Electric and Hybrid Cars

Thanks in part to skyrocketing gas prices, earth-friendly electric cars are getting more popular in America. While home owners have the luxury of adding an electric car charger to their garages, apartment dwellers (like myself) are not so lucky. Fact is, I would definitely consider an electric car purchase if more charging stations were made publicly available. So imagine my excitement when I heard that San Francisco is in the process of installing around 90 electric charging stations in public parking garages that can be used for free until 2013. All of the stations can be found on Google Maps, and some are already up and running in the city. The stations will provide both 140 and 240 volt chargers, which would juice up a car like the Nissan Leaf in about three hours.


I'm a big fan of the Nissan Leaf, but that's not the only all-electric car to keep your eye on. Check out a few others in this slideshow!