11.   Clapp pointed to the tax credit for hybrid vehicles as an example.

12.   DaimlerChrysler says that the gains in fuel efficiency result in part from the downsizing of components in the hybrid vehicle.

13.   Demand for hybrid electric vehicles is expected to expand as emission standards grow ever stricter.

14.   Executives said they had no immediate plans to sell hybrid vehicles in the United States, though that is a possibility later.

15.   For that reason, many engineers are more excited about the potential of hybrid vehicles than they are about electric cars.

16.   GM, Ford Motor and DaimlerChrysler plan to introduce gasoline-electric hybrid sport utility vehicles within the next three years.

17.   General Motors formed a business unit to sell components to makers of electric and hybrid vehicles.

18.   Honda and Toyota are bringing so-called hybrid vehicles onto the market in the United States.

19.   Hybrid vehicles like the Honda Insight and Toyota Prius are already on the market, and stop and start automatically without idling, as will the Explorer.

20.   Hybrid vehicles significantly reduce emissions compared with gasoline-powered cars but are far more practical than fully electric cars.