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Old 11th Apr 2013, 20:40
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Wrap up question and answers to the testing and cert standards panels (FAA, SAE, UL)

>> ONE QUICK QUESTION , I WANT AN INDUSTRY PERSPECTIVE, STANDARDS PERSPECTIVE. THAT MEANS YOU GET TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN AND YOU THREE WORK TOGETHER. I'M TRYING TO GIVE YOU TIME. IF YOU COULD HAVE THE BIGGEST SAFETY CHANGE TOMORROW THAT WOULD MAKE A DIFFERENCE, WHAT WOULD THAT BE? NOBODY TYPICALLY COMES AND SAYS WE NEED MORE REGULATION. INSTEAD, YOU HAVE TALKED ABOUT HARMONIZATION, AND NONCOMPLIANCE, REACTION TO THE INNOVATION, I AM CURIOUS, INDUSTRY, REGULATORY AND STANDARDS, WHAT WOULD BE THE BIGGEST THING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE? PARDON ME? [INDISCERNIBLE] [LAUGHTER] NICE TRY. THEY HAVE TO TALK AND COME TO AN AGREEMENT.

>> IS THREE AND THREE AGAINST ONE. I WOULD HAVE TO SAY -- AGAIN, THE LACK OF HARMONY IN THE U.S. HAS BEEN DIFFICULT. IF I HAD MY WISH, I WOULD WISH THEY WOULD PUBLISH A FINAL RULE TOMORROW. THE ICAO DANGEROUS GOODS PANEL DID A FANTASTIC JOB NAVIGATING WHAT IS A VERY COMPLEX ISSUE. THAT WOULD BE THE NUMBER ONE THING. AN IMMEDIATE RULE TO HARMONIZE.

>> GREAT. ONE SENTENCE OR LESS. FROM A REGULATORY PERSPECTIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU WANT TO CHANGE?

>> DEVELOP AND INHERENTLY SAFE BATTERY.

>> INTERESTING. -- DEVELOP AN INHERENTLY SAFE BATTERY.

>> INTERESTING. FASCINATING. GREAT. THE THIRD ONE.

>> A TEST METHOD TO ASSESS THE RESILIENCE TO THERMAL PROPAGATION OF A BATTERY SYSTEM.

>> THOSE ARE THREE GREAT ONES. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
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