22 Feb 2024

Tesla Adopts Interior Radar for Interior Monitoring
With the shift towards electric vehicles, end-users are becoming less concerned about traditional differentiators like engine horsepower and are placing greater emphasis on smart interior functions. This trend is compelling automotive OEMs to invest more efforts in enhancing interior features, thereby adding greater value to their products and distinguishing them from other vehicles.
12 Jan 2024

Electric Truck Milestones in 2023 and Outlook
Major fleets have committed to transitioning at least 30% of their new heavy-duty truck purchases to be zero-emission vehicles, including electric models, by 2030. However, many companies are daunted by the extra upfront cost of electric trucks, as well as challenges like the limited availability of chargers.
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5 Jan 2024

John Deere: Electric Construction Machines
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
Background: Company financials
3 Jan 2024

Develon: Electric Construction Vehicles
Background: Company financials
19 Dec 2023

Kobelco
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18 Dec 2023

InductEV
InductEV is a US-based manufacturer of wireless charging systems for fleets. IDTechEx spoke to InductEV at the London EV Show 2023.
Update: Company financials
15 Dec 2023

JCB
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8 Dec 2023

Volvo CE
Volvo is a leader in construction machines. It has also been a frontrunner in the industry's transition to electric. This profile looks at Volvo's electric construction machines and activity so far.
Included are:
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5 Dec 2023

Caterpillar: Electric Construction Equipment
Topic overview
28 Nov 2023

Radar Modules for In-Cabin Sensing
This premium article discusses radar modules for in-cabin sensing.
24 Nov 2023

Evolution of the Automotive Industry and Electrification Beyond Cars
2023 has proven another momentous year for the electric vehicle (EV) market. 2022 saw electric car sales rise by 62% compared with 2021, and IDTechEx estimates that 2023 will see global sales rise by another 16%. But what can we expect for the future of EVs? In this article, Dr James Edmondson and Shazan Siddiqi from IDTechEx discuss what can be learned about the future of electrification, not only for vehicles on land, but also for marine sectors and aerial vehicles.
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23 Nov 2023

XCMG: Xuzhou Construction Machinery Group Co
- Better air quality for workers on the site
- Less noise, making a more comfortable and potentially safer environment
- Ability to work indoors/underground without air extraction/filtering systems
- Lower TCO from reduced energy and maintenance costs
IDTechEx believes that out of the leading manufacturers, XCMG has the biggest selection of EV construction machines.
Innovative dual gun charging to deal with recharging of very large batteries.
Largest production electric excavator.
15 Nov 2023

Battery Technology Across Diverse Vehicle Segments
The electrification of cars has undeniably been at the forefront of the transition towards electric vehicles (EVs) and the growth in demand for Li-ion batteries, but the electric revolution extends far beyond passenger cars. Huge opportunities exist in other transport applications, which play a vital role in ongoing decarbonization efforts.
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9 Nov 2023

Kognic
Kognic provides a platform of machine learning (ML) based tools to accelerate the development of data-programmed models for autonomous technologies. Its main application and customers thus far have been in the advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD) space. It is also looking at wider applications of artificial intelligence (AI) and ML for other autonomous applications, such as robotics.
6 Nov 2023

Electrification Outside Automotive: A Trillion Dollar Market
The automotive sector is rapidly electrifying, with electric car sales totaling over 5.8 million units in the first half of 2023 across China, Europe, and the US. While automotive electrification is at the forefront of the public eye, other vehicle sectors also present huge opportunities, with IDTechEx predicting the global market of electric vehicles for land, sea, and air to be worth over US$1 trillion in 2044 (excl. automotive).