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Todd Woody, Craig Miller, welcome to Climate One.

Thank you. Thanks.

So transportation and electricity are a big part of the carbon equation and have attracted a lot of the venture capital investment lately.

So Todd, tell us what some of the

recent headlines have been in electric cars. Are they really ready for the mainstream?

They're heading the road later this year in the Bay Area and elsewhere in California in small numbers,

but they're definitely ready for the road. And more importantly, the regulators are working very hard to get the rules of the road established by the end of this year.

Now, a lot of people, when you hear electric cars, you conjure images of go-carts and three wheels.

These are going to be real electric cars?

These are real cars, and I've driven a number of them.

They range from, you know, very tiny cars, you know, small cars, to, you know,

sedans. And we're talking about all electrics as opposed to like just the next generation of hybrids.

All electric cars. And a lot of these companies are based in California. Tell us some of the ones

that are getting the investment and how they might compare, so either the products or the models compare.

A lot of the action actually is happening behind the scenes.

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