(General Motors)
Electric push
The 2012 Buick LaCrosse midsize sedan, pictured, will feature a hybrid-style system called eAssist that uses regenerative braking, an electric motor, lithium-ion batteries and other changes to improve its fuel efficiency about 25 percent. The car will be priced at around $30,000 and will get 27 mpg city/37 mpg highway.
--The Associated Press
(Google)
EV map
Electric-vehicle owners looking for somewhere to charge up need little more than Google. The U.S. Department of Energy said recently that a new partnership will draw on Google Maps to create an online network of all the charging stations in the country and will serve as a primary data source for GPS and mapping services to track electric-vehicle charging locations.
--The Associated Press
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