The Woodward Dream Cruise has been a celebration the past 30 years of America’s car culture. And its excesses.

More size, more chrome, more horsepower, more luxury and speed, more artistic and avant garde designs with no thought to gas consumption or efficiency. The louder the paint job and engine the better.

But the future of automobiles isn’t limited to the internal combustion engine. Which begs the question: Do electric vehicles have a place at the Woodward Dream Cruise?

That depends upon who you ask, and there’s certainly no agreement even within the growing community of EV owners and advocates on whether the Dream Cruise is the right place to showcase the technology and energy efficiency of electric vehicles.

Last week, electric vehicle and hybrid car owners gathered at Royal Oak’

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