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Biggest electric Utility Company in america he was going to give lots of people to the electric system and what a great market it would be. Didnt work out. There are two more episodes and finally we are here today. It is challenging to write a book on the subject to write the book that levi tillemann, several requirements necessary. You have to know cars and need a sense of Automobile Technology you have to know chinese and japanese and 4, you have to have the sense of National Politics and international competition. You wont make people who meet those requirements that you do meet them. To get started remember when this was a originally an idea. Give us a sense of what made you think, when you started the book, we are going to run out of oil, it will be 500 a barrel the electric car has its energy, today oil is 50 a barrel but nevertheless last year 125 electric cars were sold in the United States so tell us how you got involved with this and what made you decide to write on the subje
[inaudible conversations] i am the director of new america and i am pleased to welcome new to this discussion today on the electric car and i am very happy to welcome the words on cspan2 our discussion. We will talk about a terrific book today called the great race. It is a very timely book the fourth time the electric car has appeared on the scene and the first time was when Thomas Edison was a great proponent of the electric car and 1 million of that date would be many millions today over 10 years to develop this and he promised the head of the biggest electric Utility Company in america he would put them on the electric system but it did not work out. There were two more episodes than finally we are here today. It is challenging to write a book on this subject that levi has written with sarah several requirements are necessary. You have to know cars, and technology, chinese and japanese, and for to have international competitions. Not many people meet those requirements but you do.
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Motor show. Im Stephen Beard thanks for joining us. Washington will end its preferred trade status for india and turkey expanding president Donald Trumps effort to overhaul what he considers bad global trade deals the decision to target indias a surprising one committal wisdom holds that the u. S. Needs good relations with the south asian nation as a balance to china but some exporters there are now there now stand to pay more for the change going into effect in sixty days its a move that has observers scratching their heads. One hundred and ninety Million Dollars in import fees saved on five point six billion dollars in goods the trade concession known as the generalized system of preferences or d. S. P. Was meant to help developing countries like india compete in a crowded u. S. Market now its drawn into present trumps anger over u. S. Trade deals. I think if it is imposed which i am hopeful it will not be then we will become to that extent uncompetitive indian products will become u