On the ride and drive, I felt as if I had to handle the vehicle with kid gloves, though GM execs insisted this was not the case.

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As long as we can accept that possible commercialization is years away, there's hope that we eventually won't have to handle our technology with kid gloves to keep it looking pretty.

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