Utilities Want to Plug In More Electric Drivers

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San Francisco's municipal electric car fleet charges up outside City Hall. Photo by Andrea Kissack/KQED

By Andrea Kissack, KQED News Fix/KQED Science

What region leads the nation in electric car sales? Here’s a hint, one of the city mayors drives a plug-in hybrid and Tesla Motors is located there. Well, that was kind of a big hint. Yes, the No. 1 market for electric vehicle adoption is the San Francisco Bay Area (S.F. Mayor Ed Lee drives a Chevy Volt).

Although there are more than 100 public charging stations in San Francisco, electric car drivers can’t always find a place to plug in. 

Read the complete story at KQED News Fix/KQED Science.

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