The Tesla Model S is a luxury electric car. The company says it delivered 10,000 cars in the first quarter of this year. Jay Leno: "It's showing that an electric car can be the best car in the world"
As California watches the impact of rising temperatures devastate its environment with brutal heat waves and raging fires, the state is taking increasingly far-reaching steps to combat climate change.
One of those measures — banning the sale of new gasoline-powered cars by 2035 — could prove a turning point for the transition to electric vehicles.
Guest: Neal E. Boudette, an automotive correspondent for The New York Times.
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