Charge An Electric Car at Many Milwaukee-Area Locations

Few items are more green than an electric vehicle, and slowly these cars are making their way into mainstream America.

The all-electric Nissan Leaf and electric/gas Chevy Volt are two prime examples of cars which can operate entirely without fueling up, if the owner desires.  Sales of electric cars have been uneven, according to Forbes, but General Motors CEO Dan Akerson said he expects a half-million such vehicles to be on American roads in the next four years.

Among the shortcomings of electric cars are their relatively limited range — less than 100 miles on a charge in most cases — and lack of charging stations.

Yet while the Midwest is not known for the same eco-sensitivity as, say, the West Coast, there are still plenty of locations here to juice up your electric car. These locations are listed at carstations.com and at the federal government’s Alternative Fuels Data Center website.