Nikki Gordon-Bloomfield is a self-confessed geek, clandestine petrol-head and gadget girl who will drive or ride almost anything. She works as a presenter, producer and journalist with a specialism in alternative fuelled vehicles and green technology.
I was hooked on the idea of electric cars as a geeky kid back in the 1980s. But I got hooked on real EVs at the drag strip. There's something so awesome about watching an electric car crucifying a V8 in a good, old-fashioned drag race.
Nikki trained as a classical musician before spending ten years trying various jobs in the music and education industries before settling on life as a journalist. She has a passion for both traditional and modern media and was the founder editor of Plugged In Magazine, a magazine dedicated to electric vehicles.
In 2005 Nikki was offered the opportunity to become the Disc Editor for MacFormat
magazine, a job she describes as being "every Apple geek's dream job."
Nikki became a podcaster in 2007 with a series of occasional test-drives of alternative fueled cars and in early 2009 became a regular host of the EVcast - alongside "Owning an Electric Car
author, Mike Boxwell - a weekly podcast dedicated to electric vehicles.
Since leaving the EVcast earlier this year, Nikki developed the TransportEvolved, an Internet show focusing on green transportation and ThisWeekinEnergy, a show offering a round-up of the week's energy news.
Nikki has owned several unusual vehicles and a series of electric cars. Frustrated there wasn't a plug-in hybrid available on the market, she converted her own Prius to a plug-in hybrid and now drives a fully electric VW Golf.
