But when they raised the idea of plug-in technology, the union of bus drivers voted against their members plugging in cables on health and safety grounds.
Look, in five years, you're at a point where, with the Volt, with the Focus coming online, and other models, that the technology -- the plug-in technology is rapidly advancing.
This is a significant step toward actual production of the company's next super sports car, a Porsche that marries unique plug-in hybrid technology and outstanding performance in a visually stunning and purely Porsche package.
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Google also supports plug-in hybrid vehicle technology and is part of a consortium of tech companies that advocates energy-efficient computers and servers.
Certainly, GM has expectations that the new Cruze diesel will prove an immediate sales and financial success rather than only vaguely help the company down the line, as Whitacre anticipates in regard to Volt and its plug-in-hybrid technology.
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Hartline said the Prius was not designed with any conversion possibilities in mind, but she said the company welcomes any technology that pushes the envelope on plug-in batteries.
We must reduce our dependence on oil by requiring better vehicle fuel economy, and by increasing the use of alternative fuels and innovative transportation technology such as plug-in hybrids.
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Akerson said GM likely will also sell a plug-in Cadillac SRX crossover, using a different technology, in the same timeframe.
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This is currently being done with large-scale investment into plug-in electric vehicles, and "clearly, we can use this technology to go across to fuel cell vehicles", he explains.
DeviceFidelity has multiple patents pending in the USA and several international countries for microSD and handset case based plug-and-play technology.
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Part of the reason is technology, where just-in-time advances have made it easier for companies to plug shortfalls much more quickly than they could in the past.
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