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MAHLE: M3x Battery Pack

IDTechEx spoke to MAHLE at The Future Propulsion Conference to learn more about its new battery design with applications across various vehicle segments.

Quantum Computing: Is the Commercial Advantage Race Paved With Gold?

Quantum computing is pitched as enabling exponentially faster drug discovery, battery chemistry development, multi-variable logistics, vehicle autonomy, accurate asset pricing, and much more. In the last decade, the number of companies actively developing quantum computer hardware has quadrupled. Between 2022 and 2024, multiple funding rounds within the quantum computing market surpassed US$100 million were closed, and the transition from lab-based toys to commercial product began.

Graphyte

Graphyte is a biomass burial carbon dioxide removal startup backed by Breakthrough Energy Ventures.

TOK

Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK) is a Japan-based company that supplies photoresist material for the semiconductor industry. IDTechEx spoke with TOK at Semicon Europe 2023 to discuss its product offerings, specifically focused on those for advanced semiconductor packaging

SEEQC

Tess Skyrme, Senior Technology Analyst at IDTechEx, interviewed CEO John Levy to get an update on SEEQC.

Is a Focus on Road Safety Accelerating the Use of Heads-Up Displays?

Is the emphasis on road safety accelerating the use of heads-up displays in the automotive sector? With distracted driving accounting for 25% of all road accidents and young drivers accounting for the largest demographic using technology while driving, it is imperative to look for solutions to this problem.

Advanced Electric Machines: Rare Earth Free Motors

Advanced Electric Machines (AEM) is a UK motor manufacturer focussing on magnet free motors. It has one technology for commercial vehicles and one for passenger cars. IDTechEx previously interviewed AEM in 2022. At The Future Propulsion Conference 2024, IDTechEx spoke to AEM to get an update on its market progress.

Edgehog Advanced Technologies

Edgehog Advanced Technologies is a Canadian firm commercializing a process to manufacture subwavelength structures onto glass and semiconductors. These remove reflection and enhance transmission over a wide range of angles of incident light. It calls its antireflective glass eluminar™.

Developments in Long Duration Energy Storage Technologies

As the volume of variable renewable energy (VRE) sources penetrating electricity grids increases globally, so does the need to manage the increasing uncertainty and variability in electricity supply. Long duration energy storage (LDES) technologies will be needed in key regions from the 2030s to support electricity grids with greater penetrations of VRE.

Carbon Nanotubes at Nanotech 2024

Nanotech was held from January 31st to February 2nd 2024, at Tokyo Big Sight in Japan. The focus of this event summary will be for nanocarbon materials and compounds featured at Nanotech, predominantly those featuring carbon nanotubes (CNTs).

Printed Sensor Technology: Evolving to Meet New Market Demands

Sensors are vital in modern life. They measure a vast quantity of metrics and parameters, acting as the interface between the physical and digital worlds. Printed sensors can be produced in large areas on flexible substrates, reducing costs and unlocking new market opportunities. The new IDTechEx report, "Printed and Flexible Sensors 2024-2034: Technologies, Players, Markets", breaks down key trends by technology approach - highlighting both opportunities and challenges for the industry forecast to reach US$960 million by 2034.

Evonik: High Performance Polyimide

Evonik recently (February 2024) presented a webinar discussing its P84 high-performance polyimide polymer for use in several potential applications.

Future Propulsion Conference 2024: Hydrogen and Batteries

The Future Propulsion Conference is an annual event combining industry and academic thought leaders in the mobility space to discuss challenges and opportunities in the automotive industry. IDTechEx attended the two-day conference at the National Motorcycle Museum in-person to find out more. This premium article covers the latest innovations in batteries and hydrogen.

AI, Telehealth and Communications - Digital Healthcare

Software reading scans and online management of mental health are examples of digital healthcare that keep up with the modernization of the world, where efficiency and patient satisfaction are two key benefits. The weight of increasing demand for services could be lifted as more options become available for patients to seek treatment, and communication across the medical field can be redesigned.

Camtek

FormFactor FRT (acquired by Camtek), headquartered in Bergisch Gladbach, Germany, is a supplier of high-precision metrology solutions for the advanced packaging and silicon carbide markets. IDTechEx spoke with FRT/Camtek at Semicon Europe 2023.

Moxtek: Metasurface Foundry

Moxtek is a Utah-based developer and manufacturer of X-ray and optical components. IDTechEx spoke to the Nippon Kayaku Group company about its custom metalens foundry business, which is based around nanoimprint lithography.

Carbon Fly

Carbon Fly are a Japanese start up, developing a novel technique for the production of carbon nanotube (CNT) materials.

Future Directions for the Green Hydrogen & Electrolyzer Market Growth

The clean hydrogen market is poised for significant growth, driven by the increasing focus from companies and governments on developing green hydrogen infrastructure to decarbonize hard-to-abate industries. The electrolyzer is a key component of the green hydrogen plant, responsible for the splitting of water molecules into hydrogen and oxygen using renewable energy.

Linking Car Electrification, Battery Chemistries, and Copper Demand

Copper is a critical material in the manufacturing of all vehicles, regardless of whether they are powered by gas, diesel, electricity, hydrogen, or even liquid natural gas (LNG). The demand for copper from the automotive industry was just over 3MT (1MT = 1 billion kilograms) in 2023 but is set to increase to 5MT in 2034.