But the technology in this plant reminds me of the past when we had to build trucks from paper and everything wasn’t automated and all the parts were on the assembly line, walking down the line. Was a nuclear engineer at one time and never thought I would be building trucks, so that’s a change. I’ve been around for a while in commercial vehicles, probably 30 years building trucks. When I walk through this plant … I don’t know if many people don’t know me.

That’s why we’ve invested here and that’s why we’re committed to continue investing. And we truly believe in this future for NAVISTAR, for America and for San Antonio. And at NAVISTAR, we clearly understand our responsibility to create the better future for the generations to come, be that our employees, our customers, or society in broad. And remember that we are here inaugurating the first truck assembly plant in the US since 1991. So, congratulate to that.Īnd just to round off and finalize. It’s group benchmark and industry benchmark, which you’ve achieved. I mean, in two years time, in plain pandemic period, to reach targets in time and budget is remarkable. People have mentioned to me expressions such as goosebumps. I would also like to take this great opportunity on stage to very much congratulate Rod, Chris, Mark, and hundreds of others that I can’t mention by name, but who’ve achieved this, to set up this plant, in record time, in record quality. Close in time, already by 2030, we’re convinced that more than 50% of the vehicles that leave this plant will be zero emission vehicles. And we are committed to state of art, sustainability stewardship and we’re ready to produce these zero emission vehicles already here from day one. The investment here is a key step towards a zero carbon operations and zero emission vehicles, that this company has stated as a clear target for 2040. Personally, I’m very committed of this path, but here in NAVISTAR in San Antonio, we also do an investment for the planet. And this is what will determine our future success. Two great cultures meet here in San Antonio. And I’m sure that under the leadership of Rod here at the plant and Adam at the Advanced Technology Center, we will together bring with an inclusive, diverse, and a speak up culture in which we challenge ourselves and each other, and when we win and lose together, this is the perfect bet. And in this short visit that I’ve had since yesterday morning here in San Antonio, I’ve already found a very friendly, optimistic, ambitious, and a will of win in the people that I’ve met. As mentioned, what I see most important in everything we have ahead of us, is the people that make the difference. And I would like to center little bit around people. And third, and probably most important of all, we get great people to work with us. Secondly, the direct relations with leading centers of technology excellence.

What do I see we get by coming here to San Antonio? First of all, we get a very supportive and caring local government.

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