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Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014

Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014

The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
Electric Vehicles Research
Sep 17, 2014
Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo

Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo

The Reed Exhibitions event last week consisting of PV Expo, Battery Osaka and Smart Grid Expo successfully extended an event that started with photovoltaics last year.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 21, 2014
Electric vehicles need magic of graphene

Electric vehicles need magic of graphene

Graphene could radically improve batteries and supercapacitors as explained in the new IDTechEx report Functional Materials for Supercapacitors/Ultracapacitors/EDLC 2015-2025.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 4, 2014
Rapid progress of electric boats and other craft

Rapid progress of electric boats and other craft

Water-borne electric vehicles are much more than 100 year old river boats, toy boats on ponds and tiny trolling outboards for leisure fishing. The rapidly increasing military, commercial and industrial applications now dwarf leisure applications in value and sophistication.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 20, 2014
New generation GaN and SiC semiconductors will be designed into EVs

New generation GaN and SiC semiconductors will be designed into EVs

SiC devices will be widely designed into electric vehicles from 2014 and GaN from 2018. With manufacturers currently designing vehicles to be launched onto the market in 2018, it is predicted that by this date GaN semiconductors will attain price parity with silicon devices. This will make the technology attractive as a replacement for silicon for use in the power electronics in both pure electric and hybrid vehicles.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 14, 2014
What you will learn at Supercapacitors Europe 2014

What you will learn at Supercapacitors Europe 2014

IDTechEx's Supercapacitor Europe 2014 conference is bringing the best of supercapacitor developments in the region and internationally to Berlin on 1-2 April.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 13, 2014
Thermoelectric generators: Vehicles, Wireless Sensors, Industrial Apps

Thermoelectric generators: Vehicles, Wireless Sensors, Industrial Apps

The worldwide interest in waste heat recovery continues to grow, with a wide range of applications ranging from small harvesters integrated into wireless sensor networks all the way to larger harvesters such as the ones that can potentially be integrated into cars.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 7, 2014
IDTechEx reveal largest sector for marine electric vehicles

IDTechEx reveal largest sector for marine electric vehicles

The new IDTechEx report, Electric Boats, Small Submarines and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) 2014-2024 reveals the market for electric water craft, including those on and under water, will increase from $2.6 billion to $7.3 billion in 2024.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 31, 2014
Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US

Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US

The supercapacitor industry closed last year (2013) with a continued double-digit growth. According to Maxwell Technologies' executives, China has been the main source of growth. New announcements confirm what IDTechEx has stated in recent years: the supercapacitor and the battery industry are the same.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 20, 2013
The total market for electric UAVs will reach over $1bn by 2023

The total market for electric UAVs will reach over $1bn by 2023

The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023"
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 6, 2013
Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023

Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023

The total global gross value market for hybrid and pure electric vehicles will reach US$334 billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx.
Electric Vehicles Research
Nov 15, 2013
IDTechEx find industrial and commercial EVs are the winners

IDTechEx find industrial and commercial EVs are the winners

As the electric vehicle EV industry grows more than five-fold to well over $300 billion in 2024, those e-vehicles not bought primarily on up-front price will continue to dominate.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 18, 2013
Small electric vehicles succeed in non-glamorous roles

Small electric vehicles succeed in non-glamorous roles

Analysts IDTechEx have recently pointed out that industrial and commercial electric vehicles (hybrid and pure electric) are now a bigger business than electric cars and will remain so for the coming decade, while making almost all the profit of the two put together.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 7, 2013
Lessons from a burning Tesla and a sinking Titanic

Lessons from a burning Tesla and a sinking Titanic

A Tesla Model S was filmed burning in the road recently, allegedly having struck a metal object.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 4, 2013
Supercapacitors increase range of electric vehicles

Supercapacitors increase range of electric vehicles

Supercapacitors are increasing the range of electric vehicles in several ways and by doing so they are hugely increasing the addressable market for those vehicles. Typically, they last for the life of the vehicle regardless of how many cycles are endured.
Electric Vehicles Research
Sep 16, 2013
Thermoelectric energy harvesting in Japan

Thermoelectric energy harvesting in Japan

The Japanese are working very hard on thermoelectric energy harvesting from tiny forms for use on hot running electronics components the 1.5 kW versions for use on furnace flues etc.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 30, 2013
Anatomy of the largest EV business: industrial and commercial

Anatomy of the largest EV business: industrial and commercial

For the next decade, the largest electric vehicle sector will be industrial and commercial electric vehicles on land. In great contrast to the hybrid and pure electric cars that come next in market size, industrial and commercial electric vehicles are almost never bought by private individuals. That means that they are almost never bought on up-front price, the criteria being cost-over-life, reliability and performance with any extra life over conventional versions much appreciated.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 9, 2013
Electric vehicle range extenders: leaving piston engines behind

Electric vehicle range extenders: leaving piston engines behind

This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, "Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles Land, Water & Air 2013-2023" which covers all such vehicles, on land, on/under water and airborne.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 2, 2013
Supercapacitors gain ascendancy

Supercapacitors gain ascendancy

Life is good for supercapacitors manufacturers and developers.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jul 25, 2013
Energy harvesting and storage technologies in rail transit

Energy harvesting and storage technologies in rail transit

In this article we will briefly look at implementations in the rail transit sector, and the kind of technologies that are making their way onto trains, railways and waysides in order to reduce power consumption, maintenance costs and reliability of train services.
IDTechEx Research Subscribers
Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014

Highlights from Hybrid & EV Forum Munich 2014

The event Hybrid and Electric Vehicle Forum consisted a conference with about 70 delegates and a small display area for a few organisations. Here we give some details of the presentations that particularly caught our attention.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 21, 2014
Electric vehicles need magic of graphene

Electric vehicles need magic of graphene

Graphene could radically improve batteries and supercapacitors as explained in the new IDTechEx report Functional Materials for Supercapacitors/Ultracapacitors/EDLC 2015-2025.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 20, 2014
New generation GaN and SiC semiconductors will be designed into EVs

New generation GaN and SiC semiconductors will be designed into EVs

SiC devices will be widely designed into electric vehicles from 2014 and GaN from 2018. With manufacturers currently designing vehicles to be launched onto the market in 2018, it is predicted that by this date GaN semiconductors will attain price parity with silicon devices. This will make the technology attractive as a replacement for silicon for use in the power electronics in both pure electric and hybrid vehicles.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 13, 2014
Thermoelectric generators: Vehicles, Wireless Sensors, Industrial Apps

Thermoelectric generators: Vehicles, Wireless Sensors, Industrial Apps

The worldwide interest in waste heat recovery continues to grow, with a wide range of applications ranging from small harvesters integrated into wireless sensor networks all the way to larger harvesters such as the ones that can potentially be integrated into cars.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jan 31, 2014
Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US

Toyota launches fuel cell car in the US

The supercapacitor industry closed last year (2013) with a continued double-digit growth. According to Maxwell Technologies' executives, China has been the main source of growth. New announcements confirm what IDTechEx has stated in recent years: the supercapacitor and the battery industry are the same.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 6, 2013
Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023

Total hybrid & pure EV market will be US$334 billion by 2023

The total global gross value market for hybrid and pure electric vehicles will reach US$334 billion within the decade, from a current value of US$69 billion, forecast analysts IDTechEx.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 18, 2013
Small electric vehicles succeed in non-glamorous roles

Small electric vehicles succeed in non-glamorous roles

Analysts IDTechEx have recently pointed out that industrial and commercial electric vehicles (hybrid and pure electric) are now a bigger business than electric cars and will remain so for the coming decade, while making almost all the profit of the two put together.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 4, 2013
Supercapacitors increase range of electric vehicles

Supercapacitors increase range of electric vehicles

Supercapacitors are increasing the range of electric vehicles in several ways and by doing so they are hugely increasing the addressable market for those vehicles. Typically, they last for the life of the vehicle regardless of how many cycles are endured.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 30, 2013
Anatomy of the largest EV business: industrial and commercial

Anatomy of the largest EV business: industrial and commercial

For the next decade, the largest electric vehicle sector will be industrial and commercial electric vehicles on land. In great contrast to the hybrid and pure electric cars that come next in market size, industrial and commercial electric vehicles are almost never bought by private individuals. That means that they are almost never bought on up-front price, the criteria being cost-over-life, reliability and performance with any extra life over conventional versions much appreciated.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 2, 2013
Supercapacitors gain ascendancy

Supercapacitors gain ascendancy

Life is good for supercapacitors manufacturers and developers.
Electric Vehicles Research
Sep 17, 2014
Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo

Electric vehicle news from Battery Osaka, PV Expo, Smart Grid Expo

The Reed Exhibitions event last week consisting of PV Expo, Battery Osaka and Smart Grid Expo successfully extended an event that started with photovoltaics last year.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 4, 2014
Rapid progress of electric boats and other craft

Rapid progress of electric boats and other craft

Water-borne electric vehicles are much more than 100 year old river boats, toy boats on ponds and tiny trolling outboards for leisure fishing. The rapidly increasing military, commercial and industrial applications now dwarf leisure applications in value and sophistication.
Electric Vehicles Research
Mar 14, 2014
What you will learn at Supercapacitors Europe 2014

What you will learn at Supercapacitors Europe 2014

IDTechEx's Supercapacitor Europe 2014 conference is bringing the best of supercapacitor developments in the region and internationally to Berlin on 1-2 April.
Electric Vehicles Research
Feb 7, 2014
IDTechEx reveal largest sector for marine electric vehicles

IDTechEx reveal largest sector for marine electric vehicles

The new IDTechEx report, Electric Boats, Small Submarines and Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUV) 2014-2024 reveals the market for electric water craft, including those on and under water, will increase from $2.6 billion to $7.3 billion in 2024.
Electric Vehicles Research
Dec 20, 2013
The total market for electric UAVs will reach over $1bn by 2023

The total market for electric UAVs will reach over $1bn by 2023

The total market value for electric unmanned aerial vehicles will reach over one Billion dollars by 2023 according to findings in the new IDTechEx report, "Electric Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) 2013-2023"
Electric Vehicles Research
Nov 15, 2013
IDTechEx find industrial and commercial EVs are the winners

IDTechEx find industrial and commercial EVs are the winners

As the electric vehicle EV industry grows more than five-fold to well over $300 billion in 2024, those e-vehicles not bought primarily on up-front price will continue to dominate.
Electric Vehicles Research
Oct 7, 2013
Lessons from a burning Tesla and a sinking Titanic

Lessons from a burning Tesla and a sinking Titanic

A Tesla Model S was filmed burning in the road recently, allegedly having struck a metal object.
Electric Vehicles Research
Sep 16, 2013
Thermoelectric energy harvesting in Japan

Thermoelectric energy harvesting in Japan

The Japanese are working very hard on thermoelectric energy harvesting from tiny forms for use on hot running electronics components the 1.5 kW versions for use on furnace flues etc.
Electric Vehicles Research
Aug 9, 2013
Electric vehicle range extenders: leaving piston engines behind

Electric vehicle range extenders: leaving piston engines behind

This article shares some of the research in the new IDTechEx report, "Range Extenders for Electric Vehicles Land, Water & Air 2013-2023" which covers all such vehicles, on land, on/under water and airborne.
Electric Vehicles Research
Jul 25, 2013
Energy harvesting and storage technologies in rail transit

Energy harvesting and storage technologies in rail transit

In this article we will briefly look at implementations in the rail transit sector, and the kind of technologies that are making their way onto trains, railways and waysides in order to reduce power consumption, maintenance costs and reliability of train services.
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