Don Romano (alt)Electric cars and automatics drive the same way on paper. You have your D(rive), N(eutral), R(everse) and P(ark) modes and there is no clutch. That's where the similarities end, though. Electric cars, even small ones like the BMW i3, are very light on the accelerator pedal — a gentle push and you're off. Automatics, meanwhile, are incredibly sluggish. You can make it go fast, but you have to be really insistent on the accelerator pedal. Also, you don't get much braking power from the engine.
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