A compact electric vehicle charger perfectly emulates futuristic sleek EV designs

A compact and practical electric vehicle charger designed keeping in mind the future of EVs and the preferences of demanding customers. This is the compact Éclair EV charger which goes perfectly with the styling of future electric vehicle designs and the current ones like Tesla Model 3 too.

It’s estimated that by 2030 all-electric vehicles will account for 52 percent of total worldwide sales. This will consequently see a sharp rise in the demand for electric vehicle charging stations. The more compact EV charging rigs, the better it is for the future. Last year we saw the Genesis EV Home Charger bring a new vision to the user-centric EV charging needs, and now another concept EV charging solution gives us a good idea of what’s heading our way in the coming years.

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Most of the electric vehicles that we see in production and on roads adapt sharp geometric aesthetics to reflect the futuristic appeal. The Éclair electric vehicle charger is inspired by that very geometric design aesthetic. This compact electric vehicle charger has a dedicated RFID card payment slot for easy and quick charging at designated stations. Once the halo light turns blue from red, the EV is ready to receive the charge. The wall-mounted EV charging station is designed keeping in mind ease of use, and storing the cable in the gap between the circle face and rectangle body is a clear example.

The charging gun having both B-type and C-type charging ports, slots in the middle of the circle. Those who want to charge their vehicle with their own charging cables can screw it up to the empty socket at the bottom. Keeping in mind the commercial use, the designers have made the charger’s exposed body from black sanding plastic material to avoid any scratches. For aesthetic appeal, the other sections are covered with metallic silver spray.

 

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Ice Cream Sandwich takes a bite out of Gingerbread, represents 15.9 percent of Android devices

Ice Cream Sandwich takes a bite out of Gingerbread, represents 159 percent of Android devices

Two major updates later (three if you count the tablet-exclusive Honeycomb), and Gingerbread is finally starting to falter. According to Google's latest two week survey of devices accessing the Play store, Ice Cream Sandwich is on the rise, filling out 15.9-percent of the Android user base. That's a full five points ahead of Android 4.0's July score, and it's eating into the OS' other flavors: Gingerbread (Android 2.3) dropped by 3.4-percent, Froyo (Android 2.2) by 1.8 and Eclair (Android 2.1) by a meager half a percent. Google's latest confectionery update, Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), made an appearance as well, eking out a shy 0.8-percent of the market. Check out Google's collection of charts for yourself at the source link below or let us know where your devices falls in the comments.

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Google reportedly planning stable of Nexus devices with Android 5.0, will sell ’em direct

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Hand firmly grasping hat? Good. The Wall Street Journal is reporting on quite the bombshell today, noting that Google is about to cause its carrier partners in the States all sorts of grief -- indirectly, of course. Just weeks after placing its heralded Galaxy Nexus on sale for $399 unlocked, the report states that said move is only the beginning of a new initiative. Likely to be formally revealed at Google I/O, the mega-corp is planning to partner with a variety of OEMs (rather than just one at a time) in order to have up to five Pure Google (read: Nexus) devices available at once. Better still, the whole stable will ship with Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) and will be sold directly from Google in unlocked form to consumers in America, Europe and Asia.

The move is significant in a myriad ways. For one, more unlocked Nexus devices means more choice when it comes to carrier selection. Furthermore, the move is likely to quell fears that certain partners may have about Google making Motorola Mobility its favorite after a $12 billion acquisition. Not surprisingly, Google's not commenting on the matter, but sources "close" to the situation say that the company's hoping to have the 5.0 cadre on sale by Thanksgiving -- you know, just in time for Black Friday and the looming holiday shopping season. We're all guessing that this will address the growing "app situation" head-on; by making a push to eliminate carrier-infused bloatware (while also providing early Android OS access to more partners), we're hoping that the whole "skinning" dilemma is addressed, too.

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