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Car of the Future

Season 35 Episode 9 | 53m 12s | WETA Passport

Join "Car Talk" hosts Tom and Ray Magliozzi as they take a look at plug-in hybrids, all-electric roadsters, biofuels and more in this lighthearted but shrewd take on America's four-wheeled future. John Lithgow narrates as the brothers mix their trademark slapstick with serious nuts-and-bolts analysis of what it will take to make our autos more energy-efficient.

Aired: 04/23/08 | Rating: TV-G

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