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Well, California's EV sales are dominating the US market.

And I'm talking about pure EV sales.

Because in California, they really like pure EVs.

And they're not so fast about plug-in hybrids.

21.4% of new car sales in California last year were pure EVs, only 3.4% plug-in vehicles.

Now, California made up 33.8% of all of the United States purevies sales in 2023. As more states, I think, will come online

thanks to better charging, things like the other carmakers now getting access to the superchargers

through the J3, 3,400 plug, formerly known as the Tesla Connector. I think as they cut those deals

to get access to the supercharges, more people will feel

more reassured, even opening up the possibility for road tripping that wasn't available in some

states. And that will be something that I think means that we don't have to rely so much on

California. The SAE International Standards Body, introducing a new standard for vehicle to grid capabilities for

level one, level two, charging. It's called the J-368-2 standard. And what this does, it provides

the utility companies and indeed the charger makers as well for your, you know, at home on the side

of your garage wall with a digital fingerprint for your car. So it'll tell the utility your, you know, at home on the side of your garage wall with a digital fingerprint for

your car. So it'll tell the utility company, your car is allowed to do vehicle to grid. It will

enable the payments to you for you selling the grid energy. And this really unlocks, I think,

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