At Westport it is our belief that is the superior approach, if only because in the past, natural gas vehicles have had a bit of a tarnished reputation because of the fact that a number of vehicles were deployed throughout North America—and elsewhere in the world, for that matter—that were done as after-market conversions. There are a number of reputable after-market conversion companies that do a very good job and support their products and have been around for years. But the benefit of manufacturing at the plant level with a Ford or a General Motors or a Kenworth truck company, or a Peterbilt truck company, is that the vehicles are delivered exactly the same way as a diesel or gasoline vehicle. So from the consumer's point of view, all of that support infrastructure, that dealer support, parts supply—all of that is backed by multi-billion-dollar corporations that have been here for a long time and are expected to be here for a long time more.
On May 15th, 2012. See this statement in context.