Transport committee  As Dr. Frise mentioned, the challenge to industry will be enormous. The fuel efficiency improvements over the last couple of decades have been in the order of 1% and 2% per year. A lot of safety technology has been rolled in there. Vehicles today are computers on wheels, and more

Transport committee  We have the challenge of this almost 50% to 100% improvement in the next 10 to 15 years. We don't know collectively where that's going to go on any particular technology. There will be a whole range of technologies. Chrysler has been in the market in Canada with propane vehicle

Transport committee  It's not a proposal; it's an announcement of production.

Transport committee  The first factory-produced natural gas vehicle, or the most recent factory-produced natural gas vehicle, is expected to be available in July. We at Chrysler had been in the market for about eight years in the late 1990s and early 2000s, but the market dried up from a lack of in

Transport committee  They will be built in Saltillo, Mexico.

Transport committee  Not at this point. They will be treated like any other vehicle. We build several models of cars and trucks in Mexico, and they're sold in U.S. and Canada. They are built to market.

Transport committee  There aren't at this point in time, but we did have an issue with CNG when we first brought them out. We actually built them in Windsor, Ontario, at our old Pillette Road assembly plant, but for first two years of production we could not sell them in Canada because the pressure v

Transport committee  They are, but I'm using that as an example of how as the technology comes to market. Sometimes, given the regulatory hurdles—I think this relates to Ms. Chow's question—it takes some time to make sure everything works on both sides. We need the flexibilities and the speed to make

Transport committee  No.

Transport committee  That will be difficult. Thank you for that opportunity, but it has happened before when—

Transport committee  —technology comes to market faster than regulations can accept it.

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  Thank you.

Transport committee  I could take a shot at that. Jointly with Dr. Frise's university initiatives, the tax incentives on R and D have made it very attractive to keep research in Canada that has been developed in Canada. It has supported our corporation in an international context too. Our Italian all

Transport committee  Yes.