I don't think there's a lot of strategy in shootouts. They didn't know me, I didn't know them, so it's a matter of guessing.

I don't know how easy it would be to go to other suppliers and say, 'Here it is, now duplicate it.

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A lot of this technology is out there now for passenger cars, but it's going to come on the higher-priced vehicles until the cost comes down. It'll eventually trickle down when it's not so expensive.

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