future of cars. reporter: are you a big car fanatic? i love cars a lot. i love when they go fast and make a lot of noise. reporter: what new technology are you looking for? a wineglass to put down the wine in the back row. electric vehicles. reporter: what goes into making an electric vehicle. batteries. reporter: it took a lot of child labor to mind them? no. maybe some child labor. we put the hybrid motors on there for more power. reporter: how much more power almost 100-horsepower. that is faster than my corvette. reporter: this is a robot you have to go in and ask questions. do you come here often? how you doing?
reason, love to read fiction. i remember when i was at a school, my mom was a teacher and encouraged me to read all summer long. i try to read fun stuff in the summer. what about you? take a left of it but i m such a car fanatic that i m always reading, i talk about because i run into people were like let s talk about your car, how did you get that right? i like to read things like that to relax. that and gardening, and i m a big honor. probably my teacher meeting. the one you, doesn t cavan, i did not miss the use of july s ice equipment, so don t think we won t be doing a segment on that. because i can believe it. shannon: fireflies, lightning bug. whatever. one of the beard in a way. we re going to talk begins in just a few. in a few, my friend. shannon: thank you, cavan. coming up, great news, but inflation by a lot more is four and five americans say they are struggling to maintain the status quo. the white house as the economy
crystal triangles. reporter: has it ever not worked. my first year the ball was three seconds late. reporter: now? now we re tied to gps. we ve been on time every year since. reporter: if the person pushing the button doesn t push it or is late pushing it, does this thing start anyway? does it automatically this thing is going to start one minute we learned our lesson. it s tied right in. 60 seconds it starts going. we have nearly 1 million people here joined by over 1 billion people who are watching this ball and counting down together. there s nothing else like it when you have that many people counting down the final seconds of the new year. it s truly magical. very educational thanks to richard quest. president obama is neither a comedian for a car fanatic, but
so we sent jesse watters out to the car show here in new york city for a look at the future. are you a car fanatic? i love cars. that s why i m at the auto show. would you buy a dodge viper? no trust in american cars. you buy american because you re a patriot? absolutely. what kind of car is this? mercedes sls. how much does it cost? 200 plus. $398,000. yeah, i m going to pay you $100. you watch the factor ? what are you looking for in the new technology? i love the gadget in the cars. voice activated text messaging. it has an umbrella. very james bond. bond, james bond. if i wanted it to shoot guns or missiles out of the head lights, could i do that? it looks like back to the future. it s very futuristic. you re telling me you built