Category: JET Charge blog

No, you didn’t misread the title, and we didn’t misspell it. US automaker Tesla is known by most as a trendsetting electric automaker, but for Wall Street investors their publicly traded stock — listed under the TSLA ticker — is the battlefield of a long-fought war between pro- and anti-Tesla investors. We dig through the rubble to see who’s winning in the wake of an explosive Q2 earnings call from TSLA.

It wasn’t long ago that electric utes seemed like a pipe-dream. Tradies laughed at the idea, the coalition government taunted that EVs will “end the weekend”, and towing was nowhere to be seen. Those days are over. Today on the JET Charge blog we’re looking at the latest e-utes promised for our shores and asking what the future holds for an Aussie icon.

A trip to the dealership has long been an unavoidable part of the car purchase process. We all love to hate them, and it wasn’t until Tesla pioneered the online-only sales model that we saw a viable alternative. But how viable is it really? Are dealers on a sinking ship, or will they endure as the dominant vehicle purchase platform?

Falling EV battery prices are a key factor in their growing popularity worldwide, but what goes into that cost? Is the dollar value all we should be looking at? Today on the JET Charge blog we examine the web of factors that go into battery tech, how they’re affecting the price and the performance of EVs today, and what’s next as li-ion technology is perfected and eclipsed.

Taiga Motors have cemented their place as Canada’s powersport pioneers with the reveal of the TS3 electric snowmobile range. They’ll be the first production e-snowmobiles available worldwide when they launch in 2020. We investigate what makes this such an achievement and why it proves that electrification is inevitable.

Dutch solar carmakers Lightyear have revealed their debut production EV and opened reservations for a 2021 release. With 725 km of range and 5 m2 of solar panels, the Lightyear One is already making waves in the EV space. Meanwhile, Munich-based Sono Motors have unveiled their own design for a solar vehicle, the Sion, slated to be the first of its kind mass-produced worldwide. Could solar be the future for EV tech?

Rent-by-the-minute electric scooters have taken over swathes of North America & Europe, and since November last year they’ve been a fixture in Brisbane. But will tough laws and irresponsible riders spell the end for them before they’ve really arrived? We look at the logistics, the liabilities and the legislation to see if Lime or their competitors can make e-scooters work in Australia.

Melbourne has been confirmed as the third city in the world to host ‘Uber Air’ flying taxis. How do they work? Where will they takeoff and land? Are they as loud as helicopters? We’ve dug through the press releases, reports, and announcements to see what Melbs has in store as commuters take to the air.