Category: JET Charge blog
Announcement – JET Charge series B funding round
A bright future for electric scooters in Australia
Electric scooters are popular around the world and now Australia have entered the ring with Melbourne-based Raine Scooters. Check it out in this guest post from Raine’s own Gerald Fisher.
What are networked traffic lights?
Would you enjoy knowing the red light is there before you reach it, the time it will change and the perfect speed to arrive as it turns green? We all would, and for some American & European drivers it’s already a reality. Meet networked traffic lights.
Get ready for electric delivery vans
Amazon are buying 100,000 Rivian electric vans. UPS are getting 10,000. Today we’re looking to the electric future of the delivery business — and it’s not far away.
Zero Motorcycles: the electric bikes Australia can’t have
Zero Motorcycles are making some of the world’s hottest all-electric motorbike — but you can’t get them in Australia. Why not? And are we really missing out on much, anyway?
2019 in review
It’s been a bumper year for the e-mobility space. January looks like a distant memory behind the swathe of new models, record-breaking investments, and fresh technology on the EV radar. There’s so much going on every month that it can be hard to keep track! So today we’re revisiting the highlights to see how far we’ve come in 2019.
Where are Australia’s fuel efficiency standards?
Few motorists could be expected to reliably describe the cocktail of chemicals spilling out of their exhausts every day. Could you name more than just carbon dioxide? But what about the rules behind those emissions, or the fuel efficiency of the vehicle? Australia at least has rules in place for that... right?
The titans of combustion are going electric
The biggest engines, the most iconic brands. We’re looking at the heavyweights of the automotive industry known for their petrol pedigree — and the ways they’re all moving toward electrification.
Model X rated by Euro safety program — still nothing from ANCAP
The Tesla Model X dropped in Australia in 2016 with Tesla’s already strong safety record to back it up. By 2017, the US Model X became the first SUV to achieve a 5 star rating on every category of the NHTSA’s safety testing. But from Australia’s own ANCAP safety program there was nothing. For years, neither ANCAP nor their European counterparts at Euro NCAP had tested the Model X — until this week.