joining me now, padmasree warrior, nextev's usa ceo. thank you for joining us. dmasree: it is a joy to be here. emily: what is it like being ceo for the first time? padmasree: it is a lot of fun. i would say most of my time, these days, is recruiting talent. i feel like i have two dinners, meeting candidates. i have been getting amazing talents into our company. most of the time i also spend on the strategy. thinking about what the product should be about. emily: let me rephrase slightly. what is it like being a first time ceo when your competitor is elon musk? [laughter] padmasree: it is fun. it is still fun. i have a lot of respect for him, i have said this before, and tesla. anetimes we give credit to individual, it is more all of theneople at tesla who left tesla from the early days and are still there, building amazing products. company, they have changed three things profoundly. first, it was the first company an electric mainstream vehicle. were seent, most ev's as toy cars. tesla, i give them credit for making a serious vehicle. softwarethey made it a pla