with us is daniel weiss, ron cogan and fred smith. great having you all here again. we all did this a year ago. it's great to have you back. dan let me start with you. recently president obama said he needs a million electric cars on the road in about four year's time. what do you make of that? is that a realistic goal for the country? having a million cars on the road in four years time is a realistic but ambitious goal. the chevy volt is being sold this year. the demand is so high general motor's will quadruple the number they make. >> they say they are going to. is it a realistic goal? >> i think if incentives stay in place and people get the vehicle, and people should because the volt is a great vehicle, it depends on how things unfold. >> fred? >> they can do anything if they are willing to subsidize it. you can make water run uphill. the question is whether it's sensible to take money from an embattled economy and put it into the car of the tomorrow instead of the car of today. >> this is about american competitive with other countries and american innovation.