I never thought that we were going to create a government EV or that you even needed the government to make sure that a transition to electric happened. But we did believe that For it [the transition to electric vehicles] to be made in America, for it to happen as quickly as we wanted, and for it to reach people who maybe couldn't afford those initial buy in costs, who we really wanted to help out, that's where there's a role for policy, that's where there's a role for funding. What I get confused though, Pete, is like, on the one hand you're saying the government should set up these clear moonshot objectives that advance America for itself and relative … (21:51–22:05)
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