let's bring in mark royce, the president of general motors. he is joining us from the company's tech center in warren, michigan you know the reality of what's going on when it comes to electric vehicles. you've made big commentments in the past, and you are miki maki commitments now. what has general motors saying it's not enough, we got to do more >> good afternoon, phil. thanks for having me today is a further demonstration of our commitment and acceleration to electric vehicles this isn't something that, you know, we've been on for a month or two we've been on it for a year and a half, two years and we really took a step back and said that we are going to have a vision of 000. so zero emissions, zero congestion and that's a big deal for us that commitment is manifesting itself in the way we have brought our battery chemistry and manufacturing, our joint venture with lg and our pack itself and then the vehicles these are all new platforms, dedicated platforms, very different from in the past with vehicles like the volt or the bolt that we've