(21 Oct 2017) LEADIN:

Forget plugging in to charge up your new electric car, engineers are now working towards a future where you never need to plug in ever again.

That’s some time off, but a new generation of batteries is being designed to power the latest electric cars, from high energy cells to power sports models to those that power over long distances.

STORYLINE:

Electric cars are no longer concepts kept in top secret bunkers at a car manufacturers research unit.

Nor are they a seen as four wheeled status symbols of the wealthy elite.