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Here’s the lead into the conversation about “Energy as a Service”.

Brian

As the United States moves toward renewable energy, how do you see equipment like this playing into that?  And do you think that there will be a heightened focus not from just the municipalities that you mention, but also from corporations and perhaps the military to have off-road vehicles such as this?

 Gary

Absolutely, the recreation market and the other markets.  It is interesting, the catchphrase that has shown up in the last few years is “energy as a service”.  And I think this is fascinating.  The commercial world has always been about renting equipment or renting services of some sort.  Whether it is scaffolding or lighting, machinery.  I need somebody to come in and combine my field.  It’s always been services.  And now we have added this new phrase, in a sense, energy as a service.  And we are obviously referring to electric energy.  And can electric be commercialized and be offered as a service?   Of course it can.  So there are all dimensions of that and I think you will see the commercial market respond, and they are already are quite honestly.  Charging, and micro-grids, portable micro-grids.  There’s a lot of industry in place now that there is no grid there now, there never has been. Water pumps perhaps that are running on diesel engines.  Construction sites ….