Range Is All the Rage in Paris, as Electric Cars Steal the Show

For perhaps the first time at a major international auto salon, the stars of the Paris Motor Show are electric cars.

The 2016 show, open to the public through Oct. 16, also has the usual sampling of futuristic designs and prototypes. And of course there are some conventional new models soon to hit dealer showrooms.

But this show may end up being best remembered as a tipping point for an electric car revolution poised to challenge the automobile industry’s internal-combustion status quo — although some of the excitement is still speculative, of course.

By JERRY GARRETT

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