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Maine now joins a number of states in allowing motorists to drive low-speed electric vehicles (souped-up golf carts) on streets with speed limits of 35 mph or less. Twenty states have passed such laws, according to the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety. Generically called neighborhood electric vehicles (NEVs), DaimlerChrysler produces one of them, called General Electric Motorcars (GEMs). They cost between $7,500 and $9,600 and run on a rechargeable...