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Recurrent, a company that analyzes EV battery health, has grown its board of directors by adding a former senior vice president from CarGurus. Chosen for the open board position is Martha Blue, who has experience with leadership roles in tech startups and auto companies. 

“Adding Marty to the board is a big deal to me and the rest of our leadership team,” Recurrent chief executive officer Scott Case said in a news release. “She has already navigated many of the challenges we’ll face as a growing presence in the auto domain in the coming years.”

Recurrent aims to ultimely accelerate the overall adoptions of EVs, and providing more transparency and confidence in their buying process might just push that along. 

This is key, Recurrent says, to reducing the 20% of U.S. carbon emissions that are currently produced by light-duty combustion engine vehicles.

Blue is now a senior adviser to carmakers on EV strategy at Harvard Business School's Boston Consulting Group. Before that, she was SVP of business development at CarGurus.

Blue worked with CarGurus through some pretty integral points in its journey. First, she guided the company through a successful IPO in October 2017. During her time with the company, CarGurus grew from 14 to more than 700 employees with a market cap in excess of $4 billion. In addition to leading business development, Marty also launched the sales, B2B marketing, product and industry relations functions for the company. 

“I have been fortunate in my career to work with some very fast-growing and successful companies,” Blue said in the release. “Recurrent is poised to be one of the next household names in automotive, so I am thrilled to be along for the ride in this dynamic green tech sector. After years of helping people find their next car, it will also be fulfilling to help people find their first electric car as we work to improve the relationship between transportation and the environment.”