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Santa Barbara-grown EVmatch has developed an innovative system to allow charging station owners to share their chargers with EV drivers—sort of an Airbnb for charging, if you will. The company was recently honored with the Global Warming Mitigation Project’s Keeling Curve Prize, which includes a cash grant of $25,000. EVmatch CEO and founder Heather Hochrein (Source: EVmatch) “What…

A few days ago, my esteemed colleague Maarten Vinkhuyzen posted an excellent article on self-driving systems that explores the difference between being 10 times safer or 10 times better than a human driver. His conclusion is that 10 times better is the preferred metric, since 10 times safer still results in about 4,000 road deaths a year…

Tesla’s newest electric vehicle, the Model Y, has been introduced to the lineup of children’s cars by Radio Flyer. The Model Y is the first crossover SUV produced by Tesla. It has a five-seat option currently available, and a seven-seat version soon to be released. Now Radio Flyer has launched a one-seater option to take…

The positive impact from the transition to sustainable transport is expected, but now a report is confirming that the mass adoption of electric vehicles would save thousands of lives and billions of dollars. The study comes from Northwestern University where researchers have combined climate modeling with data from public health to assess the impact of…

Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) stock hiked 11.20 percent in Monday’s trading, and Morgan Stanley’s Adam Jonas clarified why the potential benefit of the business lies inside batteries and talented people who want to work for Elon Musk. Jonas appeared Monday on an episode of CNBC’s “Squawk Alley” to address his price target for the electric car…

There’s one statistic to rule them all when it comes to comparing electric vehicles: range. Range gets headlines. It earns automakers bragging rights, or gives their competitors mocking rights. Range is what determines whether or not an electric vehicle will fit into someone’s lifestyle. Short-range EVs like the 84-mile Fiat 500e serve as great commuters,…

This click-bait article reappears every few months. It is the buzz of social media. Just as quickly as it appeared, it fades from memory. Often these technologies resurface every few years with no significant improvement and no closer to implementation. Save yourself time and learn how to spot the pattern. Click-Bait Title The title will…

There is no doubt that the passenger vehicle market is transitioning towards electric cars, but the trucking industry’s electrification is probably still in its infancy. With this in mind, US-based energy analysts Wood Mackenzie recently conducted an analysis of the country’s emerging EV truck market, and their findings were both optimistic and conservative, especially when…

Tesla’s long-term Robotaxi plans include autonomous driving at Level 5 and it definitely sounds like things are progressing very well along. CEO Elon Musk recently commented about the progress of Full Self-Driving on Twitter and some of Tesla’s recently published patent applications have revealed even more details of the machine learning that goes into an…