Significant advances in electric energy independent vehicles reported

The IDTechEx report ‘Energy Independent Vehicles 2016–2026’ explains why electric energy independent vehicles (EIVs) will be one of the most significant advances this century. EIVs are electric vehicles that need no external charging or refuelling, making their own electricity as needed using rapidly renewable, clean, free-of-charge sources.

The electric vehicle business is forecast by IDTechEx to be around $500 billion in 2026, rising strongly thereafter. With EIVs already existing on water, underwater, in the air and on land — and their capabilities advancing rapidly — IDTechEx expects that EIVs will become an increasingly significant part of this multibillion-dollar industry.

Based on the latest research, the report explains how self-powered, zero-pollution vehicles will increasingly use many forms of high-power energy harvesting (HPEH), some of which will be internal and directed at making them more efficient. Examples include energy-harvesting shock absorbers, regenerative active suspension and regenerative braking.

The report analyses 33 EIV projects, presenting their achievements and potential in an easily understood form. Intensive global travel, interviews and analysis by IDTechEx PhD-level experts, conference materials and presentations from across the world combine to provide an in-depth view of the technology and its commercial prospects.