Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield, Contributing Writer

Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield is a self-confessed petrol head. She grew up in a carless family but was able at a very early age to name cars passing her on the street while other girls her age were more interested in Barbie Dolls. Although she trained as a classical musician she’s now a full-time broadcaster and journalist, covering green fuels and tech. After passing her driving test she’s owned a wide selection of cars, including a 1962 Morris Minor Woodie Hotrod; a single seat electric bubble car; a ’92 Honda Prelude; a ’91 Volvo 240; a ’04 Toyota Prius Plug in Hybrid (which she converted herself); an ’85 VW electric factory built rabbit; and a ’09 Smart ForTwo CDI Nikki specializes in electric vehicles, but also enjoys clandestine gas-guzzling, working on the rule that the larger and noisier the better. She is also loves riding motorcycles, but currently doesn't own one. Nikki also hosts the TransportEvolved podcast. She lives in Bristol UK with her wife, their two daughters and their Border Collie.

Articles

2012 Mia Electric Microbus: First Drive Report Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 14, 2011

Sometimes a clever inventor or a team of engineers changes the way we think about an appliance or a concept we’ve lived with for years -- producing a revolutionary new design that makes us...
Infiniti: We’ll Have An All-Electric Sedan Ready For 2015
Infiniti -- the luxury sister brand of Nissan -- has been joining in the electric car hype at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show with talk of an all-electric subcompact car it will have ready for sometime in 2014. This isn’t the first time Infiniti has talked electric cars. Last year, Infiniti boss...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 14, 2011

2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: Brabus AWD Electric Mercedes-Benz E-Class
This year’s 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show has been heavily dominated by the drive towards greener vehicles, better gas mileage, and zero tailpipe-emissions motoring. So it’s no surprise that German tuning house Brabus has followed the trend set by most of the major automakers attending the...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 14, 2011
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: Opel RAK e Electric Concept
At this year’s Frankfurt Auto Show there’s a very clear theme among concept cars: ultra-small urban runabouts. Now Opel -- the European arm of General Motors -- has joined Audi, Volkswagen, Smart and many others with its own take on a lightweight electric-powered urban runabout. Called...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 13, 2011
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: 2012 Volkswagen Up Family Gallery
Volkswagen has been working hard on the Up minicar since it first debuted at the 2007 Frankfurt Auto Show, but it has finally unveiled the production version of its gasoline-sipping city car at this year's 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show along with a whole family of concepts based on its tiny frame. The...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 13, 2011
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: 2013 Fisker Surf Official Unveiling
The 2012 Fisker Karma extended range electric car (plug-in hybrid) may have been sold on its sexy good looks, and sporty performance -- but now the luxury sedan has a more practical sibling -- the Fisker Surf. Unveiled today at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show, the 2013 Fisker Surf is a crossover wagon...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 13, 2011
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show: Audi A2 Electric Concept First Pics Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 13, 2011

Audi has just unveiled its all-electric A2 Concept vehicle at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show.

Placed somewhere between its two-seat electric Urban Concept which we saw yesterday and its A3 hatchback,...

How To Get Better Mileage In Your Next Gasoline Car: Get More Gears
If you’re in the market for a new car, but the current offerings of electric, plug-in hybrid and hybrid cars aren’t suitable there’s an often-overlooked way to get better gas mileage - more gears. In recent years we’ve seen six and seven speed automatic gearboxes becoming...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 12, 2011
Want To Buy A 2011 Think City? You Can (If You Live In New York)
A few weeks back we nominated the diminutive Think City electric car as one of the five electric cars you’ll still be able to buy in five years’ time -- despite the roller-coaster fortunes of the firm which makes it. Arguing that the Think City had certain Blattodean qualities when it...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 12, 2011
Hybrid Truck Shows Ferrari What It's Missing: Electric Motors (Video)
Last month Ferrari Boss Luca di Montezemelo reiterated that his firm would never bring an all-electric car to market, declaring that he just didn’t believe in them. Instead, he said, the Italian automaker would bring out a gasoline-electric hybrid drivetrain in a few years time. However...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 12, 2011
Plug-in Hearse Offers To Whisk You Silently To Your Grave
Losing a loved one is never easy. Neither is planning a funeral afterward. Now a firm in the U.K. claims it can help provide an appropriate form of transport for electric car owners looking for a green way to make their final journeys. An engineering firm with several years of experience with...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 9, 2011
Want a Retro Electric Car? Firm Plans All-Electric VW Beetle
When El Rey -- the final Volkswagen Type 1 Beetle to ever be made -- rolled off the Mexican production line on July 30, 2003, many Volkswagen fans around the world mourned the end of a 60-year production run. And with over 21.5 million original Volkswagen Beetles made, the VW Bug still holds the...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 9, 2011

2012 Coda Sedan: You Can’t Get One Yet, But You Can Visit The Store Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 9, 2011

Where do you go to buy your next green car?

For most consumers, the answer would be the local car dealer on the outskirts of town, but yesterday California-based Coda Automotive just opened up its...
2011 Nissan Leaf Helps Underground Utility Company
A 2011 Nissan Leaf is providing transportation through the city for the team that's building new power conduit tunnels throughout central London.
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 7, 2011
Volvo Downsizes Engines, Continues Drive Towards Greener Cars
Volvo isn’t the largest automaker in the world -- but it is one of the safest thanks to a long-standing passion about passenger and pedestrian safety dating back to when the company was founed nearly 85 years ago. But recently Volvo has developed a new passion to put alongside its aim to have...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 7, 2011
How Much Has Nissan Spent on Electric Cars? $5.6 Billion...And Counting
Bringing a new car to market costs a lot of money -- around $1-2 billion per platform on a new volume vehicle. As any auto industry insider will tell you, it isn’t just money either -- it’s about years of planning, development and testing before a car is ready to make the transition...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 7, 2011
Leaf Drivers Publicly Shame Selfish Charging-Station User
Imagine the scenario: You’re heading to a meeting and leave your shiny 2011 Nissan Leaf electric car plugged in at the local charging station, confident that it will have enough charge to get you back home when you return in a few hours. Then you return to find another electric car owner has...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 6, 2011
Security Breach: iPhone App Releases Private Data of Electric Car Owners
For as long as electric cars have been on the roads of the world, people have needed to find a place to plug in. So what happens when a company obtains and publishes details of several hundred addresses and contact details for a privately-run and moderated peer-to-peer charging network?...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 6, 2011

What Will A Formula E Electric Race-Car Look Like? Here’s One Idea (VIDEO) Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 6, 2011

A few weeks ago we told you that the FIA governing body had announced its call for entrants for its new all-electric race car series, Formula E -- and now we’re starting to see interest from...
Reporter Borrows 2011 Chevy Volt During Hurricane Irene, Both Survive
Imagine, plug-in electric cars can survive hurricanes just like they survive snow, sleet, rain, and car washes!
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 2, 2011
Hey, Sarah Palin, Electric Cars Make Hunting Easier
Electric car owners aren’t necessarily known for their love of hunting -- and those who hunt aren’t usually known for their love of electric cars either. After all, gun-toting, gas-guzzling, Russia-spying, former Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin loves to hunt -- and her motto of...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 2, 2011
2011 Nissan Leaf Electric Car: What We’ve Learned After 5 Months
At the end of March this year, I took delivery of our very own 2011 Nissan Leaf. After the first week, we shared with you the good and bad side of Nissan’s first all-electric hatchback and even reported on a mammoth 520-mile two-day trek utilizing the U.K.’s dealer network of D.C. rapid...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 2, 2011
2011 Frankfurt Auto Show Preview: VW Nils Electric Concept (BREAKING)
Two weeks ago, we heard a rumor that German automaker Volkswagen was planning on unveiling an all-electric single-seat urban car at the 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show. A few days later, we were offered a chance to be among the very first to get a glimpse of Volkswagen’s ultra-compact urban concept...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 1, 2011
Walgreens Installs DC Rapid Electric Car Chargers “Where Practical”
You may already know that pharmaceuticals giant Walgreens is installing as many as 800 electric car charging stations at its branches throughout New York City, Houston, Dallas Fort-Worth and Chicago. While we all reeled in horror to the news that it could cost Walgreens customers as much as $4 for...
Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield September 1, 2011