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If you go back to the ford model t-was getting 25 miles an hour which is more than theç averag car in the united states gets. and as engines became more and more efficient, people started adding weight to the cars and the features and so for. we never actually pushed the mile per gallon. so these cars are taking advantage of new material sciences, composites, composite material, crushable systems. so the way most people protect themselves in this metal womb. you surround yourselves with 5,000 pounds of metal in a hummer or suv. instead of using material that can absorb the energy much quicke...

Efficient, people started adding weight to the cars and features and so forth. we never actually pushed the miles per gallon so these cars are taking advantage of new material sciences, composites, composite materials, crushable systems. so the way most peopleç protec themselves in this metal womb, you surround yourself with 5,000 pounds of metal in the hummer and suv, instead of using materials that can absorb the energy much quicker and much better and keep you safe that way. >> a big part of the contest is the cars have to be commercially viable. i wonder like what does that mean and how ...

Skills that allow us in this country, in america, to build new industries, to go to new industries. if you look at the history of america, you know, we started out making shoes. we started out making clothes. we started out with basic manufacturing industries. what will has proven to be enormously successful over a hundred years is we've moved up the chain, those industries moved to other countries that were more than happy to take those commodity industries, and we moved up into electronics, we moved up into material sciences, we moved up into different industries, aircraft manufacturing. and...