NJ electric-car advocacy group launches as gas tax soars

Plug-in electric cars at PSE+G facility in Newark, New JerseyNew Jersey was always the place for residents of neighboring states—Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania—to buy cheap gasoline. That era ended two days ago, when a political deal struck between its legislature and the governor raised the state gas tax by a whopping 23 cents a gallon. Today, a new coalition launched with the aim of...