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Swedish automaker Volvo are using blockchain to help establish “full transparency and traceability” in their cobalt supply. After a long history of child exploitation and conflict mining history of the rare metal, this is a step in the right direction for EV automakers and future tech. But is it enough?

Australia’s Clean Energy Regulator has released their annual renewables report, confirming the nation’s highest ever installations and the world’s greatest per-capita capacity increase. We look through the highlights, what they’re neglecting to mention, and what this means for Aussie EVs today on the 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?