Researchers Claim New Battery Technology Will Double EV Range

There have been a flurry of press releases over recent months claiming significant increases in battery performance. Now a team of researchers from the Korea Institute of Science and Technology have have joined the parade. They claim to have developed a new carbon-silicon material that could more than double the driving range of electric vehicles. A […]

Is Uber about to meet it’s match?

Driverless ride sharing is about to go commercial with disruptor, Cruise Automation, unveiling the Origin, a fully autonomous SUV designed for app-controlled urban transportation Uber and rival, Lyft will have to contend with a new kid on the block. And that kid might just be bigger, smarter and cheaper! Yesterday I drove from Silicon Valley […]

Start-Up Announces Order for First Electric Plane for Commercial Air Travel

Eviation announces order for Alice

The biggest names in aviation and technology are jostling to send an all-electric plane up into the commercial skies. Did an Israeli start-up just beat them to their objective?  Eliminating greenhouse-gas emissions from airplanes is one of the hardest challenges in the climate conundrum.   Air travel accounts for a significant volume of the world’s global […]

The Tesla Model X is the safest SUV ever built

The American National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) has just given the Tesla Model X its highest-ever rating for any SUV style vehicle. In fact, the Model X, the biggest vehicle in the Tesla stable, scored 5/5 stars in every category evaluated by the Administration. Even more impressive is that the Model X is the second […]