mr. kentley-klay? mr. kentley-klay: chairman thune, ranking member nelson, senators, thank you for the opportunity to testify before you today. when i arrived in the u.s. from australia just over three was just azoox dream. it is indeed an honor to be business and respected leaders. i want to share with you the journey of zoox. the safety opportunity offered by autonomous mobility and finally the opportunity we have as a country to set the best policy foundation on which to build this technology and get it on the road. my journey with autonomous mobility began in 2012. while in melbourne, australia, watching from afar, what google was doing, attempting to drive, develop a self-driving car. my insight at the time was that such technology is about much more than incremental adaptation to the automobile. this technology correctly understood, is going to transform how we move everyone and everything on this planet. the belief we hold at zoox is that ai and mobility will take us from the age of the automobile in

mr. kentley klay? >> senator, i thank you for your question. i think it is important to understand there are two directions this technology will develop. the first is automobiles that are sold to customers. they have increasingly automated functions. i can't speak to hot cars in that category. the category that zooks is developing, we don't sell the car but own and operate the car in the city and customers pay per minute, per mile. it is designed to be deployed for up to 16 hours. we expect a utilization for up to 50% to 60%. we would condition the cabin. it is never parked for a long period of time getting hot. the ability for that issue to be eradicated, i would say, is complete. >> as we develop centers for interior occupancy sensing and driver monitoring, these technologies can be used to do that. those are things we are looking at activity. >> we have heard questions about infrastructure and we have heard questions about cross-country trips. we hope congress is about to get a recommendation from t

mr. kentley klay? >> i would commend senator thune and nelson on the opening remarks. i think you get into this new era of mobility, the biggest berier to innovation would an incumbent to make it difficult for us to go forward with the technology when we know what we are doing. >> we must be careful not to over regulates. that is why we are in such strong support of the a.v. start. >> i think you are doing the right thing that allows us to continue to innovate and bring them to market as safely and quickly as we can. >> well said. i tend to agree. mr. schneider? >> i think you said it in your opening comments. there is a confluence of tech sohnology changes happening that they don't prohibit innovation while we maintain the safety we want to acquire. >> senator lee, thank you. >> thank you, mr. chairman. think all of you. it has been very interesting hearing. i wanted to touch on a subject that i think mr. mansuetti mentioned in his opening statement, the workforce issues. i would imagine it is pretty