we begin with your car instead of filling up your tank, would you rather just plug in overnight? companies worldwide are moving more quickly to try and energize the electric car market, but is the demand there yet phil lebeau joins us with this week s cover story on cars is there a power surge ahead reporter: what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy bolt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plug-in models, while volvo s new xc-60 crossover utility vehicle, a plug-in hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for battery-powered cars and trucks. this is an evolution and not a revolution and we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. we have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars on the road. reporter: here s why automakers are going green china. leaders of the world s largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars,
the electric car market, but is the demand there yet? phil lebeau joins us with this week s cover story on cars. is there a power surge ahead? reporter: what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plug-in models, while volvo s new xc-60 crossover utility vehicle, a plug-in hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for battery-powered cars and trucks. this is an evolution and not a revolution. and we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. we have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars here s why automakers are going green. china. leaders of the world s largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pollution in big cities. t banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles at some point in the future. in addition, china already sells more electric vehicles th
the electric car market, but is the demand there yet? phil lebeau joins us with this week s cover story on cars. is there a power surge ahead? reporter: what started with tesla picked up momentum with the chevy volt and nissan leaf is now turning into a surge of new electric vehicles. ford, volkswagen, and bmw all planning to sell more plug-in models, while volvo s new xc-60 crossover utility vehicle, a plug-in hybrid, is designed to meet the growing demand for battery-powered cars and trucks. this is an evolution and not a revolution. and we have made a few statements in the past, we at volvo. we have said by 2025 we want to have 1 million electrified cars here s why automakers are going green. china. leaders of the world s largest auto market want more of their citizens to plug in their cars, which would help cut pollution in big cities. t banning the sale of new gas-powered vehicles at some point in the future. in addition, china already sells more electric vehicles th
long-term deal done yet. so we will have to wait and see if they do by the july 15 deadline. alison: all eyes will be watching that. thank you so much. we want to tell you about new developments in a story we first brought you last month. the f.b.i. arrested a london man in seattle accused of kidnapping a georgetown student in january. this is 34-year-old paolo aldorasi. allegedly forced the student into an s.u.v. he took the student to several a. t.m. s and stores to make withdrawals and large purchases. but the purchases were declined. aldorasi is expected to be in court thursday. larry: four high school students are in critical condition after an survivor hit them at the mardi gras parade. q mccray has more. q: we reported this as breaking news at noon. but now know an elderly man behind the w newsroom. we found out the s.u.v. plowed into a band. today is mardi gras and the city of gulf shores, alabama, was getting ready to roll out the annual parade. the gulf shores high
unstable walls. they gave everybody a heads up and had construction crews and heavy machinery come in to stabilize the walls for crews to work in that area. but they want to reassure they were very sensitive to this recovery process. they made sure all the evidence wads recovered and there were no human remains before they got to work in that area. you can actually see them access this building and we re expecting to mare an update. they said by midnight tonight this recovery process will be complooeted. the timeline could be bumped up as we iwait tawait the latest w. we move on now to another part of the story. federal investigators continue to arrive at the oakland warehouse searching for clues of how it started. and liz, they re now focusing on a specific part of that warehouse. what do they tell you? sfwlrks that s right, raj. investigators are focusing on a specific part of the warehouse, looking at electrical issues. they say within the next day they hope to find