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Visit T-Mobile.com slash business slash auto to learn more. Hi everybody welcome to shift this is Leslie Allen.

I'm your host Pete Bigelow.

Hi Pete Bigelow.

Hi Pete Bigelow. Hi everybody happy new year this is Leslie Allen

welcome to the show

joining us on today's show which is part of a special series of daily podcast during

CES week, is Paul Mitchell, the President and CEO of Energy Systems Network, which is the primary sponsor of the Indy Autonomous

Challenge, the race series that's making its most recent stop this coming Friday at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Wow, and this is all part of, of course,

CES, which is happening this week,

starting with media previews today Monday and we will be here with you

throughout the week to bring you updates from CES but of course there's something a

little different about

CES this year, right?

Yes, or perhaps the same as last year,

which is a little unexpected Leslie.

I think, you know, both of you and I

had plans to be there in person and I know a lot of people who are listening had plans to be there in person and obviously a lot has changed since we had Gary Shapiro on two short weeks ago.

A lot of the companies that normally you

would see at CES had to withdraw this year at least from the in-person

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