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Most of us will never set foot on a minesite or a commercial port, but these are the beating hearts of economies the world over. But are they a good fit for electric vehicles? With dump trucks, tug boats, and now excavators making the switch, it sure looks like it.

Machinery manufacturer JCB has launched the world’s first all-electric excavator. The 19C-1E has been delivered to over 50 customers, with more to follow in Europe and North America. Are the days of the noisy construction site almost over?

Porsche’s all electric Taycan has been put through its latest test this week, powering through 3425 km over a single day in extreme condition testing. Drivers fought 42° heat to push the prototype to its limits before the Taycan’s world premiere in September.

Thanks to wireless charging technology, a smartphone sold today might go its entire life-cycle without being plugged in, so why not EVs? BMW’s inductive charging trial stalled last year after a slow European rollout, but that might be over as they move to extend the program to US customers.

With a name fit for a supervillain and the looks to match, the Drako GTE is set to be a formidable beast on the supercar stage — and possibly another nail in combustion’s coffin.

Driving an electric vehicle doesn’t require a new license, but according to the Oxford Dictionary they aren’t technically ‘cars’. After winning the 2019 World Car of the Year with the all-electric I-PACE, Jaguar have taken it upon themselves to change that with a campaign to give EVs their rightful recognition in the dictionary.

Removing the battery from an electric vehicle and replacing it in a matter of minutes? Crazy. Swappable batteries have long been ridiculed by EV automakers, but they might have found a home in the wider world of e-mobility. Today on the JET Charge blog we’re asking what this tech really is, what it promises, and where it fits in an electric future.

We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again: electric tech is the future of transport — and it's not just the big boys that stand to benefit. Electric bicycle sales are growing fast; they’ve already overtaken their pedal-powered peers in some parts of the world, with more soon to follow.