Virginia’s Evatran is talking up a trial in Wytheville, Va. of its Plugless Power brand “hands-free” proximity charging system for battery electric vehicles plug-in hybrids. “We recognize that convenient charging of electric vehicles is essential to their volume acceptance,” Evatran cofounder and sales and marketing director Rebecca Hough says in a release. The inductive hardware, which can be fitted to  existing EVs, allows contact-less charging for an EV charging regime “that is convenient, universal and reliable.” The EVs keep their cords for conventional charging when needed.

The trial is to include at least five EVs, including three Wheego Whips, one operated by the Trinkle Mansion, a Wytheville bed-and-breakfast. The Plugless Power charging system will be ready for full-scale production by late fall of this year, Evatran says.

Evatran is a unit of Wytheville-based MTC Transformers.

Evatran, co-founder Rebecca Hough, 276-620-3196; rhough@evatran.com; www.pluglesspower.com

Wheego, Les Seagraves, 678-904-4795; les@wheego.net; wheego.net

Trinkle Mansion, Patti Pizinger, 276-625-0625; trinklemansion@aol.com; www.trinklemansion.com