Mark, I share the hope. But I am also wondering why GM suddenly changed their roll-out strategy significantly (reducing it and making it much more non-committal) just days after the surprising outcome of the elections. Hard to believe that is a coincidence. And that coupled to the automaker lobbying efforts already under way to abolish the CARB mandates - where did we hear that before?
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