29 Nov 2017

Report on the Winton Symposium
IDTechEx analysts Aman Atak and Luke Gear report on their findings at this event.
23 Nov 2017

Toyota unveils third generation humanoid robot T-HR3
Toyota Motor Corporation revealed T-HR3, the company's third generation humanoid robot.
Full profile interview
22 Nov 2017

Toyota Central Research & Development Laboratories, Inc.
Toyota recently announced being in the final stages of development of a functioning all-solid-state battery for electric vehicles. Energy density is supposed to be 400 Wh/L (300 Wh/kg) at pack level.
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3 Nov 2017

Rapid cellphone charging getting closer to reality
Research in lithium-ion batteries has opened up a plethora of possibilities in the development of next-generation batteries. In particular, the metal-air batteries with significantly greater energy density close to that of gasoline per kilogram, has recently been acknowledged and invested by world's leading companies, like IBM.
Event summary
6 Oct 2017

Highlights from Energy Independent Electric Vehicles (EIEV) Conference
The conference saw attendees and presentations from automotive OEMs through to small innovative start-ups and research groups. Keynote speakers included Toyota, Sono Motors, Hanergy Europe and Project Loon.
3 Oct 2017

Opvius and the World of OPV
The future of organic photovoltaics is discussed in this article, including information from an IDTechEx interview with Opvius.
22 Sep 2017

Mobile electrics at watts to kilowatts without batteries
Battery elimination, indeed elimination of all energy storage, is moving to even higher power, from electronics to electrical engineering.
21 Sep 2017

Three aspirations for long distance EVs
All the publicity currently goes to the race to make regular and premium cars have longer range. This is because most people want only one car so it must be capable of the long distance trip however rare. That must be achieved despite the inadequacy of charging points in number, speed and compatibility of interface and payment means.
19 Sep 2017

Removing Cars from Cities: Perfect Storm
Cars must be driven out of cities to tackle the UK's air pollution crisis, not just replaced with electric vehicles, according to the UK government's top adviser talking in August 2017.
18 Sep 2017

Ioxus View of the Supercapacitor Business
This article covers IDTechEx's recent interview with members of Ioxus staff.
15 Sep 2017

Energy independent electric vehicles: amazing new developments
As the world's first conference on Energy Independent Electric Vehicles approaches on September 27-28 in the Technical University of Delft Netherlands, key players, all of whom are speaking at the event, have been announcing some remarkable new developments.
14 Sep 2017

Renewables and EVs: Japan and New Zealand compared
No, not what you thought. Japan has very dirty power generation with renewables stuck at around 10% for two decades then rising last year to approach 15%. New Zealand has now powered up from 80 to 85% renewables feeding its grid - around the figures of Iceland and Norway.
14 Sep 2017

Chinese rescue another electric laggard: Fiat Chrysler?
Analyst IDTechEx has long appraised the auto industry as consisting of those leading the move to pure electric powertrains such as Tesla, Renault + Nissan, Yutong and BYD of China, those only recently giving it major emphasis such as Toyota, Jaguar Land Rover, Volkswagen (under duress) and Daimler and those almost in denial such as Fiat Chrysler, Mazda and Suzuki, their pure electric activity being more of a gesture than a serious activity.
13 Sep 2017

Make Electricity Where You Need It
While grid load from electric vehicles is expected to rise in the near future. Engineers are already looking for solutions to make electric vehicles function independently of the grid.
13 Sep 2017

Electric Vehicles About to Leap in Range Again
This article covers different electric vehicles under development.
13 Sep 2017

Mobile robotics: forklifts will never be the same again?
Robotic technology will transform the forklift industry, causing a colossal transfer of value from human-provided driving services, towards spending on autonomous industrial material handling machines, thus fuelling an industry revenue boom far exceeding recent growth trends.
13 Sep 2017

Large companies target energy independent electric vehicles
The IDTechEx report, Energy Independent Electric Vehicles Land, Water, Air 2017-2037 covers markets, technology timelines, energy harvesting and extreme powertrain efficiency involved. Constantly updated, it now reveals backing of many large companies.
12 Sep 2017

Goodbye roadside charging stations
Once we had rows of ugly stalks along the roadside that took your coins for parking - or more often failed to take your coins for parking. Unloved, they have now largely gone and no one mourns their passing. Unfortunately, in
11 Sep 2017

Mobile electrics at watts to kilowatts without batteries
Battery elimination, indeed elimination of all energy storage, is moving to even higher power, from electronics to electrical engineering