11 Apr 2014

Shale gas profitability doubts cast shadow on fuel cell cars launch
Last year finally saw the kick-off in sales of electric cars with 2014 seeing a new impetus on fuel cell cars.
24 Mar 2014

Tesla's Battery Coup - Winners and Losers
Ground breaking news were announced by Tesla at the end of February 2014. This is their intention to build a lithium battery manufacturing plant with a capacity of 35 GWh/year by 2020, this is the so called "Gigafactory". Read this article in order to understand what is the impact of these plans to the whole industry.
21 Feb 2014

Toyota to begin wireless vehicle charging system verification testing
Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will begin verification testing of its newly developed wireless battery charging system for vehicles with an electrified powertrain, such as plug-in hybrids and electric vehicles, in late February in Aichi Prefecture, Japan.
7 Feb 2014

EV Battery and Supercapacitor
Lessons from PE USA Supercapacitor Conference and Visits End 2013
31 Jan 2014

Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US
The supercapacitor industry closed last year (2013) with a continued double-digit growth. According to Maxwell Technologies' executives, China has been the main source of growth. New announcements confirm what IDTechEx has stated in recent years: the supercapacitor and the battery industry are the same.
14 Jan 2014

'Superlens' extends range of wireless power transfer
Duke University researchers have demonstrated the feasibility of wireless power transfer using low-frequency magnetic fields over distances much larger than the size of the transmitter and receiver.
3 Jan 2014

Ford unveils solar powered car with new system that tracks the sun
Ford has unveiled plans for a prototype solar-powered hybrid car.
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25 Dec 2013

Volkswagen
Volkswagen Group makes pure and hybrid electric cars and commercial vehicles under VW and Porsche brands and pure electric MAN buses.
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20 Dec 2013

Hyundai
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15 Dec 2013

Hyster-Yale
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15 Dec 2013

Jungheinrich AG
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15 Dec 2013

Tesla Motors
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14 Dec 2013

Daimler AG
Daimler AG is a major automotive company with electric vehicle activities under Orion bus, Smart car, Mercedes car and commercial vehicle brands and other activities including an e-scooter. Its fuel cell development for EVs and roll out program is up with the global leaders.
13 Dec 2013

Toyota to offer wireless charging in future HEV and BEV vehicles
Toyota will offer wireless charging on all future rechargeable hybrid electric and battery electric vehicles. WiTricity who are the providers of the resonant power transfer technology announced an intellectual property license agreement with Toyota last week.
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11 Dec 2013

Ford Motor Co
6 Dec 2013

Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023
The total global gross value market for hybrid and pure electric vehicles will reach US$334 billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx.
6 Dec 2013

Findings at Supercapacitors USA 2013
This third edition of IDTechEx's Supercapacitors event was held in Santa Clara, California on 20-21 November.
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5 Dec 2013

Crown Equipment Corporation