Chicagoans getting 'Charged up' on electric cars

It took Joe Downing six months to convert his 1996 Ford Escort to run on electricity. Downing spends less than $2.50 to recharge his car at home, but now he can do it for free at a charging station recently opened in Aurora. Electric cars are still a rare item -- There are only about 200 on the road in Illinois, according to Ted Lowe, president of the Fox Valley Electric Auto Association, which meets monthly in Naperville to convert cars.