Sunday, June 12, 2016

Electric Car Insider magazine has launched a Kickstarter campaign to develop an interactive App version of the EV Buyers Guide for tablets and mobile devices. 

The digital edition App will contain interactive multimedia, including high quality video, audio podcasts, and photo slide shows and image galleries with hundreds of quality images not possible to include in the print edition. The app will ultimately include the ability to arrange test drives, and on-site and online product demonstrations. 

On the Apple and Google app stores, the digital edition will reach tens of thousands of people interested in driving zero emission electric vehicles who may not have access to the printed guide. Increasing awareness and education of electric cars, motorcycles and bicycles will increase the number of EV drivers and riders. More EV drivers will improve air quality, but will also spur the installation of more public EV charging infrastructure, improving the utility and quality of current EV drivers' experiences with their vehicles.

Backers of the kickstarter program will gain early and discounted access to the product and other special rewards which will be listed on the Kickstarter web site when the campaign launches. 

Most importantly, the Kickstarter campaign will enable Electric Car enthusiasts and advocates to help spread the word about EVs. The campaign will offer several ways for ECI readers to amplify their influence among their friends and colleagues.

The 2016 Kickstarter campaign is the second for Electric Car Insider magazine. In the 4th quarter of 2014, ECI held a successful campaign to fund the development of the print edition of the 2015 EV Buyers Guide, raising over $12,000 and enabling ECI to distribute the magazine through Barnes & Noble in the US and Chapters/Indigo in Canada.

View the ECI Kickstarter video at https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/electric-car-insider/electric-car-insider-interactive-app-for-mobile-an