1.   As for our cars, all the major automakers are looking at hybrid technologies like those that power the gasoline-electric Honda Insight and Toyota Prius.

2.   Adding hybrid technology is one of the few fuel-efficiency improvements that can be made without redesigning a vehicle.

3.   Frank would like U.S. automakers and the government to put their money and minds into hybrid vehicle technology, as he says Japanese and European car manufacturers are doing.

4.   He expects the customer base to change as production increases and customers learn the advantages of hybrid technology.

5.   --Increase the number of shuttle buses serving the valley, ultimately shifting from diesel buses to cleaner vehicles using propane or electric hybrid technology.

6.   Its chief competitor appears to be TeraStor, a San Jose startup that also is developing a magnetic-optical hybrid technology.

7.   All are working on hybrid technology.

8.   High demand for the car in Japan has been a mixed blessing for Toyota because hybrid technology is so expensive the company loses money on every Prius sold.

9.   --Honda said it would expand the hybrid engine technology it uses in its Insight hatchback to other models in several years.

10.   Hybrid technology is so expensive, Toyota is losing money on every Prius sold.