External press release
13 Oct 2020

Tesla Model 3 Revealed UK's Most Popular Electric Car
A new report by Nationwide Vehicle Contracts reveals the world's most popular electric cars. The report looks at global electric vehicle sales from EVVolumes.com over the last three years, as well as Google search volume data for electric and hybrid vehicles in 152 different countries to show the world's most desired make and model.
External press release
10 Oct 2020

World's First 'Intelligent' Electric Vehicle Battery
The world's first 'intelligent' electric vehicle battery was launched to the world by European EV battery producer, InoBat Auto (InoBat) in a groundbreaking announcement delivered by the company's CEO, Marian Bocek.
5 Oct 2020

Regional Development of Solid-State Batteries
The rapid growth of the electric vehicle market has driven the development, manufacture and sales of batteries, especially lithium-ion batteries. In the meantime, a number of companies are betting on the next big energy storage technologies. Solid-state batteries are one of them.
Topic overview
11 Sep 2020

GM's Murky Investment into Nikola
IDTechEx takes a look at the recent investment into Nikola amid the allegations of fraud.
Background
11 Sep 2020

General Motors (2020)
After a promising start in the 1990s with the EV1, a heated legal battle between US automakers and California ultimately killed GM's electrification plans for a decade. In 2020, despite being in second place behind Tesla in US electric vehicle sales, the company is still behind the curve - but has exciting plans to catch up.
Topic overview
10 Sep 2020

The Billion Dollar Supercapacitor
Supercapacitors are only a business of around $0.5 billion. However, Geely Holdings has a new commitment to Maxwell Technologies, a Tesla company, for what may be at least $0.5 billion over the years for peak shaving supercapacitors for its hybrid cars made under Volvo and other brands.
External press release
18 Aug 2020

Streetdrone: UK Government Funding for 5G Autonomous Truck Project
StreetDrone has won UK Government funding as part of a consortium tasked with delivering an autonomous logistics capability to Nissan's Sunderland car plant.
Background
6 Aug 2020

Hyundai Kia Automotive Group
The Hyundai Kia Automotive Group refers to the group of affiliated companies interconnected by complex shareholding arrangements, with Hyundai Motor Company regarded as the de facto representative of the group.
28 Jul 2020

Solid-State Batteries Will Create a $6 Billion Market in 2030
Solid-state batteries keep on attracting tremendous attention and investment with the maturing technologies and closeness to mass production.
Full profile interview: SWOT
30 Jun 2020

Arrival
External press release
26 Jun 2020

Tritium Unveils Vision for Electric Vehicles
Tritium has released a white paper which provides a glimpse into the near future of electric vehicle technologies.
11 Jun 2020

End-Of-Life Electric Vehicle Batteries: Recycling or Second-Life?
With the rapid adoption of electric vehicles (EVs), the demand for Li-ion batteries will grow significantly in the coming decades. In the meanwhile, as EV batteries begin to reach their end-of-life, we will see an exponential growth of retired Li-ion batteries coming out of vehicles.
Full profile interview
28 May 2020

Nissan
Nissan is a global pioneer in the electrification of cars. With almost all car companies moving towards electric, how is Nissan racing to keep up?
Included are:
Background
26 May 2020

4R Energy Corporation
4R Energy is a joint venture between Nissan and Sumitomo to develop end-of-life solutions for electric vehicle batteries including battery second-life, remanufacturing and recycling.
External press release
22 May 2020

Tritium Launches World-First Plug and Charge Technology
The technology enables an electric vehicle and charger to communicate seamlessly and authorise payments directly from the driver's account, without the need for a card or RFID tag.
17 Apr 2020

Renault's New Strategy for China
Groupe Renault unveiled its new strategy for the Chinese Market, building on two of its key pillars: Electric Vehicles and Light Commercial Vehicles.
17 Apr 2020

20-year Lithium-Ion Energy Storage System
The proprietary products can perform a wide variety of in front of the meter, behind the meter, and microgrid applications and are designed to be flexible so that as priorities shift, the battery applications can be adapted to meet the needs of future use cases.
Full profile interview
2 Apr 2020

Protean Electric
Protean are specialists in the design, manufacture and application of in-wheel motors. Their technology allows for the entire drive and brake unit to be housed inside the wheel along with associated electronics. With the technology demonstrated, the challenge is to see a greater adoption across the electric vehicle market.
Background
30 Mar 2020

WiTricity Corporation
WiTricity develops systems that deliver power wirelessly to devices using batteries through a technology known as magnetic resonance.