PLUGGED IN: Without even kicking the tires,...

PLUGGED IN: Without even kicking the tires, Los Angeles City Councilman Marvin Braude has selected his next set of wheels: the EV1, General Motors’ first electric passenger car (B5). Braude will plunk down a $1,000 deposit today in a City Hall ceremony featuring a prototype of the two-seat coupe. . . . The EV1 goes on sale this fall in Los Angeles, San Diego, Phoenix and Tucson. Price? About $35,000.

THE WRITE STUFF: What happens when writers marry? They write books together, of course. Jerry Biederman and Lorin Michelle of Woodland Hills recently published their first as husband and wife: “101 Ways to See the Light,” a gentle poke at “near-death” experiences. . . . The couple dedicated it to 100-year-old entertainer George Burns. “I think he’ll appreciate our optimism,” Biederman says.