won't you all join me in giving a warm welcome to heidi king? pplause] heidi: good afternoon, everyone. it is difficult for me to find words to describe how happy i am to be home in california. i am a native californian. like most californians, i fell in love with cars. and with innovation, both. i could not ask for a bigger honor than to be here. thank you, techfire, for making me welcome to talk about this ourerful time we have, for love of cars and innovation to come together and unlock opportunity for us. technology, and an opportunity to save lives. theavid mentioned, i am deputy administrator for the national highway traffic safety administration. we're responsible in our mission for saving lives due to traffic collisions. we're responsible for reducing injuries that result from traffic crashes and we're responsible for reducing the economic cost resulting from traffic crashes. automotive crashes took the lives of 37,461 of our friends and neighbors last year. i look this morning at some of the populations of towns in california and it is s

[applause] again, i want to thank heidi king for flying out here from washington, d.c. she is the deputy administrator taskeda and has been with leading up this most important of issues, the safety of all of us, on these roads we have in l.a. and across the nation. responsible for being acting administrator as well. very busy role. very important role. the role of regulation is crucial for protecting the safety of all of us. it is also something we are hearing folks talk about, it is so important to have the federal government lay a roll and coordinate across the country so we do not have conflicting state regulation or laws which make it even more complicated. we are all eager to hear the update. we're glad to have you back here in los angeles, where he went to college. -- where you went to college. won't you all join me in giving a warm welcome to heidi king? [applause] >> good afternoon. it is difficult for me to find words to describe how happy i him -- i am to be home in california where it right most californians, i fell in love with cars. thank you, techfire, for

join me in giving a very warm welcome to heidi king. >> good afternoon, everyone. difficult for me to find word to describe how happy i am to be home in california. i am the native californiaen. and like most californiaens i fell in love with cars and innovation both. and i couldn't ask for a greater honor to be here. thank you tech fire for making me welcome. to talk about this very wonderful tone we have the love of cars and innovation come together. and can unlock so much opportunity for us. economic opportunity. mobility opportunity. and opportunity to save lives. as david mentioned i am deputy administrator for the highway administration. we're responsible for saving lives due to traffic collision. that result from traffic crashes and responsible for reducing the economic cost that result from traffic crashes. automotive crashes took the lives of 37,461 of the our friend and neighbors last year. i look this morning at some of the populations of towns in california and other places. it's stunning what when we think about the number of people lost in one year th

[applause] heidi king is acting a minister for national highway transportation safety administration and she is in detroit at the detroit auto show. we have kathy, the acting chair for federal motor carrier safety administration. from louisiana, and then we have brandy hendrickson, acting a minister for federal highway administration from indiana. [applause] i am so proud of them and they are providing great leadership. since president trump was elected america stock market, economy, separation and capital investment have all taken off. from the very beginning this president has made america's economy and workers his top priority. transportation infrastructure plays a vital role in all of this. it is the backbone of the economy and connects people with essential services such as jobs, education, healthcare and it also our country's global competitiveness by increasing productivity across industries and increasing our quality of life. today our nation's infrastructure is aging. we are seeing increased congestion in our roads and in our airspace and buy some estimate delays and loss of

king. our correspondent cars and phenomenon is in detroit covering the motor show for us cost and heidi did carmakers forget about all that. well to be fair they didn't forget about the they're all talking about it but if you look at the reality of the market only one percent or less than one percent of new cars are electric cars so basically the market wants s.u.v.s the market ones trucks pick ups and that is what the producers here in detroit assuring now you're talking about the fact that the market defines those preferences do you see any difference between for example european car makers and american companies that are presenting their models there. or there's a difference in focus i mean basically all the big produces have cars for each and every segment starting from the very small ones up to the big pickup trucks and of course every big producer from asia from america from europe now has an electric or hybrid car in its production line but the focus is different and once again clearly the american produces produce mainly for the american market and here two thirds of all new cause o