Range anxiety, the fear of running out of power before being able to recharge an electric vehicle, may be a thing of the past, according to a team of engineers who are looking at lithium iron phosphate batteries that have a range of 250 miles with the ability to charge in 10 minutes.

Flexitricity and ev.energy have partnered with an intent to register the first domestic electric vehicle aggregated unit in the Balancing Mechanism. Utilising ev.energy's smart charging platform with over 10,000 electric vehicle assets, Flexitricity will be able to trade this domestic flexibility as a Virtual Lead Party.

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For 6G communications, the upload/ download of maximum reach is satellites. Here the incumbent, geosynchronous equatorial orbit GEO at around 35k km compete with the new arrival, low earth orbit satellites LEO at 160-2000km vs only 20km for communications drones.

The new IDTechEx report, "Transparent Electronics Materials, Applications, Markets 2021-2041", describes a market increasing fivefold from 2021-2031. By 2041 it will be over $23 billion.

CPI announced its participation in a collaborative project - termed the Quantum Sensors project - to develop sensors for revolutionising quality assessment and battery grading in the manufacturing line. This project will advance electric vehicle battery manufacturing in the UK and overcome cost barriers to enable the widespread adoption of electric vehicles.

The BMW Group has now increased the number of electrified vehicles (fully-electric and plug-in hybrid) in its line-up to 13 models, available in 74 markets around the globe. The BMW Group plans to virtually double the number of electrified vehicles it offers to 25 models by 2023: More than half of these will be fully electric.

Nornickel announces that it is joining the Responsible Sourcing Blockchain Network, an industry collaboration among members across the minerals supply chain using blockchain technology to support responsible sourcing and production practices from mine to market.

UK Power Networks Services announced that it is undertaking detailed modelling and analysis of Port of Tyne's electricity network, which will enable the port to begin its journey to decarbonisation through electrification.

At CES 2021, Sono Motors provided an update on Sion - 'the first affordable Solar Electric Vehicle'. In this article, IDTechEx discusses the company's remarkable progress since they last spoke at the IDTechEx Show! three years ago.

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES), organized by the Consumer Technology Association, is the biggest consumer electronics event in the world. Vehicle technology has become an increasingly important topic at CES: from concept cars to production-ready vehicles, from components to infrastructure, from sensors to the fully autonomous driving solutions. This IDTechEx premium article summarizes trends and announcements from the electric vehicle and autonomous mobility keynotes held virtually this year.

Fiber optic backhaul is fine for most of 5G but the intended wider deployment and greater granularity and reach of 6G will call for much greater deployment of free space optical FSO and GHz links with only modest changes to the end transceivers incurred.

General Motors has announced a new business, BrightDrop, which will offer an ecosystem of electric first-to-last-mile products, software and services to empower delivery and logistics companies to move goods more efficiently.

Drones are the key technology of the coming two decades. They are used in many different aspects of industry, and commercial use of this technology has never been higher.

Archer is creating the world's first all-electric airline that moves people throughout the world's cities in a quick, safe, sustainable and cost-effective manner. The new partnership will help accelerate Archer's timeline.

Electricity generation from renewable energies is growing on a daily basis and, to integrate their variable nature, energy storage systems are growing in parallel. IDTechEx have investigated the evolution of the energy storage market, forecasting its growth in the next ten years, in the new report: "Batteries for Stationary Energy Storage 2021-2031".

Panasonic Automotive is pleased to introduce its new Augmented Reality HUD. Panasonic utilizes its latest advances in optics, volume optimization and imaging technology, combined with AI technology from its SPYDR cockpit domain controller to render near-field and far-field content for vehicle information (like speed), object and pedestrian detection, and mapping / route guidance, for a seamless, more engaged and informed driver experience.

IDTechEx currently have a number of energy storage related webinars available to watch on-demand. These include presentations on 2020 highlights, solid-state batteries, li-ion recycling, stationary energy storage, hydrogen economy and redox flow batteries.

The loan facility will be used to fund Blackstone's plans to mass-produce the next generation of 3D-printed solid-state batteries and for other investments. The batteries will be used in the auto industry and in many other applications.