the federal agency given the power to investigate building collapses after 9/11, basically to what the ntsb is to plane crashes. do you have confidence that they will get to the bottom of what happened? i don t know how they do what we do or what they think about of all the things that we think about. what we re used to doing when multiple people are interested, we all from an engineering standpoint work together, we share all the testing results and factual data. we don t share opinions. we just share everything together. and that to me is the best way do something like this. and i d love to be able to be working at the same time so they can have what we have and we d love to see what they have.
the major players out there what are they getting out of what is this a partnership alliance. yeah we don t know yet the details according to the reports are set to be released when the detroit motor show gets going next week and of course everybody s interested what exactly this entails but we hear that it entails pooling resources in order to be more effective and more cost effective also getting into the future of the car business that is self driving cars and electric cars and that s a huge challenge not only from the engineering standpoint but also organizing production perhaps reorganizing production and also of course stemming all the money that has to be stemmed for for financing all of this together i think the two see a chance to get ahead of the game for other companies and especially from the v.w. side cost saving will be a big motive for entering into such a venture. and only among those other companies driving vehicles for example. we re
a huge challenge not only from the engineering standpoint but also organizing production perhaps reorganizing production and also of course stemming all the money that has to be stemmed for for financing all of this together i think the two see a chance to get ahead of the game for from other companies and especially from the v.w. side cost saving will be a big motive for entering into such a venture. and among those other companies in driving vehicles for example. we re getting conflicting signals today about plans to go public something that was a big goal for the past year what can you tell us. that s right apparently over filed for an i.p.o. confidentially with as you see in new york at the end of last year and now the c.e.o. of a cause for a rally is saying that well we don t really need the money you know if it s not convenient if it s not the right conditions then we could go without it for two
secure the border? and second of all, is this a material change from his previous position? well, i think the change is designed to try to placate the democrats some extent, for whatever reason. they don t like the idea of a concrete wall and i m not sure from an engineering standpoint which is better and which will be more attractive. i want to see something that will be effective. we have already some constructive walls on the border. i remember back during the late 90s we had an issue of, a serious issue down in the san diego area and put a wall up down there and it worked. still works today. so there s some places that a wall can be very effective. trying to build one all across the southern border in a short period of time is going to be, number one, impossible, and i m not sure that s what you would want to do, but there are
use steel slats. first of all, do you view a steel slat barrier as something that s necessary or effective to secure the border? and second of all, is this a material change from his previous position? well, i think the change is designed to try to placate the democrats some extent, for whatever reason. they don t like the idea of a concrete wall and i m not sure from an engineering standpoint which is better and which will be more attractive. i want to see something that will be effective. we have already some constructive walls on the border. i remember back during the late 90s we had an issue of, a serious issue down in the san diego area and put a wall up down there and it worked. still works today. so there s some places that a wall can be very effective. trying to build one all across the southern border in a short period of time is going to be,