Customers can now test-drive and purchase eReaders as well as choose from more than 1.5 million titles from the Borders eBook store within the company's newly unveiled Area-e digital shops.

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But based on feedback from drivers participating in Smart Fortwo Electric Drive test programs, Mercedes says a more typical charge time might be 3.5 hours to go from 20 percent to 85 percent.

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