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Frank 19 (0:58)
Topic(s): Auto Industry / Electric & Hybrid
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My main goal here is to show that the—that technology is not a limiting issue and fundamentally. If I can use existing technology with graduate students and maybe just a professor here or two, and we do this in a university, and we can show this can be done in a university, then, my gosh, the car companies, who continually remind me that they have the best scientists in the world. And, in fact, they've often said, "We have the best scientists in the world. How come our guys don't know what you know?" I can only say, "They are working for you, the company and they're not free to think freely, as I am. And, that's why I'm here in the university."