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The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States has
blocked Infineon's planned acquisition of Wolfspeed saying it
may pose security risks, which remain unspecified so far.
Just when many investors are running for the exit, having
burnt their fingers with toy drones and the like, IDTechEx
reveals a much bigger picture with considerable potential for
the level-headed.
Oxbotica has announced the release of its pioneering
camera-based localisation software for autonomous vehicles,
Dub4.
Nothing lasts forever: things wear out. However, there is a
huge pent up demand for "perpetual" autonomous drones for
everything from security to surveying, meteorology and even
power generation.
The IDTechEx Launchpad initiative is open to early-stage
start-ups, universities, newly spun-out companies, research
labs and government labs who can demonstrate a working
prototype or product that highlights new advances in any of
the related event topics of: 3D printing, electric vehicles,
energy harvesting, energy storage, graphene, internet of
things, printed electronics, sensors, or wearable technology.
Corvus Energy Inc has announced that it has been selected as
the supplier of the lithium ion based energy storage system
for a new hybrid chemical tanker being built for Rederiet
Stenersen AS of Norway.
Researchers have developed an algorithm for automated vehicles
to operate in traffic alongside manually-driven vehicles. This
is a key step in the shift towards autonomous driving expected
to be achieved by 2030.
Light amphibious all-terrain vehicles have their own place
within a broad spectrum of modern self-propelled machines.
Bats have long captured the imaginations of scientists and
engineers with their unrivalled agility, but their complex
wing motions pose significant technological challenges for
those seeking to recreate their flight in a robot.
IDTechEx finds that the construction, agriculture and mining
part alone will be an $81 billion market in 2027 with
considerable opportunities for consolidation of players and
technological breakthroughs with major market disruption and
creation.
A prediction by analysts IDTechEx is turning out to be
true.The window of opportunity is closing for fuel cell
on-road vehicles to become mainstream.
In 2017, China has moved further against lead acid batteries
and the horrific injuries and deaths they cause in China at
the smelting and disposal stages
As I sat in the sunshine in Poole Harbour UK finishing my new
IDTechEx report, "Electric UAV Drones: Autonomous, Energy
Independent 2017-2027", I was mentioning software that endows
drones with curiosity and with the ability to swarm as
demonstrated with multiple drones dropped from US aircraft
recently.
In January 2017, it was announced that Toyota Motor
Corporation and four of its biggest automotive competitors are
joining oil and gas giants including Royal Dutch Shell Plc and
Total SA with plans to invest a combined 10 billion euros
($10.7 billion) in hydrogen-related products within five
years.
Color Line and Ulstein Verft have agreed on a Letter of Intent
for the construction of the largest hybrid vessel of the
world.
Picodeon announced its programme to develop superior Lithium
Ion Battery performance based on its Patented PLD Technology.
DTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 7 February 2017
titled Robotic Sensing Technologies: The advent of artificial
intelligence in robots.
IDTechEx Research, a leading provider of independent market
research, business intelligence and events on emerging
technology, announces the availability of a new report, Energy
Independent Electric Vehicles Land, Water, Air 2017-2037.
his useful half day conference revealed the views of motor
company and academic experts and a user/ reviewer of electric
cars.
When a material is made, you typically cannot change whether
that material is hard or soft. But a group of researchers have
developed a new way to design a "metamaterial" that allows the
material to switch between being hard and soft without
damaging or altering the material itself.
U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has
published its results of a six-month-long investigation
following last year's crash that killed a driver whose Model S
collided with a truck while using the company's driving-assist
feature.
A fully electric revolution will be revealed in the shape of
the Dendrobium, Singapore's first-ever hypercar.
The Army Research Laboratory and industry partners
demonstrated the flying capabilities of a unique
rectangular-shaped quadcopter.
Faster recharging lithium batteries could be developed after
scientists figured out why adding charged metal atoms to
tunnel structures within batteries improves their performance.
To address the rising concern of rush hour traffic, Airbus
Group is harnessing its experience to make the dream of all
commuters and travellers come true one day: to fly over
traffic jams at the push of a button.
Speedleague is announcing its introduction of E/RACING, a new
and modern motorsports series featuring electric powered
rallycross cars, and that it has entered into an exclusive
engineering partnership arrangement with STARD to properly
support the series.
In furtherance of its strategic future initiative adVANce
Mercedes-Benz Vans invests in Starship Technologies, the
world's leading start-up company for the development of
ground-based, autonomous delivery robots.
The recent developments of the bus industry have led to
impressive advancements: batteries with two different
chemistries have been demonstrated to be capable of retaining
90% of the capacity after 10,000 deep cycles in ultra fast
charge up to 400kW.
EU rules for the fast-evolving field of robotics, to settle
issues such as compliance with ethical standards and liability
for accidents involving driverless cars, should be put forward
by the EU Commission.
These past 12 months have seen numerous celebrity deaths,
athlete drug scandals and the end of Brangelina however,
it was also the year Tesla announced fully automated cars,
Alexa became part of the family and Leicester City won the
Premier League. As we plan ahead for 2017, IDTechEx
analysts have taken a look back over the past 12 months
and picked out the most impactful technology launches,
acquisitions and products from 2016. Happy New Year from
all at IDTechEx!
The excitement has been building up in Las Vegas over the past
few days with media days and press conferences, expectations
have been riding high and the opening day of CES did not
disappoint. Dr Harry Zervos reports from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Ford has detailed seven of the 13 new global electrified
vehicles it plans to introduce in the next five years,
including a plug-in hybrid Transit Custom van in Europe,
hybrid versions of the iconic F-150 pickup and Mustang in the
US, and a fully electric SUV with an expected range of at
least 300 miles for customers globally.
Video Interview with Cambridge Display Technology at the
IDTechEx Show! in Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
Dr Zervos, Principal Analyst with IDTechEx, will be reporting
daily from Las Vegas, Nevada this week, where he is attending
CES 2017.
This new MIT assessment shows how autonomous cars can be
operated in a way that sharply reduces the need for taxis and
possibly impacts large buses. If successful, this mode will
also provide grounds for private cars whether autonomous or
not to be banned from cities. Here comes "silent city"!
Aquarius Engines, an Israeli startup, said a major European
carmaker had agreed to fund further development and road tests
of its single-piston generator design.
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 10 January
2017.
For the first time, researchers have produced an integrated
battery electrolysis system - known as a 'battolyser' - that
can not only store or supply electricity efficiently as a
battery but can also split water into hydrogen and oxygen
using electrolysis.
With Singapore's limited airspace and dense population, the
need for an aerial traffic management system to allow drones
to fly safely has become more urgent.
WiTricity announced it is working with General Motors to test
an advanced wireless charging system prototype for electric
vehicles.
Video Interview with Cooper Gray Roboticsat the IDTechEx Show!
in Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
Solar Team Great Britain, which is developing a solar race car
and aims to be the first British team to win the Bridgestone
World Solar Challenge, has completed a data-collection mission
to generate real-world-conditions information on the 3,022km
race route from Darwin, Australia to Adelaide.
Wattway is a solar panel system installed on the road's
surface that captures solar energy to produce renewable
energy.
The startup Sono Motors from Munich has collected over
300.000€ through a crowdfunding campaign in the summer of
2016.
A new one hundred percent solar powered car is an official
contender for the XPRIZE, built by SOLARCYCLE.
In this article Dr Peter Harrop provides exclusive details
of the invitation-only Barclays Energy Revolution
Conference which took place recently in London.
250 new fuel cell cars hit the road in Germany in 2016 and
because of technical development and standardisation,
drivetrain production cost has come down 75 percent. And
because of the international 700 bar standard, components for
H2 fueling stations dropped around 50 percent.
Video Interview with the Nuon Solar Team at the IDTechEx Show!
in Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
Quadrofoil is 100 % electrically powered by a very reliable
industry standard battery with an integrated battery
management system, which optimizes usage and charging.
Together with a special electric motor, it delivers
exceptional performance without releasing any emissions.
Beaming the internet to the 4.5 billion people that do not
have it should be massively profitable.
For light duty there are small wheel loaders and even small
excavators that are pure electric. Now many manufacturers are
developing or offering wheel loaders or excavators that are
hybrid electric including Komatsu, Volvo and Caterpillar. Care
is needed however, because this industry sometimes uses the
word hybrid to mean a non-electric hybrid of hydraulic and
diesel drive.
It started with Julius Caesar banning vehicles from rattling
along the cobbles after 8pm so people could get to
sleep.Things went backwards in the ensuing two thousand years
but now it is coming center stage again.
Researchers have developed an alternative energy storage
system that could lead to a less dangerous and more cost
effective battery technology than some currently on the
market.
The Textron division in the UK Ransome Jacobsen in the UK
makes industrial lawnmowers based on diesel engines and lead
acid batteries that are sometimes primitive hybrids in having
a separate lead acid battery pack for the powertrain.
The mission of JCESR, DOE's Batteries and Energy Storage Hub,
is to overcome critical scientific and technical barriers and
create transformative battery technology for transportation
and the electric grid.
What do golf cars and heavy electric trucks have in common?
There is still no agreement on the best type of electric motor
to use in either of them. On IDTechEx analysis, the booming,
confusing traction motor business will rise to around $400
billion in 2027.
Energy storage systems are in demand as never before. Billions
of mobile telephones and tablets need electricity to go. Add
to this the growing number of electric cars. But,
high-performance batteries can also store renewable energy
produced by wind turbines and solar cells so that it can be
fed into the grid on cloudy and windless days.
Video Interview with Shockwave Motorsat the IDTechEx Show! in
Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
Does it really help to drive an electric car if the
electricity you use to charge the batteries come from a coal
mine in Germany, or if the batteries were manufactured in
China using coal?
The industrial and commercial sector is the largest part of
the electric vehicle value market and that will continue to be
the case according to analysis in the unique IDTechEx report,
Industrial and Commercial Electric Vehicles 2017-2027.
To facilitate the new bus, the last stop on S�dert�lje's route
755 has been converted into a charging station that will
enable the vehicle to quickly recharge its batteries
conveniently each time it stops there.
IDTechEx expects EVs to create significant electricity demand
in about ten years and be key to huge improvements in local
noise and air pollution and in global warming reduction.
Li-ion batteries are widely used in applications such as
mobile phones and laptops. They also hold the key to future
electromobility as they have the potential to substantially
increase the driving range of electric vehicles.
A student engineer from the University of Sussex has won a
national car industry award for designing a new battery that
could revolutionise electric vehicles.
Last week Paris experienced its worst spike in pollution since
records began. Cars were banned from the streets and public
transport made free in the city and surrounding areas. Such
vehicle bans have only been introduced four times in the last
two decades, and never before on consecutive days.
Jaguar Land Rover wants half its cars to be available in
an electric version by the end of the decade, after
showcasing its first electric car at the Los Angeles Auto
Show earlier this month.
Video Interview with Synergy at the IDTechEx Show! in
Santa Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
Dick Wallis, CEO of Positioning Systems in the UK has sent
IDTechEx a visionary proposal for a new combined airport,
smart city and green electricity supply in Wales in the UK.
BMW Group, Daimler AG, Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen Group
with Audi and Porsche have signed a Memorandum of
Understanding to create the highest-powered charging network
in Europe.
Ground-breaking research has developed potentially
transformational technology which could revolutionise the
capabilities of appliances that have previously relied on
battery power to work.
The term supercapacitor means the same as ultracapacitor. It
is traditionally limited to electrostatic devices that are
based on an electrochemical double layer much thinner and of
wider area than the dielectric that is the basis of all other
capacitors.
the SolarStratos Mission began in 2014 and is the brainchild
of Rapha�l Domjan, eco- adventurer. He will be flying to an
altitude of over 80,000 feet on board the first two-seater
solar aircraft, and is already preparing for his stratospheric
flight.
A nanosize squeeze can significantly boost the performance of
platinum catalysts that help generate energy in fuel cells,
according to a new study.
Video Interview with KersTech at the IDTechEx Show! in Santa
Clara, USA (November 16-17 2016)
The new IDTechEx report, Electric Car Technology and Forecasts
2017-2027 finds that the biggest change in cars for one
hundred years is now starting. It is driven by totally new
requirements and capabilities.
The new planetary rigid steering axles cover vehicles with
lift capacities ranging from 30 to 110 tonnes (33 to 120 tons)
and are part of Dana's complete drivetrain system for
rough-terrain crane
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Hybrid ferries for the River Thames 29 Nov |
United Kingdom
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nuTonomy to test its self-driving cars in Boston
28 Nov | United States, Singapore
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Toyota says new technology leads to longer battery
life 25 Nov | Japan
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IDTechEx Show! Reveals Next Big Thing 24 Nov |
United States
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IDTechEx Show! Sees Substantial Growth 23 Nov
| United States
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Chinese supercar shows the future 23 Nov |
China, United Kingdom
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Pizza-by-drone a reality, world-first deliveries
in New Zealand 22 Nov | New Zealand
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Battery electric cars better choice for reducing
emissions 21 Nov | United States
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Connected vehicle important in Internet of Things
18 Nov | Worldwide
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Industrial vehicle electric powertrain choices
17 Nov | Worldwide
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Market forecasts, key powertrains, components for
industrial EVs 16 Nov | Worldwide, Germany
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Industrial vehicle technology conference reveals
trends 15 Nov | Worldwide, Germany
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Glass in batteries to increase performance and
safety 15 Nov | United States
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Analysts: IDTechEx needs you! 14 Nov |
Worldwide
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Driverless-vehicle options now include scooters
14 Nov | United States
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Only one week until the premier event on emerging
technologies 11 Nov | Worldwide
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Hundreds of new electric vehicle technologies
revealed 10 Nov | Worldwide
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Buses Reinvented 09 Nov
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Solarwave solar-hybrid-yachts 09 Nov |
Switzerland
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The bus of the future 08 Nov | Worldwide
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An innovative personal transportation system
07 Nov | Germany
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Autonomous vehicles: saviour and threat 04 Nov
| Worldwide
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Solid-state batteries to the rescue - better,
longer-lasting 03 Nov | Worldwide
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Silicon valley: doctor heal thyself 03 Nov |
Worldwide
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From ancient fossils to future cars 02 Nov |
United States
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Airbus Vahana robot air taxi 31 Oct | United
States
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New fuel cell aircraft flies 28 Oct | Germany
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Robotic agriculture: the battle between the big
and the small 28 Oct | Worldwide
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Electric car range winners and losers 27 Oct |
United States
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Blood molecule key to more efficient batteries
27 Oct | United States
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Genetic modification boosts algal hydrogen
production 26 Oct | Israel
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Vibration energy harvesting: Where is the money?
25 Oct | Worldwide
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Hydrogen-powered passenger ferry in San Francisco
Bay is possible 25 Oct | United States
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A drone with insect-inspired folding wings 24
Oct | Switzerland
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Electric vehicles: witness how everything is
changing 21 Oct | Worldwide
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Siemens pioneer position delivering green
solutions in shipbuilding 19 Oct | Germany
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Solar hydrogen refuelling station in London 18
Oct | United Kingdom
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Structural electronics for EV heating 17 Oct |
Spain, Worldwide
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When will 48V mild hybrids become EVs? 14 Oct
| Worldwide
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Electric vehicles: next comes the melodrama 14
Oct | Worldwide
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Flow batteries in cars? 13 Oct | Worldwide
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Honda to use 3D printing to customise micro EVs
11 Oct | Japan
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senseFly unveil large coverage mapping drone
10 Oct | Switzerland
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With Obama Administration, clean energy costs
dropped up to 94 percent 07 Oct | United
States
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A solid future for batteries at IDTechEx's Energy
Storage Innovations 06 Oct | Worldwide
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Low-emissions vehicles are less expensive overall
06 Oct | United States
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Emissions from transport are about to surpass
those from electricity 05 Oct | Worldwide
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EVES Launchpad: Electric Vehicles Launch at the
IDTechEx Show! 05 Oct | Worldwide
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New steel for better electric motors 04 Oct |
United States
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Enter the IDTechEx Show! Awards and celebrate your
achievements 03 Oct | Worldwide
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Proton diffusion discovery a boost for fuel cell
technologies 03 Oct | United Kingdom
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The first Swiss electric aircraft made for
aerobatics 30 Sep | Switzerland
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Electric water hammock 29 Sep | United States
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Energy Storage Innovations USA 2016 conference
debuts in November 29 Sep | Worldwide
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Webinar Tuesday 11 October - Agricultural Robotics
and Drones: 29 Sep | Worldwide
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Amsterdam to get world's first fleet of autonomous
boats 28 Sep | Netherlands
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Electric Smart car 27 Sep | Worldwide
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Keeping an eye on low flying unmanned aerial
systems in cities 26 Sep | United States
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New world speed record for an electric vehicle
23 Sep | United Kingdom, United States
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Robotics is the future of agrochemicals business
22 Sep | Worldwide
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Toyota's iroad concept 21 Sep | Japan
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Enter the IDTechEx Show! Awards and celebrate your
achievements 21 Sep | Worldwide
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Joint development of electric vehicles in China
20 Sep | China, Germany
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Qualcomm and AT&T to trial drones on cellular
network 19 Sep | United States
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Supercapacitors will take a key role in the future
of energy systems 16 Sep | Worldwide
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First self-driving truck in underground mine
15 Sep | Sweden
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Will Western bus companies be wiped out? 14
Sep | Worldwide
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Delivery robots in cities soon 12 Sep |
Worldwide
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Dominos pizza delivery drone 09 Sep | New
Zealand
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Concept autonomous tractor development 08 Sep
| United States
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Edorado Marine's new electric hydrofoil powerboat
07 Sep | Netherlands
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Researchers reduce costly noble metals for fuel
cell reactions 06 Sep | United States
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The first fixed-wing drone for immersive flight
05 Sep | France
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New electrical energy storage material shows its
power 02 Sep | United States
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Agricultural robotics and drones: a complex $10bn
market by 2022 01 Sep | Worldwide
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Changing dynamics of the electric car business
31 Aug | Worldwide
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Webinar Tues 13 September - Microcontrollers,
Single-Board Computers 31 Aug | Worldwide
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World's first public trial of self-driving car
service and app 30 Aug | United States,
Singapore
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Skeleton Technologies receives 13m Euro investment
boost 29 Aug | Estonia
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New technology may extend electric car range
26 Aug | United States
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Researchers invent novel materials for better
batteries 26 Aug | United States
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New class of fuel cells offer increased
flexibility, lower cost 25 Aug | United States
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Uber's self driving cars 24 Aug | United
States
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Lamp posts could be used as drone docking stations
23 Aug | United States
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Another EV maker goes full service green: IDTechEx
analysis 18 Aug | China, Korea
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Webinar Tuesday 6 September - $6 Billion
Opportunity for Batteries 18 Aug | Worldwide
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Guinness World Record for most efficient electric
vehicle 17 Aug | Germany
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Mercedes 48V mild hybrids from 2017 16 Aug |
Germany
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Is vertical integration by car companies into
batteries premature? 15 Aug | Worldwide
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New lithium-oxygen battery greatly improves energy
efficiency 15 Aug | United States
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Solar car wins for the sixth time 12 Aug |
United States
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Hybrid airships 11 Aug | Europe, China, France
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Residential batteries: the story did not start
with Tesla 11 Aug | Worldwide
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Webinar Tuesday 23 August -Industrial and
commercial electric vehicles 11 Aug |
Worldwide
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New lithium-ion battery technology for electric
forklift trucks 10 Aug | Finland
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Solar cell captures CO2 and sunlight, produces
burnable fuel 10 Aug | United States
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Delphi sees end of 12V 09 Aug | United Kingdom
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Anti-explosive remotely operated mobile robot
08 Aug | China
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Bus that travels above traffic 05 Aug | China
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Six seat energy independent car 05 Aug |
Germany
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Amazon and UK Government partnership on drones
04 Aug | United Kingdom
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Webinar Tuesday 16 August - Energy Harvesting
MicroW to MW 04 Aug | Worldwide
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Tesla moves towards compatible green technology
03 Aug | Worldwide
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Panasonic view of the Tesla Gigafactory 03 Aug
| Worldwide
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Lightweight water jet system adds propulsion to
water sports 02 Aug | United States
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Short radius trucks go pure electric 01 Aug |
Worldwide
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Rechargeable batteries that last longer and
re-charge more rapidly 01 Aug | Switzerland
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Tesla gigafactory in context 29 Jul |
Worldwide
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Autonomous electric buses reinvented 28 Jul |
Worldwide
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New autonomous unmanned surface vessels 27 Jul
| United Kingdom
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First ever round the world solar flight completed
27 Jul | United Arab Emirates, Worldwide
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Overcoming key challenge in using light for
wireless communications 26 Jul | United States
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Mexican whale sharks and electric vehicles 25
Jul | Mexico
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Wireless in-wheel motors 15 Jul
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Industrial and commercial electric vehicles:
Biggest market 22 Jul | Worldwide
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Hino motors advances hybrid buses 21 Jul |
Worldwide
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First flight of graphene-skinned aircraft 21
Jul | United Kingdom
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Boeing, Embraer unveil newest ecoDemonstrator
aircraft 20 Jul | Brazil
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Ford plug-in vehicle behavior 19 Jul |
Worldwide
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Electric vehicle cost-effectiveness 18 Jul |
Worldwide
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Wireless in-wheel motors 15 Jul
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Integrating charging and traction systems in
electric vehicles: Part 2 15 Jul | Worldwide
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Tesla the follower 15 Jul | Worldwide
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Webinar Tuesday 26 July - Electric
Aircraft Reach a Tipping Point 14 Jul
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Integrating charging and traction systems in
electric vehicles: Part 1 14 Jul | Worldwide
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Improving lithium-ion capacitors 14 Jul |
Belgium
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Autonomous unmanned compact electric survey craft
12 Jul | Japan
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Solar Impulse takes off to cross the Mediterranean
Sea 12 Jul | Spain
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Li-air battery technology: tough road ahead 11
Jul | Worldwide
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Novel axial field switched reluctance EV motor
08 Jul | India
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Off-grid power just became much easier 08 Jul
| Worldwide
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Nissan cuts carbon dioxide emissions by 22.4%
07 Jul | Japan
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Light truck with fuel cell, battery and
supercapacitor 06 Jul | Worldwide
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Autonomous shuttles start giving rides in Sion
05 Jul | Switzerland
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Hybrid and electric systems R&D at the U.S.-DOE
04 Jul | Worldwide
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Webinar Tuesday 5 July - Lithium-ion Batteries
24 Jun | Worldwide
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Reusable electric powertrain 24 Jun |
Worldwide
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Self-driving, 3D-printed smart bus hits the
streets 24 Jun | United States
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Energy harvesting value chain and dynamics 24
Jun | Worldwide
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Battery vehicle now viable for very long distances
22 Jun | Worldwide
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Opening of EVS29 Montreal Canada 22 Jun |
Canada
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Electric vehicle market in Canada 21 Jun |
Canada
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Salt baths boost next gen batteries for electric
cars 20 Jun | Australia
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Mobile robots are electric vehicles 17 Jun |
United Kingdom
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Chemists invent new supercapacitor materials
17 Jun | Netherlands
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Extend life and improved performance of fuel cell
electrodes 16 Jun | United States
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Europe expanding hydrogen refuelling
infrastructure 15 Jun | Europe
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Very large lithium-ion batteries 15 Jun |
Worldwide
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US flight testing for Ehang 184 taxi drone 14
Jun | United States
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Automechanika and Subcon Birmingham 13 Jun |
Worldwide
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Solar Impulse lands in New York completing
crossing of United States 13 Jun | Worldwide
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Microcontrollers and single-board computers
2016-2026 13 Jun | Worldwide
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Lithium-ion battery costs 10 Jun | Worldwide
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Interview with GLM Japan 09 Jun | Japan
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Report on SMMT Open Forum UK 08 Jun | United
Kingdom
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Autonomous flight for commercial helicopter 07
Jun | United States
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Electric bike folds up in three seconds 06 Jun
| China
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Electric trucks: complete disagreement 03 Jun
| Worldwide
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Acquisition of battery companies 02 Jun |
Worldwide
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New path forward for next-generation lithium-ion
batteries 02 Jun | United States
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Flying cars: needed or possible? Part two 01
Jun | Worldwide
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Flying cars: needed or possible? Part one 31
May | Worldwide
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Xiaomi Mi Drone is more affordable 30 May |
China
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The biggest application of lead acid batteries
27 May | Worldwide
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Fuel efficient hybrid excavator 26 May |
Belgium
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Discovery could energize development of
longer-lasting batteries 25 May | United
States
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2015 - A great year for large-sized lithium-ion
batteries 23 May | Worldwide
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IET response to Queen's Speech: driverless
vehicles will need software 20 May | United
Kingdom
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Power electronics for electric vehicles 19 May
| Worldwide
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CarConnect to harmonise home plug-in-vehicle
charging 18 May | United Kingdom
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Webinar Tuesday 31 May: New Powertrains Will Cause
Winners and Losers 18 May | Worldwide
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Electric vehicles; Everything is changing...or has
it changed already? 17 May | Worldwide
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Cactus inspired skin gives electric cars a spike
16 May | Australia, Korea
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More salt, more power 16 May | United States
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Manned electric aircraft get investment 13 May
| Worldwide
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Hyundai welcomes first of five new hydrogen
fuelling stations, London 12 May | United
Kingdom
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IDTechEx Show! Berlin grows 27% 11 May |
Worldwide, Germany
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Rechargeable first for promising battery tech
10 May | China
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The new BMW i3 94AH 09 May | United Kingdom
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Inventors to change future of lithium ion
batteries 09 May | United States
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Regenerative suspension comes center stage 06
May | Worldwide
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Lessons from Electric Vehicles: Everything is
Changing: Part Two 04 May | Worldwide
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Rapid progress in electric aircraft 04 May |
Worldwide
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Small four wheel EVs go modular and mini factory
03 May | Worldwide
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Lessons from Electric Vehicles: Everything is
Changing Part One 02 May | Worldwide, Germany
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Rice husks into lithium-ion anodes for plug-in
electric vehicles 29 Apr | United States
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Webinar Thursday 12 May - Batteries for Electric
Buses 29 Apr | Worldwide
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World's first operational road transport hybrid
system 28 Apr | France
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Future powertrains for electric vehicles: huge
opportunities 27 Apr | Worldwide
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Two sudden changes in electric vehicles 26 Apr
| Worldwide
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Speech by Diarmuid O'Connell, VP, Tesla Motors
20 Apr | Worldwide
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Europe's most important event on emerging
technologies opens next week 22 Apr |
Worldwide
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Death of Hybrid Vehicles? 22 Apr | Worldwide
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3D printed aircraft to aircraft to navigate
through ice 22 Apr | United Kingdom
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Charging the future at Berlin Electric Vehicle
Conference 21 Apr | Worldwide, Germany
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Deepest-diving tourist submarine 20 Apr |
Netherlands
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Solar Impulse re-enters 'Mission Mode' 18 Apr
| United States
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Seeing the future of electric motors for electric
vehicles 15 Apr | Worldwide
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Battery components can take the heat 15 Apr |
United States
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BOC and ITM Power sign hydrogen refuelling &
siting agreement 14 Apr | United Kingdom
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Funding for development of lightweight solar
modules on vehicles 13 Apr | Sweden
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Volocopter is flying manned, a step forward in
urban mobility 12 Apr | Germany
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New e-bike and scooter with original design 11
Apr | United Kingdom
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Ready to go battery electrode with glass-ceramic
11 Apr | United States
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Thermal Management tailored to the Application
04 Apr | Worldwide
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IDTechEx Berlin electric vehicle event excites
08 Apr | Worldwide, Germany
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20-kilowatt wireless charging for vehicles 07
Apr | United States
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A new look on urban electro-mobility 06 Apr |
Belgium
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Mini NASA methane sensor makes successful flight
test 05 Apr | United States
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Startup bringing driverless taxi service to
Singapore 04 Apr | Singapore
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Tesla 3 and the 2030 dispute 01 Apr
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Future powertrains: Radical new end game 01
Apr | Worldwide
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Dutch University transforms Hyundai SUV into a
power plant 31 Mar | United Kingdom
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Solid electrolytes open doors to solid-state
batteries 30 Mar | Japan
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Unmanned undersea vehicle can operate autonomously
for months 29 Mar | United States
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New research reveals German drivers prefer plug-in
hybrids 28 Mar | Germany
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Emerging trends in the robotics industry
21 Mar | Worldwide
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First phase of its guidance notes for drones and
UAS launched 25 Mar | Worldwide, United
Kingdom
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First pure electric double deck buses on streets
of London 24 Mar | United Kingdom
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New autonomous pizza delivery robot 23 Mar |
Australia
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New UAV can launch from underwater for aerial
missions 22 Mar | United States
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Hybrid, solar and biofuel-powered aircraft 21
Mar | France
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A market snapshot of the robotics industry
14 Mar | Worldwide
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IDTechEx powers electric vehicle and energy
storage startups in Berlin 18 Mar | Germany,
Worldwide
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Energy independent electric vehicles: here come
the benefits! 18 Mar | Worldwide
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New fuel cell design powered by graphene-wrapped
nanocrystals 17 Mar | United States
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Orchestration of systems of mobile robots 16
Mar | Korea
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Lithium-ion battery famine will favour new
powertrain 15 Mar | Worldwide
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GKN brings supercar hybrid technology to mass
market 14 Mar | United Kingdom
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Unorthodox unmanned aircraft pushes the limits of
technology 11 Mar | United States
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Webinar Tuesday 22 March: Mild Hybrid 48V Vehicles
2016-2031 11 Mar | Worldwide
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Daimler invests 500 million Euros in new battery
factory 10 Mar | Germany
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Finland's first battery-powered ferry 09 Mar |
Finland
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How to make electric vehicles that actually reduce
carbon 08 Mar | United States
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Future Powertrain Conference 2016 National
Motorcycle Museum, Solihull 07 Mar |
Worldwide, United Kingdom
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Electric bus sector is game changer for battery
market 04 Mar | Worldwide
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Opportunities for start-ups at the IDTechEx Show!
Berlin 04 Mar | Worldwide, Germany
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Power Plaza presents its Yebbujana R2 electric
roadster 03 Mar | Korea
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Solar Impulse 2 returns to the skies 02 Mar |
United States
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SEAT, SAMSUNG and SAP develop connected car of the
future 01 Mar | Spain
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Unmanned ACTUV sub hunter ready for sea trials
29 Feb | United States
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Are petrol prices affecting the
electrification of industrial vehicles 22
Feb | Worldwide
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Traction motors for electric vehicles change
radically 26 Feb | Worldwide
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Berlin leading in electric vehicles 26 Feb |
Worldwide, Germany
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IDTechEx EV & Energy Storage Launchpad - closing
date 26 February 26 Feb | Worldwide
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One million pounds to industrialise
switched-reluctance 48V hybrid 25 Feb | United
Kingdom
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New electric torque vectoring technology 24
Feb | Sweden
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Webinar Tues 8 March: Printed Electronics in
Automotive Applications 24 Feb | Worldwide
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Dubec Motors launches EV on crowdfunding site
23 Feb | United States, Canada
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Africa's first solar bus 22 Feb | Uruguay
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News from China 19 Feb | Worldwide
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Lithium battery component found to harm key soil
microorganism 19 Feb | United States
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Britain set to buy two Zephyr spy drones from
Airbus 18 Feb | United Kingdom
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Piloted, electric propulsion-powered experimental
aircraft underway 17 Feb | United States
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Elbit Systems introduces Skylark 3 16 Feb |
Israel
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Is the 45 km/h electric bike a real alternative
for the car? 15 Feb | Belgium
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New energy independent electric vehicles 12
Feb | Worldwide
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48V mild hybrids are electric vehicles? 12 Feb
| Worldwide
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Launch your initiative for free at this IDTechEx
Show! 12 Feb | Worldwide
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A road trip through Europe with an electric car
11 Feb | Europe
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Lighter EV charger made with GaN transistors
10 Feb | Canada
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An alternative to platinum in fuel cells 09
Feb | Germany
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Test phase of WEpod self-driving vehicles launched
08 Feb | Netherlands
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Printed and flexible electronics in vehicles
will reach $5.5bn by 2026 01 Feb |
Worldwide
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IDTechEx interview Nuon Solar team 3.2.16 05
Feb | Australia, Netherlands
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Over 300 million mild hybrid 48V vehicles in
prospect 05 Feb | Worldwide
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Healthy disagreement on 48V mild hybrids 04
Feb | Worldwide
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IDTechEx Show! Berlin - What Is New For 201604
Feb | Worldwide, Germany
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£6M of funding to develop new powertrain
technologies 03 Feb | United Kingdom
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Electric and sustainable family boat 02 Feb |
Denmark
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Key Applications for Electrically Conductive
Adhesives (ECAs) 25 Jan | Worldwide
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Exciting line-up for conference on future electric
vehicle technology 29 Jan | Worldwide
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Drone can fly, dive underwater and float 28
Jan | United States
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Start-up or research company? Explore IDTechEx
Launchpad Initiative 28 Jan | Worldwide
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Self inflating electric stand up paddle boards
27 Jan | Slovenia
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Printed and flexible electronics in vehicles: a
$5.5bn opportunity 27 Jan | Worldwide
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Electric wheelchair climbs up and down stairs
26 Jan | France
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Audi production network: ready for electric
mobility 25 Jan | Belgium, Germany, Hungary,
Spain
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Self-heating lithium-ion battery22 Jan |
United States
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Kuberg Freerider, a lightweight electric dirt bike22
Jan | United States
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Mercedes-Benz steps into the future with the new
E-Class 21 Jan | United States, Germany
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Webinar Tuesday 2 February: The Future of Robotics
21 Jan | Worldwide
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New Tiguan GTE active concept20 Jan | United
States
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Success with low-cost nickel-based catalyst 19
Jan | United States
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UK bus sector sees threefold rise in new low
emission vehicles 18 Jan | United Kingdom
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BMW Group achieves fifth consecutive record sales
year 14 Jan | Germany, United States
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Webinar Tuesday 26 January: Energy Independent
Electric Vehicles 14 Jan | Worldwide
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ONIQ: A leap forward for hybrid vehicles 13
Jan | Korea
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The $100bn robotics opportunity 12 Jan |
Worldwide
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Built in sensors make lithium-ion batteries safer
12 Jan | United States
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Scientists create nano-reactor for the production
of hydrogen biofuel 11 Jan | United States
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A new way to store solar heat 11 Jan | United
States
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Personal vehicle moves in all directions including
upwards 31 Dec | United States
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New hybrid electrolyte for solid-state lithium
batteries 30 Dec | United States
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Titanium propels 3D printed drone to aid in
bushfires 29 Dec | Australia
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Flying car model has been approved for tests in US
airspace 28 Dec | United States
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Vacuum cleaner with security and augmented reality
features 25 Dec | Korea
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Hyundai Motor introduces IONIQ 24 Dec | Korea
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Nissan supports UK Government EV grant
announcement 23 Dec | United Kingdom
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Optimising removable batteries for electric cars
22 Dec | Europe
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3D printed, light-weight, solar powered electric
scooter 21 Dec | Germany
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Lithium-ion batteries for electric buses
16 Dec | Worldwide
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Intelligent car windows 18 Dec | United States
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Hydrogen fuel cells significantly extend drone
flight time 17 Dec | United Kingdom
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New supercapacitor meets highest environmental and
safety standards 16 Dec | United States
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Ford investing $4.5 billion in electrified vehicle
solutions 15 Dec | United States
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Citroen announces electric e-Mehari 14 Dec |
France
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Conference: Electric Vehicles - Everything is
changing USA 2015 11 Dec | Worldwide
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McLaren's conceptual vision for the future of
motorsport technology 10 Dec | United Kingdom
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Grant to develop EV battery materials
manufacturing technology 09 Dec | United
States
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Electric cars: batteries with brains 08 Dec |
Germany
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How local electricity networks can cope with
charging clusters of EVs 07 Dec | United
Kingdom
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Lizard electric vehicles 04 Dec | Worldwide
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Smartscooter electric vehicle 03 Dec | Taiwan,
Netherlands
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A cooperative regenerative braking system 02
Dec | Korea
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A promising new prototype of battery 02 Dec |
France
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Global race series for driverless electric cars
01 Dec | Worldwide
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Researchers have developed a smart chip which can tell you how
healthy is your battery and if it is safe for use.
Researchers are developing a new-generation, long-life fuel
cell system offering efficiency higher than that of competing
technologies. The project will result in new, energy-efficient
and commercially viable applications.
The demonstration and technology platform "move" enables Empa
researchers to develop new vehicle drive concepts with
significantly lower CO2 emissions and test them in practice.
Elon Musk recently announced the use of silicon by Tesla in
its automotive batteries: "This is just sort of a baby step in
the direction of using silicon in the anode, but we will be
increasing the use". This unusual side comment has nonetheless
triggered renewed interested in the topic.
The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory and
Solid Power Inc have signed an exclusive agreement licensing
lithium-sulfur materials for next-generation batteries.
A key issue with lithium ion batteries is aging. It
significantly reduces their potential storage capacity. To
date, very little is known about the causes of the aging
effects.
Karma Automotive has announced that BMW has agreed to be a
supplier in ensuring their vehicles are built with the highest
quality automotive parts.
Using next generation technology, these new batteries have
achieved a charging speed 10 times faster than that of normal
batteries, reaching about 50% capacity in mere minutes.
Commercialization of solid-state battery indicates a new era
for the US $135bn addressable battery market in a decade.
IDTechEx Research forecasts that the market for solid-state
batteries will exceed $4bn in 2026.
High-performance lithium ion batteries face a major problem:
Lithium will eventually start to run out as batteries are
deployed in electric cars and stationary storage units.
Researchers have developed a new technology that promises to
extend the life of a lithium-ion battery by 40 to 60 per cent.
Scientists have developed a new way of making fuel cell
membranes using nanoscale fasteners, paving the way for
lower-cost, higher-efficiency and more easily manufactured
fuel cells.
Scientists have found that lithium ion batteries operate
longer and faster when their electrodes are treated with
hydrogen.
This article is the second of our series on advanced and
post lithium-ion technologies. This article will focus on
the silicon anode batteries technologies and markets
True to its name, the IDTechEx report, Autonomous Vehicles
Land, Water, Air 2015-2035 gives the full picture. Here we
share some of the latest entries as it is continuously updated
to reflect the rapid progress in this sector.
Stratasys Ltd has announced that it has teamed with Aurora
Flight Sciences to deliver, what is believed to be, the
largest, fastest, and most complex 3D printed unmanned aerial
vehicle ever produced.
The world's largest 2nd-use battery storage unit will soon go
into operation in the Westphalian town of Lünen.
It is a no brainer. The ultimate vehicle by land water and air
is independent in performance of task and in provision of its
motive power.
Hybrid electric vehicles, cell phones, digital cameras, and
the Mars Curiosity rover are just a few of the many devices
that use rechargeable lithium-ion batteries. Now a team of
researchers has a simple mathematical formula to predict what
factors most influence lithium-ion battery aging.
Former Skype co-founders have announced the launch of a new
company, Starship Technologies, which aims to fundamentally
improve local delivery of goods and groceries, making it
almost free.
The market for electric vehicles is growing rapidly while
existing electric parts are multiplying.
This article is the second of our series on advanced and
post lithium-ion technologies. This article will focus on
the silicon anode batteries technologies and markets
The 200+ stand, eight conference IDTechEx Show! in Santa
Clara, California, November 18-19 will this year include a
dedicated session on electric vehicles. It has been several
years since IDTechEx last hosted this topic in CA and we are
thrilled to be back.
Energy independent electric vehicles exist today and there is
a multi-billion dollar opportunity for their new technology as
it cascades down into all vehicles, land, water and air. The
new report from analysts IDTechEx is a world first in
revealing this exciting future for component and system
suppliers, product integrators and system integrators.
Video interview with Grafoid at Graphene & 2D Materials
Europe.
Electric cars' limited range, especially in the winter months,
has provoked a lot of discussion. Having the heating on can
mean that the range of a lot of electric cars shrinks
considerably.
The application by Controlled Power Technologies of a
switched-reluctance motor-generator deep into the driveline,
as well as being applied directly to a petrol or diesel
engine, will enable the technology developer to deliver to
carmakers and tier 1 driveline system developers an almost
full-hybrid functional capability.
Researchers have successfully demonstrated how several of the
problems impeding the practical development of the so-called
'ultimate' battery could be overcome.
KleenSpeed believes that the electric vehicle is an
"appliance" like a notebook computer or a cell phone to be
charged, used and charged again.
Biomimetics - usefully copying nature - is alive and well.
The forthcoming IDTechEx conference, Electric Vehicles:
Everything is Changing in Santa Clara California November
18-19 is part of the 3000 delegate 250 exhibitor "IDTechEx
Show!" which grows every year.
The first Veefil fast charger for electric vehicles to be
installed in New Zealand, designed and manufactured by
Australian company Tritium, will be operational for public use
from 30 October.
Scania has now begun a comprehensive launch of a full range of
products with alternative fuels and powertrains.
General Motors set aside traditional vehicle development in
selecting LG Electronics as its partner in developing the next
generation Chevrolet Bolt electric vehicle, which can travel
more than 200 miles on a single electric charge.
When Tesla announced Autopilot, it's new feature that allows
its cars to drive themselves with no input from the driver,
ex-Microsoft developer and geek-famous YouTube reviewer
Barnacules Nerdgasm (AKA Jerry) decided to put the new tech to
the test.
At IDTechEx's forthcoming event, Electric Vehicles: Everything
is Changing, taking place in Santa Clara on Nov 18-19, there
will be many presentations on the next wave of battery
technology for electric vehicles.
John Kopera, Vice President Corporate Operations of Sion Power
says Sion has long been known for Li-S technology but we are
more than that. We are the protected lithium metal battery
company; the Licerion rechargeable battery company.
Queen's University Belfast will unveil its electric DeLorean,
on the exact date that Marty McFly went Back To The Future in
the iconic Belfast-built car - 21 October 2015.
ITM Power is pleased to announce that it has officially
received the first Toyota Mirai fuel cell electric vehicle to
be delivered in the UK.
Energy storage has long been the most critical challenge for
electric vehicles or hybrid electric vehicles. There is a new
trend of using supercapacitors to complement or even replace
batteries as energy storage devices to improve the vehicles'
performance.
The first wirelessly charged, fully electric buses in Belgium
started operation in Bruges on Saturday October 17.
Volvo Cars develop an entirely new range of electrified
smaller cars and build a fully electric car for sale by 2019.
This invitation only meeting ably introduced and
summarised by Zeinab Badawi was mercifully free of PR
speak.
High power energy harvesting (HPEH) is the clean part of
off-grid renewable energy and its main potential lies at
kilowatts to megawatts. Few things are genuinely new in this
world but newly important aspects of energy harvesting really
matter.
Toyota is set to deliver 12 brand new Mirai hydrogen powered
vehicles to London.
Thought leaders IDTechEx were among the first to identify
three new megatrends in the world of technology: Structural
Electronics (SE); 3D Printed Electronics (3DPE); Energy
Independent Electric Vehicles (EIVs).
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 27 October
2015.
A new addition to the remarkable lineup at the forthcoming
IDTechEx conference Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing
is Kleenspeed presenting on the now intimate linkage between
electric vehicles, solar and storage.
What to expect at the Future Battery Technology Session at
IDTechEx's Electric Vehicles: Everything is Changing Show!
In 2016 61 million electric vehicles will be sold - from
electric cars to planes to industrial vehicles, creating a
total market of $123 Billion. That will rise to $182 billion
in 2020, based on the latest survey of the industry conducted
by IDTechEx Research in the report Electric vehicle Forecasts,
Trends and Opportunities 2016-2026.
Controlled Power Technologies and Eminox have reached
agreement to collaborate on the development of electric
supercharging solutions to reduce fuel consumption.
Wireless power transfer has many promising applications, such
as contactless powering, electric vehicles, and energy
harvesting.
Terra Motors, a start-up founded by 42 years old Toru
Tokushige, prioritises doing good and rejuvenating Japan's
industrial base over making profit and it seeks to do this
by offering EVs into developing countries.
Formula One racing gave us the disk brake and more recently
led to 60,000 rpm energy harvesting flywheels on London Buses.
No one planned to make a London bus look like a Formula One
racing car but the bus people saw their future in racing
technology.
The open-access lab will provide space to build and test
battery concepts while fully protecting the intellectual
property of its users.
The Sunswift eVe, currently the worlds fastest solar electric
car over 500km, will soon officially be registered to be
Australia's first road legal solar car, making it one of the
only road legal cars in the world.
Bosch is debuting a new battery technology for electric cars
that could be production-ready in as little as five years.
The most dramatic new advances and visions have no name
initially. So it is with electric vehicles that need no
external charging or refuelling - no, not even wireless
charging.
The Liberty Trike for anyone that wants to get around actively
or effortlessly on 3 wheels.
Hoverboard Technologies have created a single wheeled electric
skateboard simply called "Hoverboard"
As part of its lineup of production and concept-model
automobiles and motorcycles for its exhibit at the 44th Tokyo
Motor Show 2015, Honda Motor Co., Ltd. will be unveiling the
Neowing, a concept model for a three-wheeled sport hybrid
model.
Some of the 300 million tires discarded each year in the
United States alone could be used in supercapacitors for
vehicles and the electric grid.
Forget the obsession with driverless autonomous cars; energy
independent vehicles are the megatrend. Electric land
vehicles, boats, underwater craft and aircraft already exist
that never plug in or refuel.
Following materials testing researchers have identified unique
properties in Zenyatta Ventures Ltd Albany Graphite deposit
that show positive attributes for use in multiple graphene
applications.
An international team of scientists led by the inventor of the
lithium ion battery has put forward a new cathode material for
its potential successor, the sodium ion battery.
Video interview with Neotech AMT at 3D Printing Europe.
Navitas Systems LLC has announced that it is the first battery
company to have developed a family of qualified heavy-duty
lithium-ion batteries for Class I and Class II forklifts.
Electric buses are deeply significant, being a key to the
control of urban pollution and often first to adopt innovative
parts.
The Artega Scalo with a purely electric drive is the direct
successor of the Artega GT, which inspired car fans around the
world.
A unique, multipurpose unmanned ground vehicle will be the
first vehicle of its kind to use ultracapacitor technology.
Being the automotive sector a trillion dollar market and
given the existence of multiple low carbon powertrain
technologies and sunk investments in specific powertrains
technologies, the possibility of "betting on the wrong
horse" makes the transition to low carbon vehicles a very
risky process for incumbent automotive companies (global
automotive manufacturers and their tier one suppliers).
Through these technology developments these incumbent
companies are primarily trying to maintain or increase
their captured added value of the automotive value chain
and their global sales market share. For new entrants with
no existing interests, the risks are lower given they are
not compelled to capture most of the value of the
powertrain technology, giving them the possibility of
sharing it with other parts of the value chain (suppliers,
technology developers etc.)
Small manned electric vehicles - e-bikes to car-like micro EVs
- often sell in the largest numbers. Although they are usually
lower in cost than regular cars, they will reach over $33
billion in 2026 according to IDTechEx analysis.
The Trinity wind turbine is light and portable, for powering
mobile devices and cars.
The Porsche Mission E concept car combines the unmistakable
emotional design of a Porsche with excellent performance and
the forward-thinking practicality of the first 800-volt drive
system.
Drivers of Hyundai's ix35 Fuel Cell, the only fuel cell car on
sale in the UK, can now fill up with hydrogen at one of the
world's greenest filling stations, located just off the M1
motorway near Sheffield.
ITM Power has signed a strategic siting partnership with Shell
for the delivery of Hydrogen Refuelling Stations on three
Shell retail forecourts in the UK.
Nissan is once again transforming the performance,
practicality and perception of EVs with the introduction of
the LEAF 30 kWh - an updated Nissan LEAF that gives drivers
155 miles of motoring range.
The September 2015 meeting of the Wireless Power
Consortium (WPC) in Holland, Michigan and our subsequent
interviews gave a clear indication of the main trends.
A revolutionary Electric Supercar that will be powered by a
Graphene Energy Storage device.
Another major focus was 48V systems some in EVs but mainly for
microhybrid (stop-start) and mild hybrid (torque assist) for
managing the now huge amounts of energy in and out with new
forms of harvesting and tougher duty cycles and also more
power-hungry accessories. That has resulted in a large number
of redesigned and new accessories in anticipation of new
standards.
High Power Energy Harvesting (HPEH) is a term beginning to be
used for creation of electricity where it is needed using
ambient "free" energy. That zero-pollution, high-energy
conversion typically captures light (photovoltaics), heat
difference (thermoelectrics and heat pumps) and movement
(electrodynamics).
The Riversimple two seat fuel cell hybrid car was on show in
powertrain form at CENEX recently and in addition to the
Hydrogenics fuel cell as fuel tank and the lithium-ion
capacitor as engine it had four in-wheel motors.
Supporting IDTechEx strong forecasts for car-like vehicles not
homologated as cars or even crash tested, we saw a lot at this
event.
The latest CENEX Low Carbon Vehicle Event took place at
Millbrook UK mid September with over 50% growth on last year
there being over 3000 delegates and over 200 exhibitors,
mostly parts suppliers and charging station manufacturers but
with several prestige stands from major motor manufacturers.
Off-grid electricity production on land has lessons for
energy independent electric vehicles (EIVs) that come
later. These generate all their own electricity from wind,
waves, sun and other forms of ambient energy - free and
clean.
Energy Independent Vehicles 2016-2026, the brand new report
from IDTechEx Research, argues that electric energy
independent vehicles will be one of the most important
megatrends this century because buying and delivering fuel
becomes a thing of the past and a major source of global and
local pollution is eliminated.
Researchers have developed a highly energy-efficient heating
system for electric cars that produces a broad, radiant heat.
Scientists have developed a new fuel cell catalyst using
earthly abundant materials with performance that is comparable
to platinum in laboratory tests.
BMW is showcasing new solutions for the "connected car". One
of the company's focal points are a pair of apps designed for
operating functions inside connected houses.
In the future, a wireless charging system will allow electric
cars not only to charge their batteries, but also to feed
energy back into the power grid, helping to stabilize it.
The scientists' goal is to produce new materials for a host of
uses, ranging from high-efficiency batteries, ultracapacitors,
fuel cells and hydrogen storage devices to lightweight thermal
coatings for hypersonic jets, multifunctional materials for
aerospace, and more.
There are many myths about the move to higher voltage with
conventional internal combustion engine on-road vehicles.
Here we dispel some of them.
Local Motors and Arizona State University have formed a new
partnership to advance materials research into 3D-printed
automotive parts, which will be used on the world's first
3D-printed car, scheduled to be on-road in early 2016.
Researchers are working on a new, low-altitude traffic
management system to keep fast-moving flyers safer as they
cruise through increasingly crowded skies.
Development, manufacture, and sale of enterprise solutions
using autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles for image capture
combined with cloud-based data processing.
Chemists who developed a unique form of graphene have found a
way to embed metallic nanoparticles that turn the material
into a useful catalyst for fuel cells and other applications.
MTU Friedrichshafen GmbH has formed a close development
partnership with Darmstadt-based AKASOL GmbH.
Researchers have wired four perovskite solar cells in series
to enhance the voltage and directly photo-charged lithium
batteries with 7.8 percent efficiency--the most efficient
reported to date, the researchers believe.
A wireless power transfer system is being integrated and
tested using fleet of Kia Soul EVs.
An ultrathin, flexible, stretchable and lightweight 'solar
foil' has been produced from perovskite solar cells by
researchers in Austria, who demonstrate the material's utility
using solar powered miniature aircraft and blimps.
The end-game with electric vehicles by land, water and air
is for them to be self-powered. They will create all their
electricity from ambient energy such as light, wind, waves
and tide where necessary storing it until needed.
IDTechEx Research's brand new report analyses and forecasts
the wireless charging market for electric vehicles and small
electronics.
The U.S. Department of Transportation's Maritime
Administration has announced that it is providing $500,000 to
support a feasibility study for the design, construction, and
operation of a high-speed passenger ferry powered by hydrogen
fuel cell technology and a hydrogen refueling station.
Researchers have designed a solar fuel generating device that
has established a new record in energy efficiency for the
production of solar fuels.
A research team has been awarded $1 million in NASA funding
for its all solid-state battery, a game-changing technology
that could potentially power future space missions.
We have created a new form of economy called the "Digital
Economy". So, what's the point?
WalkCar is the size of a laptop and is similar to a
skateboard.
A trillion dollar opportunity to 2035, electric buses are
being completely reinvented because they are the electric
vehicle sector already attracting billion dollar orders and
they can prevent millions of deaths and injuries from air
pollution.
South Korean high tech companies LG Chem and Samsung SDI to
invest in European battery cell production for Audi Battery
electric SUV with a range of more than 500 kilometres.
In an innovative move to assist pedestrian recognition of
electric vehicles, Nissan has taken a leading role in the
European Commission-led project, eVADER, to create a
pioneering audible pedestrian alert system.
Plenty of kilowatts from no fuel. This dream ticket is a
reality today from the rapid adoption of high power energy
harvesting. Energy harvesting converts ambient energy into
electricity where it is needed, off-grid.
Another major milestone for the Sunseeker Duo has been set.
Eric and Irena Raymond repeated the 2009 adventure of the
Sunseeker II, crossing of the Alps in both directions this
time with the Sunseeker Duo.
Engineers oat Vokswagen are working on an automated
direct-current charging system, a so-called automated
e-filling station "e-smartConnect".
Off road trials of the technology needed to power electric and
hybrid vehicles on England's major roads are due to take place
later this year.
The term 'energy harvesting' is most typically applied to
powering small electronic devices using say sunshine,
vibration or temperature.
Video interview with Agfa at Printed Electronics Europe.
Two weeks after having demonstrated AtlantikSolar's first
24-hour flight, the fixed-wing team of ETH Zurich's Autonomous
Systems Lab reached another milestone.
Analysts IDTechEx almost completely rewrote their report Power
Electronics for Electric Vehicles 2015-2025 this year and
frequent updates take place, such is the pace of change.
The UFCEV (Ultrafast Charging of Electric Vehicles) station,
developed by Empa, ETh Zurich, EPF Lausanne and Bern
University of Applied Sciences, is said to charge an electric
vehicle in just 5 minutes.
In response to a NASA challenge to design an all-electric
propulsion general aviation airplane, five ideas out of the 20
submitted by U.S. universities wowed the judges.
A question and answer session "Wireless Charging: Emerging
Business Models" took place at EV Roadmap8, Portland,
Oregon USA on 30 July 2015. The panel consisted of Jeremy
McCool of Hevo Power, which retrofits wireless charging,
Jeff Muhs of WiTricity with key patents and Wesley Smith
of WAVE installing large vehicle solutions. They also
talked to IDTechEx afterwards.
After more than one million kilometres in two years - from May
2013 to June 2015 - the real-world trial of electric cars
known as eMERGE has been completed.
Research shows that passing wireless power transfer through a
magnetic resonance field enhancer can boost the transfer
efficiency by at least 100 percent as compared to transferring
through air alone. MRFE use could potentially boost transfer
efficiency by as much as 5,000 percent in some systems,
experts say.
Using a hybrid silica sol-gel material and self-assembled
monolayers of a common fatty acid, researchers have developed
a new capacitor dielectric material that provides an
electrical energy storage capacity rivaling certain batteries,
with both a high energy density and high power density.
There was a question and answer session "Wireless Charging:
Emerging Business Models" at EV Roadmap8 Portland Oregon USA
30 July 2015.The panel consisted of Jeremy McCool of Hevo
Power, which retrofits wireless charging, Jeff Muhs of
WiTricity with key patents and Wesley Smith of WAVE installing
large vehicle solutions. They also talked to IDTechEx
afterwards.
This event of a few hundred people and twenty or so exhibitors
had a good range of coverage from many choices of EV test
drive to sitting in on focus groups of people minded to buy an
EV
Summary of the first day of the EV Roadmap 8 event taking
place in Portland, Oregon
China is where most of the hybrid and pure electric buses will
be made and sold over the coming decade.
A new fabrication technique that produces platinum hollow
nanocages with ultra-thin walls could dramatically reduce the
amount of the costly metal needed to provide catalytic
activity in such applications as fuel cells.
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 18 August 2015.
Terra Motors, Japan's leading manufacturer of electric
two-wheelers and three-wheelers has signed a joint venture
with Runner motorbike manufactures in Bangladesh.
Video interview with Canatu at Printed Electronics Europe.
Researchers have developed a new process to develop few-layer
graphene for use in energy storage and other material
applications that is faster, potentially scalable and
surmounts some of the current graphene production limitations.
Buses are now a crucible of change, often adopting new
technology before cars.
High Power Energy Harvesting: Off-Grid 10W-100kW 2016-2026 is
the title of a new IDTechEx report examining a newly
significant off-grid energy market.
The new IDTechEx Research report, "High Power Energy
Harvesting 2015-2025" (www.IDTechEx.com/high) appraises
the many new ways in which the vehicle will internally
harvest energy that is currently wasted as tyre and brake
heat etc. so it needs much less externally supplied energy
to get along. That alone will get us to a range of up to
1000 miles. In this article, let us look at how the
increasingly infrequent charging can be done automatically
without involving the driver and how it can grab
externally-supplied electricity created from free ambient
energy.
Totally different. Everything that constitutes a hybrid or
pure electric vehicle will change beyond recognition, advises
analyst group IDTechEx.
IDTechEx are hosting a free webinar on Tuesday 4 August 2015.
he University of Michigan has opened Mcity, the world's first
controlled environment specifically designed to test the
potential of connected and automated vehicle technologies that
will lead the way to mass-market driverless cars.
Saft has signed a contract worth over one million euros from
Airbus Defence and Space Ltd to develop, qualify and test a
specific lithium-ion battery system to power the ExoMars Rover
vehicle.
Mitsubishi Motors Corporation and Mitsubishi Corporation are
pleased to announce the launch of a joint demonstration
project for utilizing used lithium-ion batteries from
electric-powered vehicles.
Hyundai-Kia America Technical Center, Inc. and Mojo Mobility,
Inc have been awarded a funding grant from the U.S. Department
of Energy's Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy,
Vehicle Technologies program to research and develop a system
capable of fast charging an electric vehicle wirelessly.
48V systems are close to adoption in some new cars across
the world partly to cope with the greater amount of
electricity being stored and distributed. They are also
becoming attractive for some of the more basic electric
vehicles.
IDTechEx will be back in Tokyo, Japan for their highly
regarded series of Business Insight Forums.
Many land, water and airborne electric vehicles harvest all
the energy they need. They never plug in. It is the way of the
future.
Imagine a fleet of driverless taxis roaming your city, ready
to pick you up and take you to your destination at a moment's
notice. While this may seem fantastical, it may be only a
matter of time before it becomes reality.
On July 13, BorgWarner paid a premium of 44% to buy Remy
International.
A fleet of autonomous "SmartCarts"—high-tech, 3D-printed,
low-speed electric vehicles—could one day zip around the
University of Michigan's North Campus, taking students,
professors and staff to class, labs and offices while also
serving as one of the first test beds for on-demand autonomous
transit.
Following the record breaking oceanic flight of 5 days and 5
nights in a solar powered airplane, Solar Impulse will undergo
maintenance repairs on the batteries due to damages brought
about by over heating.
IDTechEx is the only market analyst tracking the development
of 45 electric vehicle categories and not just electric cars.
IDTechEx was guest of Qualcomm at the Hilton Hotel Park
Lane London 26 June and at the Formula E pure electric car
racing in Battersea Park London the day after. This
article focuses on the presentation by Steve Pazol VP & GM
Wireless Charging.
Saft, the world's leading designer and manufacturer of
advanced technology batteries for industry, has won a contract
to supply state-of-the-art Li-ion battery systems to Imtech
Marine, a leading maritime technology supplier.
BMW Group and Nanyang Technological University have launched a
new electromobility research programme, involving the
all-electric BMW i3 and plug-in hybrid sports car BMW i8 that
runs on electricity and petrol.
The world's largest green hydrogen plant was opened in Mainz,
Germany last week, a result of a joint collaboration between
Stadtwerke Mainz, The Linde Group, Siemens and RheinMain
University.
Endeavoring to reach Hawaii from Japan to encourage the use of
clean technologies, the solar powered aircraft of Bertrand
Piccard and André Borschberg achieved the longest exploration
leg of the Solar Impulse's Round-The-World mission.
A team of researchers has begun to investigate the use of
solar power on the fuel cell bus fleet as a way to reduce
operating costs without increasing greenhouse gas emissions.
Sumitomo Electric has developed a power transistor of an
original structure consisting of silicon carbide which is seen
as a next-generation power semiconductor.
There are three important technological megatrends for
vehicles that are now coming increasingly important. They are
shaping what is designed and the market positioning of new
vehicles from type of customer targeted to the location where
the vehicles will be used.
Researchers have developed a nanogenerator that harvests
energy from a car's rolling tire friction.
In the study the new battery technology employs use of
graphene on the silicon surface and that confers volume
expansion leading to extended battery life.
The industrial and commercial electric vehicle business will
be 42% of the EV market in 2025 on IDTechEx analysis with well
over 50% of the profits because so much of it is specialist
and niche and the vehicles are not bought on up-front price.
Scientists have invented a low-cost water splitter that uses a
single catalyst to produce both hydrogen and oxygen gas 24
hours a day, seven days a week.
Andretti Autosport has announced its new entity called
Andretti Technologies. Working together with TE Connectivity,
it will mainly be responsible for developing a new electric
motor for the second season of the Formula E.
IDTechEx was guest of Qualcomm at the Hilton Hotel Park Lane
London 26 June and at the Formula E pure electric car racing
in Battersea Park London the day after.
The UK Formula E races took place 28-29 June.
BioSolar, Inc has announced that it has jointly filed a patent
application with the University of California, Santa Barbara.
One focus of the second day of this event has been energy
harvesting.
Propulsion systems of tomorrow must provide optimum
performance over the whole mission range, concerning
efficiency, reliability, redundancy and low noise.
Here is our report on the first day of the Electric and Hybrid
Marine World Expo in Amsterdam 23 June.
Empa, ETH Zürich and the road sweeper manufacturer Bucher
Municipal have jointly developed a pioneering hybrid-electric
powertrain for road sweepers.
In a new study, researchers explain why one particular cathode
material works well at high voltages, while most other
cathodes do not.
Researchers have discovered the structure and transport
properties of the "intermediate state" in lithium-ion
batteries - key to understanding the mechanisms of charge and
discharge in rechargeable batteries.
In May 2015, Californian Company, Wrightspeed announced the
Fulcrum, a gas turbine on-board range extender for charging
the batteries of electric vehicles.
The world's first electrical car and passenger ferry powered
by batteries has entered service in Norway.
The power electronics business as applied to electric
vehicles is becoming so huge that very divergent
approaches become viable.
A123 Systems LLC has announced its plan to double global
manufacturing capacity to 1.5 GWh within the next 3 years.
Ford Motor Company is offering competitors access to its
electrified vehicle technology patents - a move to help
accelerate industry-wide research and development of
electrified vehicles.
Siemens will install a catenary system for hybrid trucks in
Sweden.
Power electronics is at the heart of the disruptive change of
all electric vehicle parts.
A team of scientists has synthesized a powerful new magnetic
material that could reduce the dependence of the United States
and other nations on rare earth elements produced by China.
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