Global plug-in electric vehicle (EV) population reached 7.5 million units (including light commercial vehicles) by the end of 2019. Although plug-in EV is only around 2% of global sales today, they are positioned to take the lead of road transportation in the coming decade, as governments around the world announces bans on ICEs along with the mature of EV…
The biggest roadblock to “business as usual” in this COVID-19 period is social distancing, as many of the businesses around the world are still based on face-to-face interactions across the counter or outlet based transactions, which is why digital transformation for car rentals is required. So, how can a digital machine automate car rental operations? Is it possible to self-service…
The new IDTechEx report, “Supercapacitor Materials and Formats 2020-2040” explains why supercapacitors and their variants still only constitute a modest business. It is largely because the lithium-ion battery has improved so rapidly and plummeted in cost, keeping supercapacitors in niches such as best reliability, longest life and fastest charge-discharge, but only where poor energy storage and self-leakage…
Torqeedo, the market-leading supplier of electric outboard and inboard drives for leisure boats and small fishing boats, recently surpassed 100,000 electric boat drive sales. It is a milestone which marks steady progress for the industry. What’s remarkable about this achievement is that it has largely been met with little to no financial incentives or regulation on outboard or inland vessel…
