Tuesday 15 June 2021, Gaydon, UK – Jaguar Land Rover is developing a prototype hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicle (FCEV) based on the new Land Rover Defender, with testing scheduled to begin this year. The FCEV concept is part of Jaguar Land Rover’s aim to achieve zero tailpipe emissions by 2036,…

Imagine a few years from now. You can buy a car that often needs charging but it can be fast charging or you can choose the opposite. You only need to charge one-third of the number of times so you do that at home, at the hotel or supermarket, never…...

New Report from IDTechEx Reveals Shift to Electric Vehicles and Autonomy to Drive Printed Electronics Automotive Market to $12.7 bn by 2031   IDTechEx has released a new technical market research report, “Printed and Flexible Electronics for Automotive Applications 2021-2031: Technologies and Markets”, on the current status of printed/flexible electronics…

If we take a look at the evolution of transportation systems around the world, we can see the future of cars is electric—but how far is the future? Is it too distant? Actually, no. There are people across the world who would buy an electric car tomorrow — if only…

See the power of a rock avalanche. It is a reminder of potential energy. In Switzerland monster trucks carry ore down from mountainside quarries, the regenerative braking creating almost enough energy to get the empty truck back up again. In an open-pit mine of the future, monster trucks carrying ore…...

Bus strategy to see passengers across England benefiting from more frequent, reliable, easier to use and cheaper bus services. government publishes major new bus strategy, outlining most ambitious reform to the sector in a generation buses will be more frequent, cheaper, greener and easier to use as government continues its…

The lithium-ion batteries in electric vehicles (EVs) present very different material demands at the cell- and pack-level compared with the internal-combustion engine (ICE) vehicles they replace. Whilst ICE drivetrains heavily rely on aluminum and steel alloys, Li-ion batteries utilize a lot of materials such as nickel, cobalt, lithium, copper, insulation,…...

London, 14 December 2020 – EO Charging (EO), the electric vehicle charge-point and charging software developer, announced that it has collaborated with Geotab, a global leader in IoT and connected transportation and LEVL, a leading UK Value Added Reseller of Geotab and EV partner of the year, to create Europe’s first…

There is a race to 1000km battery-electric vehicles (BEV) and beyond. For aircraft, that means safety and intercontinental travel from the longer possible battery durations. Meanwhile, the premature launch of vertical take-off air taxis will end in tears because they currently have a mere one-hour battery duration. Longer range on…...

The COVID-19 pandemic has caused 2020 to become the pivotal year as the automotive industry goes through a once in a hundred-year transformation. Overall, we expect global car sales in 2020 to crash by roughly 20%, yet plug-in electric cars (battery-electric and plug-in hybrid) to grow by north of 21%,…...