What it’s like to drive an electric car

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At this week’s Detroit auto show, car companies are rolling out prototypes of their electric vehicles, and the plan is to have them on the road within the next few years. Will that mean an end to the experience of driving as we know it? Dan Neil, Pulitzer Prize-winning automotive critic for the Los Angeles Times, joins John for a discussion of what it actually feels like to drive an electric car.

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