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It includes certification, connectivity, safety, and then they are offshore by regulation and also by advancement. If i look at theres mainly three years, one is commission engines and one is electric vehicles, the next one is fuel cells. We see many improvements and right now with all the low friction advanced cooling and others we have bringing you efficiency and provement by 35 to 50 reduction in fuel efficiency. Roughly at a cost of 2000 or 2500 per car. This is why we see today a landscape and it will continue for the future where it naturally these technologies would present the vast majority of the market. Meanwhile, the market for hybrid and better electric vehicles is being challenged. Right now this market has been growing for ten years and peaked in 2013 at three at 3. 8 of the u. S. Market. And that it declined to 2. 9 last year. The challenge is only 6 of the u. S. Drivers are ready to pay more for a greener and more efficient car. And what they would spend on average is 4
And preferences, how should the federal government handle, or should they had all in promoting fuel and efficiency related that inadvertently or not may push in the direction that perhaps does put us in a situation where we are picking winners and losers. So the short answer is, our members prefer an approach that is Technology Neutral. So that the short answer. The longer answer is more complicated. We identify with the goal of reducing carbon. We identify with the goal of reducing fuel dependency. All of those things are noble objectives. The complication comes from the nature of the regulatory regime, and what we have is an approach that were measures by mpgs, epa measures by Greenhouse Gas and that there is an overlapping state program from california which is executed in other states and the lab program is effectively not Technology Neutral. It is either to comply to and in todays world most electrification. Both were complying but different regimes create friction and at a cost.
Accurate information. So when a Defense Nuclear facility safety board, whether an attorney, or a board member would ask me a question, i believe im obligated to tell the truth. Senator johnson . Yes. You know, i come at this from a perspective of a business guy whos managed construction prong ingts in the past, and theres a lot of things that i just this is a real head that this is a real head scratcher. A number of different perspectives. First of all, im not sure in terms of obviously we have a dispute between yourself and the company. Im not sure this is the best place to adjudicate this and to be done in a court of law. Theres real issues in terms of whistle blower protection and who is getting reimbursed for legal fees and who is not. You know, as a business guy i avoided attorneys, no offense, and the judicial process like a plague, and, you know, taking this kind of action, they would certainly understand this is going to create an awful lot of heat. Putting that aside, what i w
Outstanding reporters. I am sheila hollis, the acting executive director of the United States energy association. Why does it exist . And he was part of it right now . We are unique in the country, we are nonprofit entity. We work in 104 countries around the world, the state department and the department of energy. We also worked domestically to work on issues associated with Major Concerns and challenges, as well as potential solutions with respect to United States energy supply, with deployment utilization and so on. We have on our board. Edison electric, aga and a variety of other speakers, living Arizona State university and the national labs. With respect to u. S. Ca, we look forward u. S. Ea, we look forward to working on these programs. Our goal is to have an open forum, and educating experience and to interact with the industry and all those affected by government, academic or the public. With that im going to return it back to llewellyn. Thank you so much for joining us today.