subsequently we'll be inviting them to compete and working as we have been very closely with california transit association, which represents all the transit agencies in the state, to be sure that they understand what our requirements are to deliver reliable transit conservative is. i believe the bar will be increasing, and i think the performance, from what i understand of the electric buses, it has been increasing pretty significantly. >> forgive the ignorance, but these buses are produced by manage manufacturers? they can stand by their product? this is new technology, but it's not produced by sort of start-up or -- >> it's somewhere about -- but the industry is growing and maturing fairly rapidly. >> thank you. >> thank you, directors, any other questions? motion to approve and a second? >> yes. >> if i may, before we vote, i want to thank everybody that's been engaged with this work here. i think that i personally and i think that probably the agency and there's been a lot of conversation about this over the past few, feels like, years, but i want to appreciate the leadership on the part of director a