Electric vehicles

This premium article provides an overview on Li-ion direct recycling and direct Li-ion recycler technology and market activity updates.

IDTechEx attended NEPCON Japan 2025 on 22nd January 2025. This premium article primarily focuses on EV power electronics materials.

2024 sales of electric vehicles (EV) in Europe were down 1.4%, but there were significant differences between plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), battery electric vehicle (BEV), and nation-level sales performance. This premium article unpacks some of the FY 2024 data and what to expect from 2025 and beyond.

This premium article provides an overview on Li-ion direct recycling and key player technology and market activity updates.

Infrared sensors are becoming more popular in vehicles for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), in-cabin sensing, and driver monitoring systems (DMS), largely due to advancements in vehicle safety and awareness. This increasing adoption of ADAS on regular vehicles alongside safety regulations will create more opportunities for IR technologies.

X-BATT is a battery component developer, with a focus on anode materials and graphite recycling. The company is based in Florida, US.

This premium article will provide some updates on performance characteristics and milestones reached and reported by silicon anode and battery developers.

Riversimple is a company based in Wales, UK, focusing on a mobility as a service (MaaS) business model. It is looking to manufacture sustainable fuel cell passenger cars with the integration of unique technologies, such as supercapacitors to absorb energy in regenerative braking.

As electric vehicles (EVs) become the norm, charging infrastructure must adapt to meet the diverse needs of drivers everywhere. In this short video, IDTechEx Senior Technology Analyst Shazan Siddiqi breaks down the key charging technologies shaping the future.

Q4 2024 sales of electric vehicles (EV) in the US show over 1.3 million electric cars were sold in 2024. This premium article unpacks key market trends, as well as assessing potential impacts of the new administration, particularly regarding the Executive Order - Unleashing American Energy.

Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology enables electric vehicles (EV) to act as distributed energy resources, powering homes, grids, or communities through bidirectional charging. This requires compliance with grid codes, a bidirectional onboard charger, and communication with electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE). V2X systems can use AC or DC setups, with AC reducing charger costs and DC allowing higher power transfer. V2X adoption is expected to grow, with bidirectional-capable EVs rising from 5% of US sales in 2023 to over 20% by 2028, as OEMs increasingly implement this capability. However, challenges in infrastructure investment, standardization, and consumer awareness, coupled with outdated grid regulations, hinder widespread adoption. This premium article provides insights into the various aspects of V2X technology.

Forecasts taken from IDTechEx report "Fire Protection Materials for EV Batteries 2025-2035: Markets, Trends, and Forecasts"

A free collection of insights from our industry experts, sharing some of the key technology innovation trends shaping the next decade.

Graphite One is focused on producing battery-grade graphite for LIBs, from mining through to purification and manufacturing of coated spherical graphite. The company is based in Canada.

ZincFive is specializing in nickel-zinc (Ni-Zn) primarily for uninterruptible power supply (UPS) systems.

Coreshell are a US-based company developing silicon anodes for LFP batteries.

LiDAR has been touted as a solution to the automotive industry's endeavor to build safer and completely driverless cars, working towards a world with zero road fatalities and more accessible transport. So, after a decade of development, testing, trials, funding, partnerships, acquisitions, mergers, where is it? Why are there not more cars on the road running LiDAR?

The growing availability of retired EV batteries will be a critical factor that will influence the growing penetration of second-life battery storage technologies. However, key considerations related to EV battery chemistry and repurposing processes will dictate how techno-economically feasible it will be to develop and deploy these technologies at commercial-scale and how competitive they will be compared to incumbent first-life Li-ion battery energy storage systems (BESS).

EcoGraf develops anode materials for lithium-ion batteries (LIB), including battery-grade graphite, and is based in Australia.