More than a quarter of the country's 40, 000-odd electric cars on the roads are located in Southern California according to Brett Williams, who directs electric-vehicle research at UCLA's Luskin School of Public Affairs, and "the single most congested situation is at LAX, " he says.

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Jamie O'Callaghan crossed for Quins but David Williams, Brett Stewart, Jamie Lyon and Steve Matai sealed the win.

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Brett Zongker in Washington, Gregory Katz in London, Juliet Williams in Sacramento, Elliot Spagat in San Diego, Jason Dearen in San Francisco, David Mercer in Champaign, Ill.

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