STEVE INSKEEP, host: NPR's business news starts with a Hawaiian plan for electric cars.</s>STEVE INSKEEP, host: When we think of American cars, we think of Detroit, of course. But part of the automotive future could be in Hawaii. Yesterday, the state's Republican governor announced a plan to create an electric car network throughout the islands by the year 2012. The state is working with a Silicon Valley company that will build tens of thousands of battery recharging points. Hawaii's drivers pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation.
Hawaii's Republican Gov. Linda Lingle has announced plans to create an electric car recharging network throughout the islands by 2012. The state is working with a Silicon Valley company that will build tens of thousands of battery recharging points throughout the islands. Many in Hawaii would like to see the plan put in place because drivers there pay some of the highest gas prices in the nation.