To further boost the way the common motorist see electric cars, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile or the FIA,  the governing body of the global motoring organisation, had recently announced plans to have an electric-car racing competition next year.  To be called Formula E, the organizers see it as a possible alternative to Formula 1 which, other than providing entertainment, would keep the interest of the industry and the public to electric-vehicle technologies.

Formula E's chief executive Alejandro Agag said to BBC in a recent interview, "We will make people more inclined to buy an electric car, but this will take time - five or 10 years."

Qualcomm, a smartphone chipmaker, has already signed a sponsorship for a five-year deal, pledging an undisclosed amount of money to the Formula E championship.  The chipmaker will provide wireless-charging and augmented-reality technology for the teams and the viewing public.

Among the products that Qualcomm plans to offer is its wireless vehicle-charging technology, Halo.  It is now being developed at the London-based lab of the company. The charging facility will be creating an electromagnetic field, wherein  a copper pad is buried in the ground which will then be picked up by a coil built into a vehicle.  This, in turn, converts to electricity for the electric car's battery.

"We think Formula E can be a platform where companies can showcase and develop and improve technologies for electric road cars," Agag added.  "This, we hope, will have a psychological impact and make people more inclined to buy an electric car."

Formula E is scheduled to take place in London in September 2014, with races to follow in other cities.

Speaking of wireless charging, accessories for mobile devices have already been on the rise since the interface standard has been developed by the Wireless Power Consortium.  Apple's newest iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C have just been released and already, a Taiwanese manufacturer has wireless charging accessories for the new units , displayed at IFA 2013, a global innovations show in Berlin which ran from Sept. 6 to 11.

According to an article by Desire Athow of ITProPortal dated Sept. 9, "We stopped by Esorun in the Taiwan pavilion at IFA.  It had a classic battery casing for the iPhone 5C as well as a wireless Qi charging case for the iPhone 5/5S and 5C known as the Blade 5."

Esorun is a professional technology company which also focuses on Apple-authorized accessories.