Electric cars have yet to officially land, and someone’s already pulled a Steve Jobs and rethought the charging station.  Plugless Power stations like the one above, developed by Evatran, could be the hippest way for EV owners to fuel up–wirelessly.  That’s right, no hands needed here.

In technical terms, it’s a proximity charging station that works through magnetic induction, allowing you to pull into your garage, throw the keys on the counter, and be done with it.  (Don’t worry about remembering to plug-in the car so you can get to work in the morning; this mod fueling station makes life easy on tomorrow’s EV driver.)

With looks this good, you just know there’s gotta be a downside.  As it turns out, the wireless station is about 10 percent less efficient that your run-of-the-mill plug-equipped chargers.  The efficiency loss doesn’t equate to longer charging times, Evatran’s site is quick to point out, and to do so, it draws a bit more power from electric outlets.

With plans to begin production in early 2011, Plugless Power could be in a town near you this time next year.  But, if you live near Wytheville, Virginia, you can scope out the set up at a handful of field test locations like Smokey’s Bar-B-Que.  Testers, who are equipped with EVs, are blogging here about their experiences (good and bad), like Mary Jane’s recent Wheego stall at a traffic light.