Plugging in Los Angeles

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa announced a plan Tuesday to pave the way for a rush of new electric cars in 2010-11 by expanding Southern California's network of charging stations and offering incentives to drivers of the environment-friendly vehicles. Kevin Modesti in the Daily News.

Under the agreement among government and private entities, the region's 400 existing electric-vehicle charging stations would be upgraded, and 100 would be added within a year after the adoption of new federal charging standards, expected to be issued in mid-2010.