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Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 14, 2017
Massive Ford EV investment

Massive Ford EV investment

At "Future Powertrain" March 2017, Steve Gill, Director- Powertrain Engineering Ford of Europe Ford Motor Company declared that Ford will spend $4.5 billion on electric vehicles over the coming five years.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 9, 2017
Jaguar Land Rover: Autonomy Insights 2017

Jaguar Land Rover: Autonomy Insights 2017

At the Future Powertrain event March 2017 in Solihull UK, Tony Harper, Head of Research and Advanced Systems Engineering gave valuable insights into the reality of autonomous and electric vehicles.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 9, 2017
Electric trucks reinvented this year

Electric trucks reinvented this year

At the recent Future Powertrain Conference in Solihull UK, Professor Matthias Wellers, Managing Director AVI Powertrain, said he liked the idea of intermittent catenaries on major roads charging inter-city pure electric trucks.
IDTechEx Research Subscribers
A report from Batterieforum Deutschland 2017: Part 2 (chemistry)

A report from Batterieforum Deutschland 2017: Part 2 (chemistry)

Things will have to change in order that they remain the same (i.e., Li-ion batteries are here to stay). From the 25th to the 27th January around 300 stakeholders in the battery business gathered in Berlin to discuss battery innovation in Germany. The fifth edition of Batterieforum Deutschland, the prime event organised to foster a Li-ion battery ecosystem in Germany, took place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel near Potsdamer Platz, with three topics as the main sources of engagement for the attendees: battery manufacturing in Germany, advanced Li-ion chemistries, and stationary storage. The event was organised by KLiB, a public-private partnership of the German government and some national battery stakeholders. In this premium article, we will focus on battery chemistries.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 8, 2017
Perpetual drones

Perpetual drones

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 2, 2017
Industrial electric vehicles: Rapid change, $350 billion market

Industrial electric vehicles: Rapid change, $350 billion market

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 1, 2017
Fuel cell on-road vehicles will never be mainstream

Fuel cell on-road vehicles will never be mainstream

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 31, 2017
China tackling the lead scandals: further turn of the screw

China tackling the lead scandals: further turn of the screw

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 27, 2017
Electricity utilities reinvented and bypassed

Electricity utilities reinvented and bypassed

"Death by a Thousand Cuts" was the brutal appraisal of the power generation goliaths by Jeffrey Eckel of Hannon Armstrong, the leading energy investment house, at the Barclays Future Energy Conference December 2016 in London.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 26, 2017
Can we put the Z in EVs? Royal Institution London 24 January 2017

Can we put the Z in EVs? Royal Institution London 24 January 2017

his useful half day conference revealed the views of motor company and academic experts and a user/ reviewer of electric cars.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 13, 2017
Electric boats and ships 2017-2027: Large market emerging

Electric boats and ships 2017-2027: Large market emerging

Analysts at IDTechEx have issued a new report, Electric Boats and Ships 2017-2027 looking at this fragmented but often highly profitable and growing sector.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 6, 2017
CES 2017- Day 1, January 5th, 2017

CES 2017- Day 1, January 5th, 2017

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 3, 2017
IDTechEx review of the year: the most impactful tech stories of 2016

IDTechEx review of the year: the most impactful tech stories of 2016

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!
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 22, 2016
Satellite or drone internet?

Satellite or drone internet?

Beaming the internet to the 4.5 billion people that do not have it should be massively profitable.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 21, 2016
Breakthrough Huddig hybrid wheel loader in 2018

Breakthrough Huddig hybrid wheel loader in 2018

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 20, 2016
Silent city

Silent city

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 19, 2016
Electric industrial lawn mower evolution

Electric industrial lawn mower evolution

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 16, 2016
Electric motors for electric vehicles: $400 billion confusion

Electric motors for electric vehicles: $400 billion confusion

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 $400b in 2027.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 15, 2016
Electric vehicles in construction are the future

Electric vehicles in construction are the future

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 13, 2016
Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented

Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 14, 2017
Massive Ford EV investment

Massive Ford EV investment

At "Future Powertrain" March 2017, Steve Gill, Director- Powertrain Engineering Ford of Europe Ford Motor Company declared that Ford will spend $4.5 billion on electric vehicles over the coming five years.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 9, 2017
Electric trucks reinvented this year

Electric trucks reinvented this year

At the recent Future Powertrain Conference in Solihull UK, Professor Matthias Wellers, Managing Director AVI Powertrain, said he liked the idea of intermittent catenaries on major roads charging inter-city pure electric trucks.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 8, 2017
Perpetual drones

Perpetual drones

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 1, 2017
Fuel cell on-road vehicles will never be mainstream

Fuel cell on-road vehicles will never be mainstream

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 27, 2017
Electricity utilities reinvented and bypassed

Electricity utilities reinvented and bypassed

"Death by a Thousand Cuts" was the brutal appraisal of the power generation goliaths by Jeffrey Eckel of Hannon Armstrong, the leading energy investment house, at the Barclays Future Energy Conference December 2016 in London.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 13, 2017
Electric boats and ships 2017-2027: Large market emerging

Electric boats and ships 2017-2027: Large market emerging

Analysts at IDTechEx have issued a new report, Electric Boats and Ships 2017-2027 looking at this fragmented but often highly profitable and growing sector.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 3, 2017
IDTechEx review of the year: the most impactful tech stories of 2016

IDTechEx review of the year: the most impactful tech stories of 2016

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!
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 21, 2016
Breakthrough Huddig hybrid wheel loader in 2018

Breakthrough Huddig hybrid wheel loader in 2018

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 19, 2016
Electric industrial lawn mower evolution

Electric industrial lawn mower evolution

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 15, 2016
Electric vehicles in construction are the future

Electric vehicles in construction are the future

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 9, 2017
Jaguar Land Rover: Autonomy Insights 2017

Jaguar Land Rover: Autonomy Insights 2017

At the Future Powertrain event March 2017 in Solihull UK, Tony Harper, Head of Research and Advanced Systems Engineering gave valuable insights into the reality of autonomous and electric vehicles.
IDTechEx Research Subscribers
A report from Batterieforum Deutschland 2017: Part 2 (chemistry)

A report from Batterieforum Deutschland 2017: Part 2 (chemistry)

Things will have to change in order that they remain the same (i.e., Li-ion batteries are here to stay). From the 25th to the 27th January around 300 stakeholders in the battery business gathered in Berlin to discuss battery innovation in Germany. The fifth edition of Batterieforum Deutschland, the prime event organised to foster a Li-ion battery ecosystem in Germany, took place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel near Potsdamer Platz, with three topics as the main sources of engagement for the attendees: battery manufacturing in Germany, advanced Li-ion chemistries, and stationary storage. The event was organised by KLiB, a public-private partnership of the German government and some national battery stakeholders. In this premium article, we will focus on battery chemistries.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 2, 2017
Industrial electric vehicles: Rapid change, $350 billion market

Industrial electric vehicles: Rapid change, $350 billion market

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 31, 2017
China tackling the lead scandals: further turn of the screw

China tackling the lead scandals: further turn of the screw

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 26, 2017
Can we put the Z in EVs? Royal Institution London 24 January 2017

Can we put the Z in EVs? Royal Institution London 24 January 2017

his useful half day conference revealed the views of motor company and academic experts and a user/ reviewer of electric cars.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 6, 2017
CES 2017- Day 1, January 5th, 2017

CES 2017- Day 1, January 5th, 2017

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 22, 2016
Satellite or drone internet?

Satellite or drone internet?

Beaming the internet to the 4.5 billion people that do not have it should be massively profitable.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 20, 2016
Silent city

Silent city

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.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 16, 2016
Electric motors for electric vehicles: $400 billion confusion

Electric motors for electric vehicles: $400 billion confusion

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 $400b in 2027.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 13, 2016
Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented

Electricity supply and electric vehicles reinvented

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.
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