[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.