Driving a Tesla Model 3 is pretty damn awesome

This is how an electric car should feel. Hell, this is how all cars should feel.

Those were my initial thoughts after test-driving one of the very first Tesla Model 3 all-electric cars to roll off the assembly line Friday before the company's big reveal. 

That exhilarating, yet short-lived experience, started inauspiciously. In fact, I was prepared to be underwhelmed. I mean, it's just a sedan, right?

From a distance, the Tesla Model 3 looks like most other small sedans on the road.

It was not until I got close to the Model 3 and started examining the all-electric 4-door sedan, which starts at a mid-range-friendly $35,000, that I noticed the mostly subtle differences. Read more...