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Daymak launches Avvenire Series of six light electric vehicles
Daymak, known for its cutting-edge ebike design, is trailblazing new territory by launching Avvenire Series of six LEVs (light electric vehicles), ranging from ebikes and covered mobility scooters to a personal flying vehicle. The company will manufacture the product line in Canada, creating up to 500 new jobs in the cleantech industry. “The technology we are designing will incorporate solar power to our fully enclosed vehicle line for an efficient, comfortable, and eco-friendly alternative to traditional carbon emitting vehicles…,” said Aldo Baiocchi, Founder and President of Daymak. The Terra ebike is designed to handle both on-road and off-road conditions, has solar panels that trickle charge for increased battery life, and has a range of 100 km (62 mi). The Foras covered recumbent bike is a single-passenger LEV with a range of up to 200 km (124 mi), a GPS alarm, and a backup camera. The Tectus AWD mobility e-scooter is designed for all types of weather conditions and road types that incorporates solar trickle charging, rear storage, backup camera, a range of up to 160 km (99 mi), and optional autonomous driving features. The Aspero is a lightweight, enclosed ATV adaptable to multiple terrain types and riding conditions for camping, hunting, and wilderness exploring that has solar trickle charging, rear storage, plow/trailer hitch, and a fast charge time of 2 h. The Spiritus is a two-seat coupé with optional auto-pilot, Wi-Fi, A/C, solar trickle charging, and full entertainment system with a range of up to 400 km (248 mi) and 0 to 60 mph (97 km/h) acceleration in 1.8 s—making it the fastest three-wheel car in the world. The Skyrider is a high-performance vehicle capable of flying. All vehicles can be pre-ordered online at www.daymakavvenire.com with $100 deposit.
New COVID-19 influenced consumer behaviors will shift $3 trillion in economic value: Accenture
With the pandemic driving people to spend more time at home, avoid air travel, and change their spending habits, businesses can expect to see a shift of more than $3 trillion in economic value, according to an Accenture report. The Big Value Shift quantifies the broad impact of long-term changing consumer behaviors and provides actionable insights for companies to build strategies to thrive in the face of disruption. Through a proprietary macroeconomic model that incorporates data from 38,000 companies across 25 industries, as well as household spending data for 15 countries that account for about 80% of global GDP, Accenture conservatively found that more than $2 trillion of annual value may shift away from industries such as restaurants, traditional retail, and commercial real estate as consumers pass more of their leisure time at home. Changes in spending may cause a net decline of up to $687 billion in annual value across consumer-facing industries. If current declines in air travel persist into a longer-term shift, up to $318 billion of annual value will flow to different industries and ecosystems. The highly suppressed demand for air travel has had a profound impact on the travel ecosystem from airlines and airports to aircraft manufacturers, and even further downstream to hotel chains, energy, and resources companies. Data suggests that business travel will be one of the last segments to experience a sustained recovery. As consumers will still have vacation time, value is likely to migrate to sectors like domestic tourism, digital entertainment, and outdoor recreation. “Companies must be ready to uncover new value and better meet customer demands as this wave of change approaches their industry,” said Kathleen O’Reilly, Global Lead of Accenture Strategy. For more information, visit www.accenture.com/strategy.
Freudenberg starts production of EV battery-pressure device for Chinese passenger cars
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has started high-volume production of its DIAvent pressure-compensation element for EV batteries for the first time for use in a Chinese passenger car. The device will help to ensure battery safety in the new ArcFox α-T electric car from BAIC Group’s Beijing Electric Vehicles (BJEV). It provides pressure equalization in EV batteries during normal driving and for emergency venting in the event of damage or crashes. Introduced in 2017, the valve consists of two nonwovens with different properties that take over pressure equalization during normal operation. Excess pressure reduction during emergency degassing is handled by a reversible umbrella valve. While only a few liters of air per minute are exchanged in both directions during normal operation, in an emergency the entire quantity of gas emitted from a defective cell must be removed in a few seconds. Otherwise, internal pressure many times higher than ambient could cause a battery housing to burst. The DIAvent takes over functions usually performed by two separate components—a breathing element and a bursting disc, so it is more economical and easier to install for vehicle manufacturers. For more information, visit https://www.fst.com/.
Demand surge for personal mobility brings momentum to two-wheeler market, says Frost & Sullivan
Recent Frost & Sullivan analysis finds there is pent-up demand and a growing need for personal and cost-effective mobility solutions due to the pandemic. Global two-wheeler (2W) sales are gaining momentum even faster than more conventional passenger vehicles. “South Asia’s dominance of the global 2W market is set to continue until 2025,” said Viroop Narla, Program Manager, Mobility Practice at Frost & Sullivan. “EU-27, China, and some Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) markets could rebound faster than India, South America, and the majority of Asian countries where the pandemic is still a threat. By the end of 2020, China could overtake India and become the world’s biggest 2W market.” Narla added that the 2W market holds the key to enabling mass adoption of electric vehicles in the world, as private customers benefit from hassle-free and economical ownership, while fleet companies will also benefit from the low cost of transportation. He says that OEMs should consider introducing advanced features in mass-market vehicles to increase penetration, especially in high-sales-volume markets. Ecosystem players should capitalize on the opportunity that 2W provides to enable a massive scaling up of micro-mobility and last-mile delivery services due to lower delivery costs. Sales strategies should include new retail solutions, including subscription and leasing, as an integral part of the process as new customer demographics move toward asset-light models. For further information on this analysis, please visit: http://frost.ly/4uh
Hilti’s first robot assists in physically demanding drilling tasks
Hilti has introduced its first robot, a semi-autonomous mobile unit for ceiling drilling. The Jaibot will help MEP (mechanical, electrical, plumbing) installation contractors tackle productivity, safety, and labor shortage challenges. The solution is a further step toward the digitization of construction sites, with the robot executing its tasks based on building information modeling (BIM) data. The cordless system, which doesn’t require expert skills, locates itself accurately indoors, drills dust-controlled holes, and marks them according to the trade. Productivity of the construction industry has been lagging behind other sectors for years, said Jan Doongaji, Member of the Executive Board, Hilti Group: “Margin pressure and shortages of skilled labor are already facts of life in our industry and make it increasingly difficult to overcome productivity shortfalls. But leveraging the opportunities offered by digitization will compensate for it.” The Jaibot is designed to assist tradespeople in physically demanding, repetitive installation tasks such as drilling numerous holes overhead for installations. It is navigated by the worker via remote control and holes within reach are drilled automatically. For more info on Jaibot, visit https://hilti.to/jaibot-robot-drill.
