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Will Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Boom or Bust in the Next 20 years?

Will Fuel Cell Electric Vehicles Boom or Bust in the Next 20 years?

Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 13, 2025
How The Aerogels Market Will Evolve Over The Next Decade

How The Aerogels Market Will Evolve Over The Next Decade

Since 2020, the emergence of aerogels as a fire protection material for electric vehicle (EV) batteries has provided a new and rapidly growing opportunity for the aerogel market. According to the latest IDTechEx market report, "Aerogels 2025-2035: Technology, Market, Forecasts", the adoption in EV thermal barriers has helped drive the aerogels market to exceed US$1 billion in 2025.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 12, 2025
Recycled vs. Bioplastics: Which is the Future of Sustainable Cars?

Recycled vs. Bioplastics: Which is the Future of Sustainable Cars?

The automotive industry faces increasing pressure to improve sustainability, with material choice at the forefront of this transformation. With over 14 million tonnes of plastics used in passenger vehicles each year, addressing the sustainability of these materials is critical. Two leading solutions are recycled plastics and bioplastics. But what is the future of sustainable cars?
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 12, 2025
Less Carrot and Less Stick? What 2025 Will Bring for EV Regulations

Less Carrot and Less Stick? What 2025 Will Bring for EV Regulations

EV adoption is taking off, but regulation remains the driving factor behind the shift from traditional ICE vehicles in many cases. However, governments and OEMs are adjusting their EV targets amid a challenging market situation. How will these changes affect the growth of EV sectors and markets?
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 11, 2025
How Fire Protection for Electric 2-wheelers Differs from Cars

How Fire Protection for Electric 2-wheelers Differs from Cars

How electric 2-wheelers (E2Ws) are used and how their batteries are designed is very different from the car market. IDTechEx's report, "Fire Protection Materials for EV Batteries 2025-2035: Markets, Trends, and Forecasts", finds that the market for fire protection materials in E2Ws will grow by 12 times compared to its 2024 size.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 10, 2025
Insights from CES 2025: In-Cabin Sensing and Software-Defined Vehicles

Insights from CES 2025: In-Cabin Sensing and Software-Defined Vehicles

As regulatory frameworks such as the EU's Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) near enforcement, automotive OEMs increasingly integrate in-cabin sensing technologies with software-defined vehicle architectures. This shift, evident at CES 2025, marks a pivotal moment in the automotive industry as OEMs leverage existing hardware—such as infrared and RGB cameras—to develop new revenue streams and enhance user experiences.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 7, 2025
Key Second Life BESS Market Developments

Key Second Life BESS Market Developments

Key trends are emerging that suggest where the second-life battery market will develop and what applications these technologies will be used for. As written in their recently updated market report, "Second-life Electric Vehicle Batteries 2025-2035: Markets, Forecasts, Players, and Technologies", IDTechEx predicts that by 2035, the global second-life EV battery market will be valued at US$4.2 billion.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 6, 2025
Micro EVs Will be a US$90 Billion Opportunity by 2045

Micro EVs Will be a US$90 Billion Opportunity by 2045

Demand for micro EVs will grow substantially, with the market set to reach US$90 billion by 2045. This article highlights the role of micro EVs in the evolution of the mobility industry and discusses the technical and market factors that will drive their growth over the next 20 years.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 5, 2025
Electric Light Commercial Vehicles: Emission-Free Zones Transportation

Electric Light Commercial Vehicles: Emission-Free Zones Transportation

By 2035, the EU plans to impose a ban on all cars and vans that produce emissions, with the UK potentially bringing this date forward to 2030. There are nearly 30 low or emission-free zones across 18 European countries, meaning there is lots of incentive for electrification. In some cities, such as London, there is a charge for driving through emission-free zones, meaning eLCVs may become increasingly necessary.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 28, 2025
Webinar on EV Thermal Runaway Regulations & Material Choices

Webinar on EV Thermal Runaway Regulations & Material Choices

Thursday 27 March 2025 - Meeting Emerging EV Thermal Runaway Regulations Through Material Choices; An overview of the thermal runaway regulations; Options and examples for fire protection materials in EV batteries; Fire protection material benchmarking; How material choice can aid battery designers; Market share predictions
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 28, 2025
Thermal Fillers and Data Center Uses for Thermal Interface Materials

Thermal Fillers and Data Center Uses for Thermal Interface Materials

Thermal filler materials make up a large portion of the formulation for thermal interface materials, and each has its own benefits and disadvantages, including conductivity, cost, and mechanical properties.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 27, 2025
The Current Status Of Regulations Targeting The "PFAS Problem"

The Current Status Of Regulations Targeting The "PFAS Problem"

Public awareness of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) is hitting a new high as headlines concerning "forever chemicals" continue to appear in prominent news outlets. Whether it be news about PFAS bans in different industries, lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers and users, detection of PFAS in various locations and products, and treatment of PFAS in drinking water, there is no doubt that for many, PFAS is one of the foremost health issues of the 2020s.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 27, 2025
Nearly US$1 Billion Dollars Flow into Automotive Radar Startups

Nearly US$1 Billion Dollars Flow into Automotive Radar Startups

Newly established radar startups worldwide have raised nearly US$1.2 billion over the past 12 years; approximately US$980 million of which is predominantly directed toward the automotive sector. Through more than 40 funding rounds, these companies have driven the implementation and advancement of radar technologies in key areas such as autonomous driving and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 25, 2025
Upcoming Webinar on PFAS - Changing Regulations & Increasing Scrutiny

Upcoming Webinar on PFAS - Changing Regulations & Increasing Scrutiny

Thursday 20 March 2025 - PFAS: Changing Regulations and Increasing Scrutiny for Forever Chemicals; PFAS definitions and concerns about PFAS exposure; Regulatory updates impacting PFAS; Impact of regulations on PFAS in sustainable food packaging
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 25, 2025
A Hydrogen Hiatus and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

A Hydrogen Hiatus and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

The advancement of fuel cell technologies, combined with the global commitment to sustainable aviation, creates a significant opportunity for hydrogen-fuelled planes to enhance the sustainability of air travel.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 24, 2025
60 Second Insights: Materials for EV Battery Cells and Packs

60 Second Insights: Materials for EV Battery Cells and Packs

The EV revolution is driving demand for a huge variety of materials used in battery cells and packs. With new chemistries emerging to bridge cost and energy density gaps, the landscape is evolving rapidly. However, battery pack designers face complex challenges.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 24, 2025
How Truck Electrification Varies with Weight and Application

How Truck Electrification Varies with Weight and Application

Numerous barriers and challenges have made trucks (both medium and heavy-duty) more difficult to electrify than lighter vehicle segments. However, within these categories, some considerations make certain applications more easily electrifiable with current technologies, while other applications will require further improvements to electric vehicle (EV) technologies to become viable.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 21, 2025
EV Direct Dielectric Cooling - Immersion Cooling & Thermal Management

EV Direct Dielectric Cooling - Immersion Cooling & Thermal Management

Sourcing the most effective means of keeping vehicle batteries cool is a task explored extensively in IDTechEx's latest report, "Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2025-2035: Materials, Markets, and Technologies". The report covers many thermal management approaches for electric vehicles, including immersion cooling, and the respective players aiming to make their uptake more widespread.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 20, 2025
Top-Tier ADAS Systems - IDTechEx Explores Automotive Radar Technology

Top-Tier ADAS Systems - IDTechEx Explores Automotive Radar Technology

Radars have had a place within the automotive sector for over two decades, beginning with the first use for adaptive cruise control and many other developments taking place since. With radar technology becoming cheaper and, therefore, more widely available, ADAS system features are offered by many vehicle manufacturers. IDTechEx predicts that the automotive radar market will grow with a CAGR of 4.8% between 2024 and 2034.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 20, 2025
Webinar: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?

Webinar: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?

Thursday 6 Match 2025 - Driving Sustainability: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?; An overview of sustainable automotive plastics; The circular economy for automotive plastics; A summary of other sustainable materials covered in the report including sustainable upholstery, composites, and tire materials; Coverage of the key drivers pushing for sustainable automotive plastics; The key challenges for players in the automotive supply chain; Industry targets for sustainable plastics adoption; Discussion on the progress of adopting sustainable plastics and other polymers into passenger vehicles; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 13, 2025
How The Aerogels Market Will Evolve Over The Next Decade

How The Aerogels Market Will Evolve Over The Next Decade

Since 2020, the emergence of aerogels as a fire protection material for electric vehicle (EV) batteries has provided a new and rapidly growing opportunity for the aerogel market. According to the latest IDTechEx market report, "Aerogels 2025-2035: Technology, Market, Forecasts", the adoption in EV thermal barriers has helped drive the aerogels market to exceed US$1 billion in 2025.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 12, 2025
Less Carrot and Less Stick? What 2025 Will Bring for EV Regulations

Less Carrot and Less Stick? What 2025 Will Bring for EV Regulations

EV adoption is taking off, but regulation remains the driving factor behind the shift from traditional ICE vehicles in many cases. However, governments and OEMs are adjusting their EV targets amid a challenging market situation. How will these changes affect the growth of EV sectors and markets?
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 10, 2025
Insights from CES 2025: In-Cabin Sensing and Software-Defined Vehicles

Insights from CES 2025: In-Cabin Sensing and Software-Defined Vehicles

As regulatory frameworks such as the EU's Advanced Driver Distraction Warning (ADDW) near enforcement, automotive OEMs increasingly integrate in-cabin sensing technologies with software-defined vehicle architectures. This shift, evident at CES 2025, marks a pivotal moment in the automotive industry as OEMs leverage existing hardware—such as infrared and RGB cameras—to develop new revenue streams and enhance user experiences.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 6, 2025
Micro EVs Will be a US$90 Billion Opportunity by 2045

Micro EVs Will be a US$90 Billion Opportunity by 2045

Demand for micro EVs will grow substantially, with the market set to reach US$90 billion by 2045. This article highlights the role of micro EVs in the evolution of the mobility industry and discusses the technical and market factors that will drive their growth over the next 20 years.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 28, 2025
Webinar on EV Thermal Runaway Regulations & Material Choices

Webinar on EV Thermal Runaway Regulations & Material Choices

Thursday 27 March 2025 - Meeting Emerging EV Thermal Runaway Regulations Through Material Choices; An overview of the thermal runaway regulations; Options and examples for fire protection materials in EV batteries; Fire protection material benchmarking; How material choice can aid battery designers; Market share predictions
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 27, 2025
The Current Status Of Regulations Targeting The "PFAS Problem"

The Current Status Of Regulations Targeting The "PFAS Problem"

Public awareness of PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) is hitting a new high as headlines concerning "forever chemicals" continue to appear in prominent news outlets. Whether it be news about PFAS bans in different industries, lawsuits against PFAS manufacturers and users, detection of PFAS in various locations and products, and treatment of PFAS in drinking water, there is no doubt that for many, PFAS is one of the foremost health issues of the 2020s.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 25, 2025
Upcoming Webinar on PFAS - Changing Regulations & Increasing Scrutiny

Upcoming Webinar on PFAS - Changing Regulations & Increasing Scrutiny

Thursday 20 March 2025 - PFAS: Changing Regulations and Increasing Scrutiny for Forever Chemicals; PFAS definitions and concerns about PFAS exposure; Regulatory updates impacting PFAS; Impact of regulations on PFAS in sustainable food packaging
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 24, 2025
60 Second Insights: Materials for EV Battery Cells and Packs

60 Second Insights: Materials for EV Battery Cells and Packs

The EV revolution is driving demand for a huge variety of materials used in battery cells and packs. With new chemistries emerging to bridge cost and energy density gaps, the landscape is evolving rapidly. However, battery pack designers face complex challenges.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 21, 2025
EV Direct Dielectric Cooling - Immersion Cooling & Thermal Management

EV Direct Dielectric Cooling - Immersion Cooling & Thermal Management

Sourcing the most effective means of keeping vehicle batteries cool is a task explored extensively in IDTechEx's latest report, "Thermal Management for Electric Vehicles 2025-2035: Materials, Markets, and Technologies". The report covers many thermal management approaches for electric vehicles, including immersion cooling, and the respective players aiming to make their uptake more widespread.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 20, 2025
Webinar: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?

Webinar: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?

Thursday 6 Match 2025 - Driving Sustainability: Can Automotive Companies Deliver on Sustainable Plastics?; An overview of sustainable automotive plastics; The circular economy for automotive plastics; A summary of other sustainable materials covered in the report including sustainable upholstery, composites, and tire materials; Coverage of the key drivers pushing for sustainable automotive plastics; The key challenges for players in the automotive supply chain; Industry targets for sustainable plastics adoption; Discussion on the progress of adopting sustainable plastics and other polymers into passenger vehicles; IDTechEx's outlook and conclusions
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 12, 2025
Recycled vs. Bioplastics: Which is the Future of Sustainable Cars?

Recycled vs. Bioplastics: Which is the Future of Sustainable Cars?

The automotive industry faces increasing pressure to improve sustainability, with material choice at the forefront of this transformation. With over 14 million tonnes of plastics used in passenger vehicles each year, addressing the sustainability of these materials is critical. Two leading solutions are recycled plastics and bioplastics. But what is the future of sustainable cars?
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 11, 2025
How Fire Protection for Electric 2-wheelers Differs from Cars

How Fire Protection for Electric 2-wheelers Differs from Cars

How electric 2-wheelers (E2Ws) are used and how their batteries are designed is very different from the car market. IDTechEx's report, "Fire Protection Materials for EV Batteries 2025-2035: Markets, Trends, and Forecasts", finds that the market for fire protection materials in E2Ws will grow by 12 times compared to its 2024 size.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 7, 2025
Key Second Life BESS Market Developments

Key Second Life BESS Market Developments

Key trends are emerging that suggest where the second-life battery market will develop and what applications these technologies will be used for. As written in their recently updated market report, "Second-life Electric Vehicle Batteries 2025-2035: Markets, Forecasts, Players, and Technologies", IDTechEx predicts that by 2035, the global second-life EV battery market will be valued at US$4.2 billion.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 5, 2025
Electric Light Commercial Vehicles: Emission-Free Zones Transportation

Electric Light Commercial Vehicles: Emission-Free Zones Transportation

By 2035, the EU plans to impose a ban on all cars and vans that produce emissions, with the UK potentially bringing this date forward to 2030. There are nearly 30 low or emission-free zones across 18 European countries, meaning there is lots of incentive for electrification. In some cities, such as London, there is a charge for driving through emission-free zones, meaning eLCVs may become increasingly necessary.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 28, 2025
Thermal Fillers and Data Center Uses for Thermal Interface Materials

Thermal Fillers and Data Center Uses for Thermal Interface Materials

Thermal filler materials make up a large portion of the formulation for thermal interface materials, and each has its own benefits and disadvantages, including conductivity, cost, and mechanical properties.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 27, 2025
Nearly US$1 Billion Dollars Flow into Automotive Radar Startups

Nearly US$1 Billion Dollars Flow into Automotive Radar Startups

Newly established radar startups worldwide have raised nearly US$1.2 billion over the past 12 years; approximately US$980 million of which is predominantly directed toward the automotive sector. Through more than 40 funding rounds, these companies have driven the implementation and advancement of radar technologies in key areas such as autonomous driving and Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS).
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 25, 2025
A Hydrogen Hiatus and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

A Hydrogen Hiatus and Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF)

The advancement of fuel cell technologies, combined with the global commitment to sustainable aviation, creates a significant opportunity for hydrogen-fuelled planes to enhance the sustainability of air travel.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 24, 2025
How Truck Electrification Varies with Weight and Application

How Truck Electrification Varies with Weight and Application

Numerous barriers and challenges have made trucks (both medium and heavy-duty) more difficult to electrify than lighter vehicle segments. However, within these categories, some considerations make certain applications more easily electrifiable with current technologies, while other applications will require further improvements to electric vehicle (EV) technologies to become viable.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 20, 2025
Top-Tier ADAS Systems - IDTechEx Explores Automotive Radar Technology

Top-Tier ADAS Systems - IDTechEx Explores Automotive Radar Technology

Radars have had a place within the automotive sector for over two decades, beginning with the first use for adaptive cruise control and many other developments taking place since. With radar technology becoming cheaper and, therefore, more widely available, ADAS system features are offered by many vehicle manufacturers. IDTechEx predicts that the automotive radar market will grow with a CAGR of 4.8% between 2024 and 2034.
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